“So You Think You Can Dance” Star Charged With Rape

Alex Da Silva, a former choreographer on the hit U.S. reality show So You Think You Can Dance has been arrested on suspicion of rape… again.

According to police, Da Silva was arrested this morning at his North Hollywood home for allegedly sexually assaulting four women. However, because of his previous arrest involving rape claims (for which he was never formally charged), the choreographer is being slapped with eight felony counts of assault.

The charges are as follows:

- Four counts of forcible rape

- Two counts of assault with intent to commit rape; and

- Two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object.

The alleged assaults took place between August 2002 and March 2009, according to the District Attorney, who filed the arrest warrant earlier today. The victims – four women between the ages of 20-26 – were all “aspiring dancers” who met Da Silva through his instructional dance classes.

Da Silva was previously arrested for the rape of four women back in April, but the case was thrown out the window without charge, with prosecutors admitting that further investigation was needed before they could move forward with actual charges.

It looks like now they’ve got the proof they needed.

Da Silva is being held on $6.2 million bail.

I guess this means he can kiss his SYTYCD contract goodbye.

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Hefner’s Criminal New Girlfriends

Quick to heal his broken heart, Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner has already replaced departing girlfriends Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson with two new, young, blonde bunnies – 19-year-old twins Karissa and Kristina Shannon. And they’re crims!!

Yep, Hef’s latest gal pals have a shady, criminal past, uncovered by the paps at TMZ.

According to police reports, Karissa and Kristina were arrested for “felony aggravated battery” back in January this year, after bashing up one of their former co-workers, Erica Civello.

The Shannon girls are said to have taken Erica out to a house party after work one day in January, and when Kristina and Erica “started arguing,” Karissa “came up behind her and hit [Civello] over the head with a bottle of beer,” before they both “jumped her.”

Erica suffered a concussion from the incident, and the twins both received probation and were ordered to pay restitution to the victim.

And now they’re living in the Playboy mansion. Niiice. ‘Ol Hef sure knows how to pick ‘em!

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West Escapes Felony Charge

Kanye West has escaped a felony charge in his incident with the paparazzi at LAX, after Los Angeles prosecutors decided not to file charges in the vandalism case.

At this point in time, the prosecutors are “undecided” as to whether or not they will push forward with misdemeanor charges, but even if they do, West’s high-profile celebrity status should help pull him out of the shit.

West was arrested on September 11 for smashing a photographer’s still camera after the paparazzo attempted to take his picture at the airport. His attack was caught on camera by another paparazzo, and released to the internet shortly after the incident took place.

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Kanye West Busted for Vandalism

Temperamental celeb Kanye West has been arrested for felony vandalism at LAX.

Apparently, Mr West went AWOL when he found a photog trying to take his picture at the American Airlines terminal, and smashed the journo’s still camera to the ground.

Unfortunately for Kanye, the photog he confronted wasn’t the only one there. A TMZ.com employee was also on the scene with a video camera, and had managed to catch the entire confrontation on tape. When Kanye and his bodyguard figured that out, they wrestled with the second photographer and threw the video camera to the ground, breaking it.

But Kanye wasn’t finished with the paps yet. Realising that his act of vandalism had been caught on tape, West “rushed” at the second photog again and yelled, “Gimme that f**king tape!”

The photogs were saved from further abuse when both Kanye and his bodyguard were taken into custody and booked.

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Dennis Rodman Arrested For Battery

Wedding-dress-wearing NBA star Dennis Rodman was arrested in L.A. last night on suspicion of felony domestic battery.

The former sports star was arrested at a Century City hotel at around 11:00 p.m. last night, and was later released.

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