Pines music teacher faces new charges for sexually abusing teen girl, cops say
A Pembroke Pines music teacher is behind bars again for new charges tied to his alleged two-year sexual abuse of a teenage student, according to court records.
Rakesh Jagdish Jhaveri, 30, of Sunrise was arrested on Tuesday, Feb. 3, on two counts of possession of child pornography and was being held at Broward’s Main Jail on a $30,000 bond as of Feb. 4, jail records show.
Jhaveri — who owns Music Legacies at 6941 SW 196th Ave. — was first jailed in November on 10 counts of lewd and lascivious battery for having sexual relations with a 15-year-old girl police say was a “family friend,” according to his November arrest report.
The young girl, then 13, began taking lessons with Jhaveri in October 2023, the report says. Police said that’s when the teen claimed she first kissed the music teacher, adding that their relationship turned sexual months later.
Jhaveri estimated the two had sex “between five and (10) times” when confronted by police during his Nov. 17 arrest, court records show.
He allegedly “illegally filmed and recorded” his sexual relations — which mostly occured at the music school — with the teen on “multiple occasions,” a Jan. 28 arrest warrant reads.
The teen and music teacher would often message through Discord, reads Jhaveri’s arrest report, where the girl’s father first spotted an explicit conversation between the two on her laptop before reporting the alleged abuse to the Pembroke Pines Police Department.
Jhaveri is being sued for over $50,000 in damages toward the teen girl, which his warrant lists as including bodily injury, emotional distress, mental disturbance, humilitation and more.
“We look forward to presenting our case in court,” his attorney, John Wylie, told the Pembroke Pines News on Feb. 4.
This story was originally published February 4, 2026 at 10:53 AM.
