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CASE OF PROMINENT EAST BAY TEACHER ACCUSED OF MOLESTING STUDENT DANCERS GOES TO JURY
October 19, 2019
Annie Sciacca
Mercury News
He was a renowned ballet teacher who danced in Russia before performing for Diablo Ballet in Walnut Creek — an instructor who many young girls believed could help them fulfill their dreams of becoming professional ballet dancers.
But next week, 56-year-old Viktor Kabaniaev could find himself facing a long prison term instead of a dance stage or studio if a jury convicts him of 14 counts of molesting and raping two young former students.
Prosecution and defense attorneys presented their closing arguments Friday in the two-week trial against