New York Daily News

Dance pro teen harass deal

- Shayna Jacobs and Janon Fisher

BIJAN WILLIAMS, choreograp­her to the likes of JAY-Z and Beyoncé, waltzed out of court Wednesday with a slap on the wrist after being charged last year with raping a teen in a swanky Manhattan hotel.

The 17-year-old victim said she woke up after a booze-fueled night last July in the Maritime Hotel to the 35-year-old dance instructor having sex with her. The girl said she tried to leave the room at one point, but Williams was asleep in front of the door — trapping her.

Williams had his charges downgraded to unlawfully dealing with a child and prohibited sale of alcohol to a minor. He copped Wednesday to second-degree harassment, a violation. An order of protection was issued barring him from having any contact with the teen.

In the wake of allegation­s against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, critics have said Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr.’s office goes too easy on celebritie­s.

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