The jury in Terence Greene's rape trial began deliberating Tuesday to decide if the Cleveland dance teacher sexually assaulted eight former students over a 20-year period.
Greene, 57, was indicted on 72 felony charges, including rape, sexual battery, gross sexual imposition, kidnapping, felonious assault, and showing pornographic material to minors in 2020.During closing arguments Tuesday morning, Cuyahoga County prosecutors said they proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Greene, 57, sexually assaulted the eight students when he was their dance teacher at the Cleveland School of the Arts and Cuyahoga Community College between 1998 and 2019.
"Someone who is under the age of 18 cannot consent to engaging in sexual conduct with someone who is HIV-positive," she said."They just can’t." Greene was diagnosed with HIV in 2004, according to court records. Ramsey questioned why prosecutors didn't provide counseling records, medical records, or additional witnesses to corroborate the former students' claims.
However, prosecutors said it is not unusual for sexual assault victims to wait to disclose the crimes, especially when the alleged perpetrator is someone they know and respect.
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