Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorErick Morillo, a veteran DJ who broke into the mainstream with the 1990s hit “I Like to Move It,” was found dead Tuesday, Miami Beach police told Local 10 in Miami.Morillo, who was 49, was facing charges of sexual assault and was scheduled for a court hearing on Friday.Officers told the news outlet that they received a 911 call at 10:42 a.m., and that detectives are on scene and in the preliminary stages of the investigation.Morillo was arrested in August after being accused of sexual battery on a woman in an incident that took place at his home in December.
Morillo denied the accusations, however after an examination tested positive for his DNA, he turned himself in to authorities, accompanied by his attorney..
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