Shane Sparks Pleads No Contest to Unlawful Sex With Minor; Jail Awaits
America's Best Dance Crew and So You Think You Can Dance judge Shane Sparks was in front of a different kind of judge yesterday. It didn't end well.
Sparks pleaded no contest to a felony count of having unlawful sex with a minor under 16. He faced eight felonies in connection with alleged sex acts.
Under a plea deal approved by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Martin Herscovitz, the other felony counts were all dismissed given the plea.
Sparks agreed to plead no contest to the single felony. He will serve 270 days in jail sometime over the next year and receive five years' probation.
Sparks, who was arrested for child molestation in late 2009, also must attend sex offender counseling and not go near female minors sans an adult.
Los Angeles police investigators said the choreographer committed multiple lewd acts upon a child, who was under 14 at the time, starting in 1994.
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February 10th, 2012 12:11 PM
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February 8th, 2012 3:36 AM
Serious?
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August 30th, 2011 12:35 PM
STATUTORY RAPE IS ONE OF THE DUMBEST LAWS MADE. IF SOMEONE HAS REACHED PUBERTY, A_ND IS WILLING TO HAVE A SEXUAL ENCOUNTER, AGE SHOULDN'T MATTER.
August 18th, 2011 6:32 PM
if he was arrested for it in 2009, wtf was he doing on the show around minors? surely this would have been a violation already?
August 17th, 2011 3:05 PM
death to his sick ass! eww, bt I hate to judge ppl cause who am I? bt from the beginning something about him and his comments while judging abdc made me look at him side ways... I never felt right about Shane's nasty ass
August 17th, 2011 8:12 AM
Wow wat the hell! I didnt kno he was such a sicko and im pretty shocked he can just plead no contest. He needs to bein jail a lot longer than that! Very disapointing i really like him on the show he judged.