A choreographer accused of being a child porn predator claims he gave a very young Britney Spears dance lessons.

Steven Hood - who was arrested in December after one of his 14-year-old students complained that he had attempted to persuade her to take nude pictures of herself - said he had trained the pop diva before she signed on as a star of TV's Mickey Mouse Club.

He said that Britney "was unlike any little girl I had ever coached before", reports Ireland Online.

According to the prosecutors, Hood may have used his reported ties to the "Toxic" singer to lure potential victims.

Hood has been arraigned on charges of attempted pornography involving a juvenile and attempted carnal knowledge of a juvenile. He has pleaded not guilty.