Celebrity Justice
No Charges for Alleged 'Dance' Rapist

Alex Da SilvaL.A. prosecutors have declined to press charges against Alex Da Silva, one of the choreographers from "So You Think You Can Dance," who was arrested last Saturday night for alleged sexual assaults.

Da Silva has been in jail since he was arrested, but is expected to be released sometime today.

Prosecutors say further investigation is needed and a spokeswoman for the District Attorney's Office also says more alleged victims have come forward who have not yet been interviewed.

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1. First! So You Think You Can Say No?

Posted at 7:36PM on Apr 7th 2009 by Sarafina

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Hey, that leaves plenty of time to investigate the LA cops! see www.familylawcourts.com/countylosangeles.html

Posted at 7:42PM on Apr 7th 2009 by Jenny

3. It's better to get an iron clad case and get the evidence and facts clear than to rush and maybe lose the case to sloppy work.

Posted at 8:08PM on Apr 7th 2009 by Linda Mott

4. He has been up on charges in 2003,4, and 2005 for the same thing----each time the charges have been dropped. There is something wrong here. Women of the World stay away from this Brazilian here in the US trying to use his dancing skills to rape you. He is dangerous-----why the police cant get this guy is beyond me...he will strike again given his pattern. He can no longer help himself. He is driven to abuse.

Posted at 8:10PM on Apr 7th 2009 by Bob Malkani from india

5. these girls are saying he raped them,bs.they had sex with him because they thaught he could further their career.it did not so now their pissed.

Posted at 8:15PM on Apr 7th 2009 by pink floyd

6. California legal system is an absolute joke. Your jails are full of potheads, while the real criminals roam free.

Posted at 8:41PM on Apr 7th 2009 by what tha?

7. HA! This guy is a scumbag, rico suave punk! Yes - He's a good salsa dancer, but he's a piece of crap excuse for a human being, not god's gift to women as he thinks he is. "Hi... I'm Alex de Silva... Let me spin you around the dance floor till your panties drop". Hopefully this time the charges will stick, then he can play wife to some hardcore inmate. Go Cops! Badboys-badboys whatcha gonna do!

Posted at 9:07PM on Apr 7th 2009 by Tony

8. Rape is a fake crime anyway. We are animals. It's the natural order of things.

Posted at 9:13PM on Apr 7th 2009 by Ball istic

9. Maybe he should have hit Rihanna too. He's been up on the same charges repeatedly yet the charges are dropped? The Shamwow dude beats the mess out of a woman in the process of committing a crime yet the charges are dropped? Howard Stern kills Anna Nicole using drugs yet there's a question whether he'll be charged. Chris Brown with no record of priors supposedly beat Rihanna even though the story makes no sense yet the charges stick. The Los Angeles police department is racist...it's be proven time and time again.

Posted at 9:31PM on Apr 7th 2009 by marie

10. Maybe he should have hit Rihanna too. He's been up on the same charges repeatedly yet the charges are dropped? The Shamwow dude beats the mess out of a woman in the process of committing a crime yet the charges are dropped? Howard Stern kills Anna Nicole using drugs yet there's a question whether he'll be charged. Chris Brown with no record of priors supposedly beat Rihanna even though the story makes no sense yet the charges stick. The Los Angeles police department is racist...it's be proven time and time again.

Posted at 9:31PM on Apr 7th 2009 by marie

Sure play the race card...im so sick of everytime a black man does something wrong and he is charged "its because he is black" how about he was charged because he is a coward that beat up a woman...God everything is not about race...get over it.

Posted at 10:16PM on Apr 7th 2009 by Shelley

11. HEY!Da Silva...How many NOTCHES you got on your "gun"???4?5? i've got 6 and counting...lol catch me if you can..."pigs"

Posted at 11:32PM on Apr 7th 2009 by MindYourownBusiness

12. Why did they let this guy go? I don't understand the legal system!

Posted at 12:42AM on Apr 8th 2009 by kelc

13. This is sick, to think a man can rape or sexually harass a women and possibly get away with it! Very messed up! And its not just one women its like eight and they say more are coming forward, I sincerly hope that they charge him and he is sent to prision because what he did is dispectable and degrading towards women and he needs to pay for his crimes. I don't honestly think these women slept with him in hopes he could further their careers he is a choregrapher he can only teach them how to dance! I mean what did he say oh I won't teach you this real cool move unless we have sex first duh!

Posted at 2:10AM on Apr 8th 2009 by stevie

14. Marie-----you are and IDIOT!!!!!! "maybe he should have hit rhianna too".....are you f##king serious???? The y have ways to detain people or prolong release, which should have been done in this case. as for the shamwow guy, go suck his puss ridden sores you ignorant pig!!!

Posted at 12:00AM on Apr 8th 2009 by whynot

15. he gets out of jail with that many women coming forward and in prior years? chris brown, hardly no jail time, OJ no time years ago, brittney, paris, lilo, nicole, there is only one reason why they don't spend any time in jail. MONEY! and a GOOD EXPENSIVE ATTORNEY!!!

Posted at 8:55PM on Apr 8th 2009 by lukebandit_says

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