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No Sex Charges for Alex Da Silva

on Apr. 7, 2009 05:53 PM / 15 Comments

UPDATE: E! Online reports that the Los Angeles District Attorney's office won't be filing charges against So You Think You Can Dance choreographer Alex Da Silva—who was arrested this weekend for allegedly sexually assaulting four of his dance students—because they currently lack the evidence to do so.

A district attorney spokesperson says that the Los Angeles police need to investigate further before charges can be filed. The spokesperson adds that a number of new alleged victims have come forward since the arrest, but have not yet been interviewed.


Alex Da Silva, choreographer for the Fox dance-competition series So You Think You Can Dance, was arrested on Saturday after being accused of raping four of his dance students, the Associated Press reports.

Da Silva, 41, who teaches at several Los Angeles dance studios, was taken into custody at a Hollywood studio and booked for investigation of sexual assault, according to Detective John Eum.

The Brazilian-born dancer and choreographer was accused of raping three of his students in 2003, 2004 and 2005, but prosecutors declined to file charges, says Eum. However, after a fourth woman stepped forward on March 28 with a similar story to the other dancers, police reopened the cases.

Da Silva's latest accuser says that he lured her to his home, persuaded her to enter his bedroom, and sexually assaulted her.

"These four women don't know each other at all, yet their reports read basically the same," says Eum, who adds that one of the accusers was a minor at the time of the alleged assault.

"We're almost sure there are probably other victims out there and we hope they'll come forward," Eum notes.

Da Silva is expected to make his first court appearance on Sunday.

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  • charliemurphy 7 mos ago

    I once took dance lessons from this guy and he tried to convince me that the tango involved lots baby oil, a firm handshake and a gimp mask.

  • harvey 7 mos ago

    It's about time the truth be known about Alex Da Silva. He has had a reputation of being a rapist for years in the Salsa scene. No surprise. Only now the public is finding out. May justice finally be served and may any unknown victims please come forward. Put that Diablo into the snake pit where he belongs.

  • Art 7 mos ago
    harvey said:

    It's about time the truth be known about Alex Da Silva. He has had a reputation of being a rapist for years in the Salsa scene. No surprise. Only now the public is finding out. May justice finally be served and may any unknown victims please come forward. Put that Diablo into the snake pit where he belongs. 

    you don't know anything harvey

  • dancer 7 mos ago

    This is not true. There's a big difference between seduction and rape. There's a lot of jealousy in the salsa scene. Alex worked hard for everything he has and instead of trying to tear him down be more productive and do the same. And ladies, please take responsibility for your actions. I've known him for years and he's always been a gentleman with me and everyone I know.

  • Harve Can't get no play, now and then 7 mos ago

    Harvey, you better stop going to every friggin website to post negative crap about Alex. I've seen your postings you poor hater. I still the same, you are jealous, could not get any play then and can't get any play no. In conclusion, if Alex did it, then he deserves what's coming to him, but if it was fram up, shame on the person that filed false allegations. A man is innocent until proven guilty.

  • MARIO GARCIA 7 mos ago

    ALEX IS INNOCENT!

  • Dance Healthy 7 mos ago

    I have know Alex for more than 5 years. He is sometime playful but I feel he is a good man and very giving most of the times I know that everywhere he goes, there are many girls who would do many things just to be near him.

    I am an dance instructor myself. My personal opinion and estimate is that there are 0.5% of girls out there that are just plain dangerous, spike-full, revengeful or confuse. I have seen and witness many late supper after dancing where these girls will sit down together and spin lies and make up stories over a drink just for fun and to seek attention.

    I know of some girls that Alex is close to. I will not go for supper with a group if some of these girls where in the group. I have witness many a times that a group will gather for supper and when someone leaves. These girls will start spinning gossip about how touchy the guy is and very quickly the gossip will lead into senseless untruth stories that will become lies and they will make jokes and spin more lies just because its entertaining and they want to become popular. Some of these lie will leak to the public as the being the truth and its dangerous. In my mind I am thinking someday, many innocents may be jail because of this.

    I have heard of police case where molest was claim because somebody don't like someone and when an incident happen it will be spin into an accusation.

    I have students who have complained about guys. I have thrown guys out of our school . but most of the times in my opinion some of these dangerous girls are spinning a lie without realizing the severity. Not that these girls want to be a lier but they just want to make conversation, be notice, seek attention, sometime confuse, sometime talking without thinking, sometime just plainly quoting a line from the TV, many a time they just want to be popular, other time just plain evil, revengeful or manipulative and there will be times where a confuse person will be manipulate into spinning a lie for many different reason or under the influence of other people.

    In my opinion in many other countries, there will be also women who will gladly pay to sleep with someone a lot less famous than Alex and will blackmail their dance instructor if they leaves them or does not listen to them.

    In my opinion up to 70% of all famous male dance instructors worldwide who have more than 1,000 students will have some unjustifiable accusation make against them by student who wants to have power over their dance instructor or have a crush on them, these girls are manipulative and very dangerous, they tend to make their own rules and expect others to follow. They are willing to gamble with their life at times just to achieve this.

    For Alex there are millions of girls who knows him, his chance of being accuse is hundred of times higher that the average instructor. Girls are know to come thousands of miles from the other side of the world just to get to know him.

    In my frank opinion, I feel that Alex will not touch a lady who does not want to bed him. Those whom I know who are also dangerous, have already have their intention written over their body language that they do not mind bedding Alex when they see him around . These girls tend to say that they are not interested but if given a chance and Alex were to just lead them a little and no one step in to stop them, its almost certain it always happen. I have seen these girls queuing up for him.

    My guess is that this 4 women plus maybe more who will come up and accuse him is because Alex do not always pick the mature women, he some time pick girls who are dangerous, revengeful etc. and when one of the following happen, he is accuse of rape.
    1) They (the girls) feel that they have been cheated when they found out that he have sleep with other girls too.
    2) They did not explicitly say that they want to have sex with him but did not walk out either. After sex they feel that he did not treat them well enough to their expectation.
    3) They are afraid that their friend, husband, boyfriend will see them in a negative light thus they cried wolf just to protect themselves.
    4) They feel that he may tell thus they better strike him first.
    5) They discuss the encounter with their friend who give bad advise and ask them to report these as rape. Because in their opinion it can be or they don't really care and is just talking sh*t.

    There are just too many more possibility, I am just listing some but I do not think any one of them will be amount to real rape and assault.

    I believe Alex has made many girls very happy and some the happiest time of their life too. These 4 girls are not satisfied with what was given to them or they are not allow to have power or control over him thus they want to take revenge or they are confuse. They feel one way or the other, they have been cheated.

    I will be shock if he really have beat up the girls, tie them up, lock them up, intimidate, kidnapped or black mail any of them. If that have happen its a whole different case.

    I pray that he is innocence and hope that he is just guilty of being one of the world biggest casanova.

    If he is sentence guilty just because he is a casanova than maybe thousand and thousand more such cases will surface around the world soon and the next thing we know dancing will be made illegal again in some countries. Maybe even one day there will be so much law that no one is allow to do anything any more.

    Please investigate responsibly, with maturity, understanding and understanding of the dance sense.

    May God bless us all.

  • Dance Healthy 7 mos ago

    I have know Alex for more than 5 years. He is sometime playful but I feel he is a good man and very giving most of the times I know that everywhere he goes, there are many girls who would do many things just to be near him.

    I am an dance instructor myself. My personal opinion and estimate is that there are 0.5% of girls out there that are just plain dangerous, spike-full, revengeful or confuse. I have seen and witness many late supper after dancing where these girls will sit down together and spin lies and make up stories over a drink just for fun and to seek attention.

    I know of some girls that Alex is close to. I will not go for supper with a group if some of these girls where in the group. I have witness many a times that a group will gather for supper and when someone leaves. These girls will start spinning gossip about how touchy the guy is and very quickly the gossip will lead into senseless untruth stories that will become lies and they will make jokes and spin more lies just because its entertaining and they want to become popular. Some of these lie will leak to the public as the being the truth and its dangerous. In my mind I am thinking someday, many innocents may be jail because of this.

    I have heard of police case where molest was claim because somebody don't like someone and when an incident happen it will be spin into an accusation.

    I have students who have complained about guys. I have thrown guys out of our school . but most of the times in my opinion some of these dangerous girls are spinning a lie without realizing the severity. Not that these girls want to be a lier but they just want to make conversation, be notice, seek attention, sometime confuse, sometime talking without thinking, sometime just plainly quoting a line from the TV, many a time they just want to be popular, other time just plain evil, revengeful or manipulative and there will be times where a confuse person will be manipulate into spinning a lie for many different reason or under the influence of other people.

    In my opinion in many other countries, there will be also women who will gladly pay to sleep with someone a lot less famous than Alex and will blackmail their dance instructor if they leaves them or does not listen to them.

    In my opinion up to 70% of all famous male dance instructors worldwide who have more than 1,000 students will have some unjustifiable accusation make against them by student who wants to have power over their dance instructor or have a crush on them, these girls are manipulative and very dangerous, they tend to make their own rules and expect others to follow. They are willing to gamble with their life at times just to achieve this.

    For Alex there are millions of girls who knows him, his chance of being accuse is hundred of times higher that the average instructor. Girls are know to come thousands of miles from the other side of the world just to get to know him.

    In my frank opinion, I feel that Alex will not touch a lady who does not want to bed him. Those whom I know who are also dangerous, have already have their intention written over their body language that they do not mind bedding Alex when they see him around . These girls tend to say that they are not interested but if given a chance and Alex were to just lead them a little and no one step in to stop them, its almost certain it always happen. I have seen these girls queuing up for him.

    My guess is that this 4 women plus maybe more who will come up and accuse him is because Alex do not always pick the mature women, he some time pick girls who are dangerous, revengeful etc. and when one of the following happen, he is accuse of rape.
    1) They (the girls) feel that they have been cheated when they found out that he have sleep with other girls too.
    2) They did not explicitly say that they want to have sex with him but did not walk out either. After sex they feel that he did not treat them well enough to their expectation.
    3) They are afraid that their friend, husband, boyfriend will see them in a negative light thus they cried wolf just to protect themselves.
    4) They feel that he may tell thus they better strike him first.
    5) They discuss the encounter with their friend who give bad advise and ask them to report these as rape. Because in their opinion it can be or they don't really care and is just talking sh*t.

    There are just too many more possibility, I am just listing some but I do not think any one of them will be amount to real rape and assault.

    I believe Alex has made many girls very happy and some the happiest time of their life too. These 4 girls are not satisfied with what was given to them or they are not allow to have power or control over him thus they want to take revenge or they are confuse. They feel one way or the other, they have been cheated.

    I will be shock if he really have beat up the girls, tie them up, lock them up, intimidate, kidnapped or black mail any of them. If that have happen its a whole different case.

    I pray that he is innocence and hope that he is just guilty of being one of the world biggest casanova.

    If he is sentence guilty just because he is a casanova than maybe thousand and thousand more such cases will surface around the world soon and the next thing we know dancing will be made illegal again in some countries. Maybe even one day there will be so much law that no one is allow to do anything any more.

    Please investigate responsibly, with maturity, understanding and understanding of the dance sense.

    May God bless us all.

  • Dance Healthy 7 mos ago

    I have know Alex for more than 5 years. He is sometime playful but I feel he is a good man and very giving most of the times I know that everywhere he goes, there are many girls who would do many things just to be near him.

    I am an dance instructor myself. My personal opinion and estimate is that there are 0.5% of girls out there that are just plain dangerous, spike-full, revengeful or confuse. I have seen and witness many late supper after dancing where these girls will sit down together and spin lies and make up stories over a drink just for fun and to seek attention.

    I know of some girls that Alex is close to. I will not go for supper with a group if some of these girls where in the group. I have witness many a times that a group will gather for supper and when someone leaves. These girls will start spinning gossip about how touchy the guy is and very quickly the gossip will lead into senseless untruth stories that will become lies and they will make jokes and spin more lies just because its entertaining and they want to become popular. Some of these lie will leak to the public as the being the truth and its dangerous. In my mind I am thinking someday, many innocents may be jail because of this.

    I have heard of police case where molest was claim because somebody don't like someone and when an incident happen it will be spin into an accusation.

    I have students who have complained about guys. I have thrown guys out of our school . but most of the times in my opinion some of these dangerous girls are spinning a lie without realizing the severity. Not that these girls want to be a lier but they just want to make conversation, be notice, seek attention, sometime confuse, sometime talking without thinking, sometime just plainly quoting a line from the TV, many a time they just want to be popular, other time just plain evil, revengeful or manipulative and there will be times where a confuse person will be manipulate into spinning a lie for many different reason or under the influence of other people.

    In my opinion in many other countries, there will be also women who will gladly pay to sleep with someone a lot less famous than Alex and will blackmail their dance instructor if they leaves them or does not listen to them.

    In my opinion up to 70% of all famous male dance instructors worldwide who have more than 1,000 students will have some unjustifiable accusation make against them by student who wants to have power over their dance instructor or have a crush on them, these girls are manipulative and very dangerous, they tend to make their own rules and expect others to follow. They are willing to gamble with their life at times just to achieve this.

    For Alex there are millions of girls who knows him, his chance of being accuse is hundred of times higher that the average instructor. Girls are know to come thousands of miles from the other side of the world just to get to know him.

    In my frank opinion, I feel that Alex will not touch a lady who does not want to bed him. Those whom I know who are also dangerous, have already have their intention written over their body language that they do not mind bedding Alex when they see him around . These girls tend to say that they are not interested but if given a chance and Alex were to just lead them a little and no one step in to stop them, its almost certain it always happen. I have seen these girls queuing up for him.

    My guess is that this 4 women plus maybe more who will come up and accuse him is because Alex do not always pick the mature women, he some time pick girls who are dangerous, revengeful etc. and when one of the following happen, he is accuse of rape.
    1) They (the girls) feel that they have been cheated when they found out that he have sleep with other girls too.
    2) They did not explicitly say that they want to have sex with him but did not walk out either. After sex they feel that he did not treat them well enough to their expectation.
    3) They are afraid that their friend, husband, boyfriend will see them in a negative light thus they cried wolf just to protect themselves.
    4) They feel that he may tell thus they better strike him first.
    5) They discuss the encounter with their friend who give bad advise and ask them to report these as rape. Because in their opinion it can be or they don't really care and is just talking sh*t.

    There are just too many more possibility, I am just listing some but I do not think any one of them will be amount to real rape and assault.

    I believe Alex has made many girls very happy and some the happiest time of their life too. These 4 girls are not satisfied with what was given to them or they are not allow to have power or control over him thus they want to take revenge or they are confuse. They feel one way or the other, they have been cheated.

    I will be shock if he really have beat up the girls, tie them up, lock them up, intimidate, kidnapped or black mail any of them. If that have happen its a whole different case.

    I pray that he is innocence and hope that he is just guilty of being one of the world biggest casanova.

    If he is sentence guilty just because he is a casanova than maybe thousand and thousand more such cases will surface around the world soon and the next thing we know dancing will be made illegal again in some countries. Maybe even one day there will be so much law that no one is allow to do anything any more.

    Please investigate responsibly, with maturity, understanding and understanding of the dance sense.

    May God bless us all.

  • Salsa Dancer 7 mos ago

    I have know Alex for more than 5 years. He is sometime playful but I feel he is a good man and very giving most of the times I know that everywhere he goes, there are many girls who would do many things just to be near him.I am an dance instructor myself. My personal opinion and estimate is that there are 0.5% of girls out there that are just plain dangerous, spike-full, revengeful or confuse. I have seen and witness many late supper after dancing where these girls will sit down together and spin lies and make up stories over a drink just for fun and to seek attention. I know of some girls that Alex is close to. I will not go for supper with a group if some of these girls where in the group. I have witness many a times that a group will gather for supper and when someone leaves. These girls will start spinning gossip about how touchy the guy is and very quickly the gossip will lead into senseless untruth stories that will become lies and they will make jokes and spin more lies just because its entertaining and they want to become popular. Some of these lie will leak to the public as the being the truth and its dangerous. In my mind I am thinking someday, many innocents may be jail because of this. I have heard of police case where molest was claim because somebody don't like someone and when an incident happen it will be spin into an accusation.I have students who have complained about guys. I have thrown guys out of our school . but most of the times in my opinion some of these dangerous girls are spinning a lie without realizing the severity. Not that these girls want to be a lier but they just want to make conversation, be notice, seek attention, sometime confuse, sometime talking without thinking, sometime just plainly quoting a line from the TV, many a time they just want to be popular, other time just plain evil, revengeful or manipulative and there will be times where a confuse person will be manipulate into spinning a lie for many different reason or under the influence of other people.In my opinion in many other countries, there will be also women who will gladly pay to sleep with someone a lot less famous than Alex and will blackmail their dance instructor if they leaves them or does not listen to them. In my opinion up to 70% of all famous male dance instructors worldwide who have more than 1,000 students will have some unjustifiable accusation make against them by student who wants to have power over their dance instructor or have a crush on them, these girls are manipulative and very dangerous, they tend to make their own rules and expect others to follow. They are willing to gamble with their life at times just to achieve this.For Alex there are millions of girls who knows him, his chance of being accuse is hundred of times higher that the average instructor. Girls are know to come thousands of miles from the other side of the world just to get to know him.In my frank opinion, I feel that Alex will not touch a lady who does not want to bed him. Those whom I know who are also dangerous, have already have their intention written over their body language that they do not mind bedding Alex when they see him around . These girls tend to say that they are not interested but if given a chance and Alex were to just lead them a little and no one step in to stop them, its almost certain it always happen. I have seen these girls queuing up for him. My guess is that this 4 women plus maybe more who will come up and accuse him is because Alex do not always pick the mature women, he some time pick girls who are dangerous, revengeful etc. and when one of the following happen, he is accuse of rape.1) They (the girls) feel that they have been cheated when they found out that he have sleep with other girls too. 2) They did not explicitly say that they want to have sex with him but did not walk out either. After sex they feel that he did not treat them well enough to their expectation.3) They are afraid that their friend, husband, boyfriend will see them in a negative light thus they cried wolf just to protect themselves.4) They feel that he may tell thus they better strike him first.5) They discuss the encounter with their friend who give bad advise and ask them to report these as rape. Because in their opinion it can be or they don't really care and is just talking sh*t.There are just too many more possibility, I am just listing some but I do not think any one of them will be amount to real rape and assault.I believe Alex has made many girls very happy and some the happiest time of their life too. These 4 girls are not satisfied with what was given to them or they are not allow to have power or control over him thus they want to take revenge or they are confuse. They feel one way or the other, they have been cheated. I will be shock if he really have beat up the girls, tie them up, lock them up, intimidate, kidnapped or black mail any of them. If that have happen its a whole different case.I pray that he is innocence and hope that he is just guilty of being one of the world biggest casanova.If he is sentence guilty just because he is a casanova than maybe thousand and thousand more such cases will surface around the world soon and the next thing we know dancing will be made illegal again in some countries. Maybe even one day there will be so much law that no one is allow to do anything any more.Please investigate responsibly, with maturity, understanding and understanding of the dance sense. May God bless us all. 


    I agree with everything this teacher is saying. I have taken many; many classes from Alex and although he is playful he knows what his limits are. I do not believe this accusations and I believe Alex has over-exposed himself when it comes to women because of his accomplishments yet I don't think that the fact that he did not reciprocate on anybodys expectations should be a reason to crucify him.

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