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MTV Dance Judge Melvin Shane Sparks Ordered to Trial for Eight Sex Charges

By Ruth Manuel-Logan on Nov 2nd 2010 3:04PM

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MTV Dance Judge Melvin Shane Sparks Ordered to Trial for Eight Sex Charges


An award-winning hip-hop choreographer judge on MTV's "America's Best Dance Crew" has been ordered by the courts to trial for a past sex offense that involved an underage child.



Melvin Shane Sparks (pictured) will stand trial and face six counts of lewd acts on a child and two counts of oral copulation of a person under 16.

The 41-year-old, who is best known for his work as a choreographer on the Fox hit show "So You Think You Can Dance" and on the film "You Got Served," was arrested back in December 2009 at his home in Studio City, Calif., and released on a $590,000 bail.

The Emmy Award-nominated dancer who has been accused of the felony child molestation crimes, which allegedly took place over a three-year period, pleaded not guilty to the charges back in March. Attorney Steve Meister said the case "stinks to high heaven" because Sparks' accuser waited 15 years to come forward. He called the claims "extortion, Hollywood-style." Meister says Sparks is innocent and "will fight to clear his name." Sparks is said to have been at least 10 years older than the victim.

Ironically, Sparks, whose parents are police officers, is scheduled to be arraigned Nov. 15th at the Van Nuys courthouse.


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