Ismael Rios
A theater teacher is accused of taking advantage of his young female students who would do anything for a part in a play. The Seminole County instructor has been arrested for allegedly coercing young girls into acting out his strange fantasies. Detectives said Ismael Rios molested three young girls on three different occasions and he was already out of jail and on the streets of Seminole County the day after his arrest. Rios was a teacher with the Wekiva Rivers Players, which rented space at a popular dance studio called The Turning Pointe Dance Group on Wekiva Springs Road.
The dance company isn't associated with any of the accusations. It just rented the space to a local theater group, the Wekiva River Players. It was one of the Players instructors who allegedly used the private rooms and even the parking lot to abuse young girls. "How do you know him?" Eyewitness News reporter George Spencer asked the person who answered Ismael Rios' front door on Tuesday.
"No comment," the unidentified person said. The person at Rios' home didn't want to talk about the disturbing charges against the 27-year-old theater instructor. But neighbors who live near the Sanford home where Rios was arrested Monday night couldn't contain their concern. "It's disgusting. I mean, I don't know what else to say. Anybody's got to be disgusted by something like that," said neighbor Doris Cintron. The sheriff's office said Rios molested three teenage girls he taught as part of the Wekiva River Players after asking them how badly they wanted a lead role. The girls claim he'd take them into private rooms at the space the group rented from a local dance company and force them to use their feet to fondle him. Board members of the theater troupe said Rios was a two-year employee and had no problems. "Absolutely zero. You could've knocked me over with a feather when the first rumors started going around," said Wekiva River Players' Dave Andrews. But the group admits there were no background checks.
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