MTV's 'America's Best Dance Crew' Judge Busted for 9 Counts of Child Molestation

[Amerigo Vespucci]

'Dance Crew' Judge Busted for Child Molestation

http://www.tmz.com/2009/12/18/melvinsparks-shayne-americas-next-best-dance-crew-child-molestation-so-you-think-you-can-dance/

Posted Dec 18th 2009 1:46PM by TMZ Staff



Shane Sparks -- a judge on the MTV show "America's Best Dance Crew" -- has been arrested and charged with 9 counts of child molestation.

The LAPD took Sparks into custody at 8AM PT this morning on a felony warrant charging him with molestation.

The alleged incidents began occurring in 1994. According to the criminal complaint Shane allegedly committed the crimes of lewd acts upon a child -- all felonies.

The criminal complaint -- filed by the L.A. County District Attorney's office -- lists 9 incidents of alleged molestation with an underage girl.

The lewd acts include oral copulation and other acts "with the intent of arousing, appealing to, and gratifying the lust, passions, and sexual desires of the defendant, who was at least 10 years older than ."

Sparks -- who was also a choreographer on "So You Think You Can Dance" -- is being held on $590,000 bail.

Sparks is the second person from "So You Think You Can Dance" who's been in trouble with the law -- earlier this year his co-star Alex Da Silva was charged with rape.

[LeftHander]

1. We need dancer marriage bans...protect the children from the dance agenda...nt

[FrenchieCat]

2. How old was the child, and how old was this guy back in 1994?

cause he seems relatively young now.

[KittyWampus]

3. Wiki has him born in 1974, so he'd be 20 at the time of alleged incidents.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. At the beginning, not sure how old he was at the end.

[Renew Deal]

7. The court document has him listed as 1969

You can see it in the image. I bet he's lying about his age.

http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/1218_shane_sparks_wm.pdf

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. He was born in '74

[SOCALS]

6. How are they going to prove beyond

reasonable doubt that he did it? It happened 20 years ago! Do they have any material evidence? It will be "he said she said," if they don't. I hope it won't be another case of convicting a person because he is "a scary black man."