Taj choreographer implicated in scandal has died

The Taj choreographer (real name Dmitry Baymuradov), who was accused of sexual abuse by former students, has died. This was announced on August 23 by his brother Suleiman in social networks.

"Taj is gone," he wrote on Instagram (owned by Meta, which is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia).

According to preliminary information, the man committed suicide.

The PR agent of another participant in the scandal, dancer Dmitry Cherkozyanov, confirmed to Izvestia the information about the choreographer's death.

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Shortly before that, a scandal had engulfed the Russian dance industry. Famous choreographers accused of violence: This also affected the Taj. One of his former students said that the man raped her 12 years ago. Former students of the choreographer from the Mota team and the founder of the Red Haze dance team Dmitry Cherkozyanov accused him of violence, threats and strict control. In addition, a former student of hip-hop choreographer Dima Kadet said that she started studying with him at the age of 14, and at 15 their communication went beyond training. According to her, at the dance camp, the mentor called her to his room, and later invited her to the cottage, where they had an intimate encounter.