A dance teacher from South Carolina was taken into custody following an investigation initiated after parents expressed concerns about a dance routine that they felt clashed with their values.
Andrea Mizell, aged 45, allegedly supplied her students with alcohol, engaged in inappropriate conversations with them, showed them explicit images of herself, and touched them inappropriately during dance sessions, as per a police incident report acquired by Fox News Digital.
She faces charges of four counts of second-degree assault and battery, four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and three counts of distributing harmful material to minors, as stated in court records.
When officers spoke to the children who attended the dance school, they were told Mizell had given them alcohol and was having “vulgar conversations” with them. She also allegedly invited some of them to her apartment and served them margaritas while they watched a movie.
She also allegedly discussed her sex life with the students.
A couple dancing at a ballroom studio. (iStock)
Students told investigators Mizell had also touched them inappropriately, including “in the private parts on the butt,” according to court documents reported in local media.
One student allegedly told police the touching happened multiple times during dance practice and that Mizell would “go out of her way” to touch the student.
Some students claimed Mizell would also change her clothes in front of them, often exposing herself. Fox News Digital has reached out to Mizell for comment.
