Former BYU dance instructor in custody after allegedly sexually assaulting underage students

Update 1:50 p.m. (6/30/2025): A spokesperson with BYU confirmed that the arrested suspect is not currently employed by BYU. ABC4.com is still awaiting information regarding the employee’s history at the university.

COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah (ABC4) — A local dance instructor was arrested Sunday afternoon after a years-long investigation into allegations of sexual assault at a dance studio in Cottonwood Heights.

Marc Edgar Alexander Cameron, 46, was booked in the Salt Lake County Jail on three first-degree felony charges of aggravated sexual abuse of a child.

In Feb. 2025, the Cottonwood Heights Police Department was notified of an incident that allegedly occurred over five years ago. Police said the victim reported multiple incidents that claim Cameron inappropriately touched a young, female student.

Following multiple alleged sexual assaults, the victim quit going to dance classes. After quitting, the victim told police that Cameron called her mother, then visited her house. She told police that Cameron proceeded to touch her inappropriately once again, this time in her home. The victim told officers that he touched her when her mother was not present in the room.

According to records obtained by ABC4.com, Cameron is connected to a business called “The Dance Project SLC,” located in Cottonwood Heights.

In a 2019 post from Aspire Dance’s website, Marc ‘Big Chocolate’ Cameron is named as a “mentor, advisor and member” of Utah Urban Dance Organization, The Dance Project SLC, and Urban Dance Fairytalez.

The website also lists Cameron as a course developer and teacher of the BYU hip hop program, although there is no evidence that any of the alleged incidents occurred at BYU.

A spokesperson with BYU confirmed to ABC4.com that Cameron is not currently employed by the university.

According to court documents, multiple witnesses disclosed other “inappropriate behaviors” exhibited by Cameron during the investigation, including sending direct messages to underaged female students on social media, spending time with female students outside of class, and sending students social media posts that contained “sexually suggestive material.”

Police said Cameron admitted that he had “multiple juvenile females” sit on his lap in the office at his studio.

Court documents also say young male and female relatives of Cameron are among the alleged victims.

During the investigation, police said Cameron is believed to have family ties to the United Kingdom and Jamaica. Witness statements also alleged he had intimate relations with a 16-year-old when he resided in the United Kingdom.

Cameron is currently being held without bail in the Salt Lake County Jail.