Rudy Abreu, a finalist on the 11th time of Therefore You Think You Can Dancing as well as professional dancer for performers featuring Camila Cabello as well as Jennifer Lopez, has actually been actually accused of sexual misconduct with a minor in a largely saw TikTok video recording.
Charley Bennett, a 22-year-old professional dancer that has actually additionally operated with Jennifer Lopez as well as Rihanna’s garments line Savage X Fenty, cooperated the video recording that she to begin with faced Abreu in 2016 while touring with a dancing event. Bennett, that was actually 14 at the moment, states that she appreciated the SYTYCD alumnus, that was actually a instructor with the event as well as in his very early twenties.
Bennett states that Abreu intercrossed pipes with her on a number of circumstances, featuring delivering her “graphic” notifications defining exactly how he wishes to undress her. Abreu delivered her a nude picture of themself as well as sought one in rebound, she states. She abided“because I did not know what would happen if I didn’t.”
Bennett defines an additional occasion where the 2 were actually strolling to show a lesson as well as Abreu sent her to consider his pants. “He has a hole so big in the front of his shorts that the tip of his [penis] is sticking out of his shorts, and he asks me to look at that before he puts it away,” she states in the video recording.
In a last experience after the verdict of the event, Abreu welcomed Bennett, after that 15, to dance in a video recording he was actually generating, she states. Bennett, that took flight in to Los Angeles, remained at Abreu’s flat, where, she states, he provided her booze as well as grass. He after that provided to offer her a massage therapy prior to “pull[ing] me back,” “touching” her as well as “playing with my waistband,” she states. After informing her that he “wishe[d] that he could go further,” he provided her 3 caress “with his hands gripped as tightly as possible on my butt,” she states. (A close friend of Bennett’s said to The Hollywood Media reporter that Bennett discussed particulars of the charges with her around the amount of time they took place.)
Abreu performed certainly not react to ask for opinion. Abreu’s company, Go2Talent, performed certainly not react to a ask for opinion.
Abreu has actually taken place to function with leading music simulate Bebe Rexha, J Balvin as well as Peso Pluma, depending on to online resumes as well as social media sites messages. He additionally seemed on the terminated fact television series Globe of Dancing. While his social media sites profiles have actually considering that gone exclusive, public social media sites messages reveal him proactively choreographing for university dancing groups as well as training training class for kids.
Given that beginning her personal specialist dancing profession, Bennett has actually discussed the account of her expertises within the dancing field. In 2020, she states she spoke with Abreu’s agents at McDonald Selznick Representatives, that have actually considering that split methods with Abreu. McDonald Selznick Representatives performed certainly not react to a ask for opinion.
Bennett’s charges happen within the insular globe of dancing events, which participate in a huge task in the lifestyles of promising professional dancers, managing all of them a chance to contend as well as take training class with hot-ticket choreographers like Abreu.
“I specifically loved this convention because of one choreographer. I was a huge fan of his from So You Think You Can Dance to up until this time,” she states.
Bennett performed certainly not call the conference in her video recording, though social media sites messages reveal Abreu as well as Bennet benefiting the conference Performers Merely Individual at the moment of the supposed celebrations. A Facebook message due to the firm revealing Bennett as an aide provides her grow older as 14. Artists Merely Individual performed certainly not react to a ask for opinion.
Rivals that succeed in their grow older branch are actually provided the opportunity to excursion with the event the subsequent year as associates. It is actually a setup that Bennett reflects on cynically, taking note in a meeting with THR that associates are actually dealt with as if they are actually staff members– buying pricey compulsory clothing, functioning first blushes as well as overdue evenings– without being actually recompensed. It additionally positions the associates close to the personnel with couple of guardrails, she states.
Bennett states that Abreu came to be near with the associates on excursion, whose grows older varied coming from 8 to 18. Bennett states that Abreu will welcome the associates to hang around in his resort area. While Bennett’s mommy followed her on the excursion, she states that Abreu offered themself to moms and dads as a depended on body as well as guardian, similar to a sporting activities trainer.
“He was on So You Think You Can Dance, he was dancing with J.Lo, and he was following us on Instagram and that was cool,” Bennett states in the video recording.“We thought that he was a cool mentor and a cool teacher and that’s how boundaries and lines get crossed really young.”
Bennett states that she wishes her video recording can conserve various other kids coming from looking at identical take ins. Given that reporting the TikTok, Bennet informs THR that she has actually touched with others that possessed identical take ins with Abreu as smalls.
She provided one last notification to Abreu in the video recording.
“Rudy, this is not to ruin your life. You ruined your life on your own by doing all this to a child,” she states.