Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Shane Sparks Child Molestation Trial To Begin Nov. 15
America's Best Dance Crew judge Shane Sparks has been indicted on child molestation charges. Shane Sparks, best known as a choreographer and judge on Randy Jackson's hit MTV show America's Best Dance Crew, was taken into police custody in Los Angeles on a felony warrant in December 2009 and later released on $590,000 bail. According to the criminal complaint filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, Sparks allegedly committed lewd acts upon a child in multiple incidents between 1994 and 1997. Sparks has pleaded not guilty to six counts of lewd acts on a minor and two counts of oral copulation of a person under 16 in March 2010. His defence attorney, Steve Meister, has branded the accusations "extortion, Hollywood style". On Monday Nov 10, 2010, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled there was enough evidence for the 41-year-old to stand trial. Sparks is scheduled to be arraigned on November 15, 2010. SMH