How old is chang chang dancer

I hope he will face what he has done with regret and pain. Chang, who has a long-term partner and an adult daughter, was found not guilty of one count of assault by penetration.

ES Money. The Escapist. The Reveller. The Optimist. ES Best. ES Mag. Follow us:. Password Please enter a valid password. Chang was previously convicted of 12 counts of sexual assault and one count of assault by penetration. He was jailed for nine years at a hearing at Isleworth Crown Court. Chang had joined the English National Ballet in and was a principal dancer at the company until , performing in productions including The Nutcracker, Coppelia and Sleeping Beauty.

The Cuban-born star was accused of attacking four females, aged between 16 and 19 at the time, by inappropriately touching them during massages at the schools.

In victim impact statements read in court one woman revealed she had been left feeling "vulnerable and numb" by what happened to her, while another said Chang had ruined "most of my late teenage years".

The trial heard the "internationally renowned" ballet dancer was "famous and revered" among his students, but he had "used his position" to target his victims. During sentencing, Judge Edward Connell told Chang he had first used his "fame and prestige in the ballet world to abuse young women", and then became "emboldened when the young women did not report your conduct". Chang had denied the charges, describing himself as "a hero in the ballet world" and saying he had "no idea" why the allegations were being made against him.

His barrister, Kathryn Hirst, said "he maintains that he is not guilty in these matters" but "accepts the jurors' verdicts". The dancer, who had been living in the German port city of Kiel during the trial, was found not guilty of one count of assault by penetration.