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Lifetime ‘Dance Mothers’ Teacher Accused Of se-x Abuse

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A dance teacher who appeared on Lifetime’s “Dance Mothers” is accused of se-xually abusing ladies at an Orlando dance studio.

Kevin Cosculluela, 25, pleaded not responsible following his arrest in December on expenses of se*ual exercise with a 16- or 17-year-old baby, solicitation of a minor, lewd or lascivious conduct and unlawful use of a communication system, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

He has additionally been fired from his job at Peaches Dance and Music Orlando, the newspaper reported.

The fees adopted an investigation by Winter Backyard police, Orange County Sheriff’s deputies and the Division of Youngsters and Households, which uncovered accusations of manipulation and se*ual battery by two teenage ladies who took classes with Cosculluela.

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One pupil informed investigators that she idolized Cosculluela and had thought of him well-known and essential due to his appearances on the truth tv present about dance youngsters, their mothers and their studio.

Orange County Sheriff’s Workplace

The investigation discovered that Cosculluela usually took college students to lunch, watched films with them and celebrated their birthdays, a police report stated. He additionally related with college students over social media, the report added.

The report stated Cosculluela requested among the ladies for nude pictures and twerking movies. One lady informed investigators he could possibly be scary at instances should you didn’t do what he requested. She defined that he would yell, curse and ignore her for days, and threaten to halt his classes together with her.

He would additionally ship messages that he cherished her, the lady informed investigators.

In line with the arrest report, Cosculluela introduced one lady to his residence in early December and compelled her to carry out a se-x act on him. He then drove her again to the studio and informed her to “erase this out of your reminiscence and don’t inform anybody,” the report stated.

The teenager confided in one other dancer on the studio, who stated she’d had related encounters with the teacher, the report stated. The second teen informed investigators she went to Cosculluela’s condo on about 10 completely different events, including that she trusted him and he took benefit of that, the report stated.

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“They put him on a pedestal, in order that they had been keen to take no matter he did so they may preserve him of their lives,” detective Bethany Rising wrote in Cosculluela’s arrest warrant.

Investigators spoke to an worker on the dance studio who can be a good friend of Cosculluela. He informed them he didn’t see any inappropriate conduct between the teacher and his college students, the report stated. He thought Cosculluela was a ”very nurturing instructor,” the report stated.

Courtroom data confirmed that the studio notified dad and mom in late December that Cosculluela had been fired for inappropriate conduct, the Sentinel reported.

Cosculluela’s subsequent listening to is scheduled for Could 5. His lawyer declined remark to the newspaper on Wednesday.

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