MTV Personality Shane Sparks Pleads No Contest to Sex Charge
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}LOS ANGELES -- Former "America's Best Dance Crew" judge Shane Sparks on Tuesday pleaded no contest to one count of having sex with a minor under 16, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The 42-year-old MTV personality had faced eight felonies connected to alleged sex acts, but the other counts were dismissed under a plea deal with prosecutors.
Sparks will serve 270 days in jail and was placed on five years' probation. He will also have to attend 52 sex-offender counseling sessions and is prohibited from going near any female minors without an adult being present, the Times reported.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The dance choreographer, who also previously worked on "So You Think You Can Dance," was arrested in December 2009, after being accused of committing multiple sexual acts upon a girl aged under 14.