'So You Think You Can Dance' Choreographer Charged With Multiple Rapes

tmz.com:

A former choreographer for "So You Think You Can Dance" was arrested again for allegedly sexually assaulting four women -- but this time he's actually being charged with a crime ... or eight, to be exact.

Cops say Alex Da Silva was arrested this morning at his North Hollywood home, after the District Attorney filed an arrest warrant charging him with eight felony counts of assault.

Read the whole story: tmz.com

Comments

[lmab]

10:00 AM on 08/20/2009

Wait until his first shower in prison when he hears the words "So You Think You Can Dance?"........

[HamboneandFlippy]

08:25 PM on 08/19/2009

that's bad.

[roblabrousse]

01:00 PM on 08/19/2009

So..this guy has a thing for overpowering and raping women. So..between 2002 and 2009 he's done it only 8 times? I would guess there are a few woman out there who are afraid to come forward or were drugged and didn't know it. He's going to have some time to think about his mistakes and then some more and some more.

[skymuffin]

01:46 PM on 08/20/2009

There are probably more. The ones who came forward have to tell their stories over and over again, and then, maybe in court. I'm sure not everyone wants to go through that.

[megancolin]

06:00 PM on 08/20/2009

Yes you're right guys!
http://www.newsguide.us/art-entertainment/movies/Todd-DiRoberto-of-American-Satellite-Hosts-Independence-Day-Charity-Event-for-Operation-Bigs/

[Kiabell04]

12:41 PM on 08/19/2009

Omg, I had no idea this guy was such a pervert. I hope he didn't harass the dancers from SYTYCD.

[Pagoas]

12:34 PM on 08/19/2009

god, he's not hard to look at... i don't understand why he had to try and take by force what should've been pretty easy for a guy with his looks to have given to him.

[kapalabhati]

05:42 PM on 08/19/2009

Rape is not about sex. Rape is not about sex. Rape is not about sex. Does that clear it up for you?

[Hanforder]

05:17 PM on 08/20/2009

Yes it is. Yes it is. Yes it is.

From Merriam-Webster - "Rape is defined as sexual intercourse forced on a person."

It's not about loving or caring about another person, but it's at least 50% about sex.

[pumpkin]

12:01 AM on 08/21/2009

Rape is sometimes only about sex. Rape is sometimes only about violence. Most of the time, rape is about sex AND violence.

[garystartswithg]

07:04 PM on 08/19/2009

i have a couple ex-model friends and they are twisted monkeys. not rapists but kind of pervy in ways that would turn most peoples stomachs. i think because "everyone wants them" (BIG egos) some weird switch gets flipped.

[CUL8R]

08:51 AM on 08/19/2009

Shouldn't "former" be in the headline? Apparently the man is no longer associated with SYTYCD.

[proshot22]

08:48 AM on 08/19/2009

Choreographers get all the guys in the Big House.

[jessicadevyn]

08:07 AM on 08/19/2009

How sad. Just more examples of misogyny in our culture. I wouldn't even be surprised if there are more victims than the 4 who have came forward. I wonder how long he was doing this for.

[ChiGuy]

12:17 AM on 08/19/2009

FORMER choreographer.

[Skiwee]

11:09 PM on 08/18/2009

Can't wait for his cellmates to get their hands on him..........Payback's a.................

[meede]

01:49 AM on 08/19/2009

Instead of the Thai, or whatever country, prisoners in the orange jumpsuits doing the linedance to Michael Jackson's Thriller -- we'll have the orange jumpsuits all doing the 'Salsa'!!!!

[jjgg5]

11:01 PM on 08/18/2009

If/when convicted, prison awaits. And, that will only be the beginning.

[jalowe1957]

10:56 PM on 08/18/2009

Whatever happened to "Three Strikes" and you're a lifer?

I sense a pattern of habitual sexual assaults here. Do you?

[lukebenward]

09:51 PM on 08/18/2009

Just wondering how the Chris Brown defenders would feel about this. "stop da hatin' on Alex!", "I love you, Alex!!!!", "the stu pid bit|ches were asking for it".

[slaxx]

09:57 PM on 08/18/2009

sounds about right.

[lukebenward]

10:09 PM on 08/18/2009

Now one _could_ say it's ra|pe compared to beating someone up. Except that--

a.) CB c|hoked Rihanna unconscious and left her for d|ead.

and

b.) BOTH ARE CONSIDERED C|RIMES.

In any event-- a crimes a crime and it's time to pay the piper. Alas, CB's "clean" record meant a judge could go easy on him, but think about this: Just because EITHER of these guys once had a clean record _doesn't_ mean the the first time busted meant the first time doing the c|rime. Oh, it's possible, but not probable.

[shirleyfeeney]

07:57 PM on 08/18/2009

..."four counts of forcible rape, two counts of assault with intent to commit rape and two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object."

What he has coming to him in the big house. And that will be the warm up act...

[factotem]

05:34 PM on 08/18/2009

Wait... there are heterosexual choreographers? This is news.

[skymuffin]

06:57 PM on 08/18/2009

He's a salsero -- Latin dance. Lots of straight guys there. C'mon, I'll show you how to dance. Come by my studio and I'll give you private lessons...

[factotem]

07:03 PM on 08/18/2009

What city?