Renowned Dance Teacher Found Guilty of Abusing Students for Decades

Former dance teacher Terence Greene was convicted of raping six teenage students and sexually abusing two others over the course of 20 years.
The abuse began in the 1990s when Greene was a teacher in the Cleveland public school district and continued until 2019 while he worked at Cuyahoga Community College.
Along with the convictions for rape and sexual abuse, Greene was found guilty of kidnapping and felonious assault charges.
The Cleveland public school district agreed to pay $3.25 million to settle a lawsuit from eight former students who said the district failed to investigate past claims of abuse against Greene.
Greene was once an acclaimed dance teacher who helped launch the careers of students who went on to perform on Broadway.