SYTYCD’s Alex DeSilva charged with rape

Choreographer of the popular show So You Think You Can Dance, Alex Da Silva, has been charged with rape in Los Angeles.

The LA Times detailed the list of charges:

The charges include four counts of forcible rape, two counts of assault with intent to commit rape and two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object, said Jane Robison, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.

The four victims were allegedly assaulted between August 2002 and March 2009 and all victims met Da Silva through his choreography classes. Da Silva was arrested initially last April, but the LA DA declined to file charges at the time. Back then, his lawyer said of the charges:

At the time of his original arrest, Silva’s attorney Harland Braun told The Times, the case was a misunderstanding of “the difference between seduction and rape.” On Tuesday, Braun had no immediate comment on the search warrant and was critical of the bail amount.

Bail for Da Silva has been set at $6.2 million.

[Source: LA Times]