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Dance teacher again busted for rape


NORTON - A dance instructor charged with raping a 15-year-old student he taught in Rhode Island was out on bail in a similar case involving a 15-year-old Norton girl he taught at a local dance school.

Keith Sampson, 29, of South Easton, faces two counts of statutory rape in the Norton case. He was arrested in 2005 and was scheduled to go to trial on Monday in Taunton Superior Court.

He is currently being held in jail without bail because a judge in Taunton District Court, where he was arraigned Wednesday on the new case, revoked his bail.

Sampson was out on $2,500 cash bail in the 2005 case, according to police, when he allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl he taught at a dance school he owned in Johnston, R.I.

Police say Sampson took the girl to his South Easton condo at 34 Pinebrook Lane Saturday, where the alleged assault took place.

Deputy Police Chief Allen Krajcik says the girl sent a text message to a friend in Rhode Island, who alerted police. Krajcik says officers went to the home around 2:30 a.m. and found Sampson with the girl.

Sampson is charged with raping the girl after giving her alcohol. He pleaded innocent in Taunton District Court.

His lawyer in that case, John Moses of Taunton, said Thursday he was just appointed to represent Sampson and could not comment. However, he said Sampson denied the charges during a bail hearing.

The girl involved in the Norton case was a student at a Norton dance studio authorities would not identify at the time Sampson was arrested in 2005 after an investigation by Norton Detective Todd Bramwell.

His lawyer in that case, Camille A. McKenna of Providence, declined to comment when reached Thursday.

 


mommy1234 wrote on Jan 8, 2008 12:03 PM:

" I just want to put my 2 cents in. Not only did Keith rape that girl from RI, but so did the dance studio owner and the other women who knew that he prior charges of assault on him. And those women put not only my daughters but many other children in danger and I hope they can sleep at night!! Because I can not. Her studio is RUINED and I am glad, because she deserves to rot just like Keith hopefully will in jail! "

brownidgirl210 wrote on Jan 8, 2008 10:28 AM:

" good on you lauren. Keith and I dated in high school, he's a little over a year older than I, but we were together for three years. One of the many reasons we broke up was because he was fooling around with some 15 year old girl in another dance group he was directing. I was 19, he was almost 21 at the time. He goes after younger girls because he knows he can manipulate them, physically, mentally, emotionally, financially. It was a hard lesson I (and apparently many others) had to learn. A lot of our high school classmates are coming to his defense saying he's such a great guy. Just like Lauren said, YOU DON'T KNOW THE REAL KEITH SAMPSON. I'm sorry all these girls had to go through this with him. If i could have hung a sign around his neck that said "STAY AWAY," I would have. If there's any sort of justice in our legal system, he'll be put away for a long time. -Meaghan Burke "

Anonymous wrote on Jan 7, 2008 1:06 PM:

" I am best friends with keiths (as of right now) wife .. they are estranged and she has wanted nothing to do with him for a very long time. He destroyed our friendship and her relationship with her entire family in order to brainwash and seclude her. I liked Keith at first as well but something about him always made me feel "wrong". I was 16 when I met him and he tried to set me up with one of his 25 y.o friends and thats when I stopped trusting him. I have decided to keep my name private to protect her and her wishes of staying as far away from this mess as possible but trust me I would give anything to be able to smile in his face as he gets taken away to jail for the rest of his life. He ruined a lot of peoples lives and now his karma is catching up to him. I wish nothing but the worst for him. Keith Sampson has hurt too many people that I know and now poor young girls all over are forced to realize that their "father figure" has been using them for his own disgusting purposes. Lauren- I know u through our mutual friend (keiths wife), although I dont formally know you I know what hes done to her and I cant imagine what hes done to you. I hope you find peace w this. Stay strong. "

tapgirlmc wrote on Jan 6, 2008 4:21 PM:

" I just wanted to comment on the above entry. I totally agree with you. I had heard he had gotten married. He was my hip hop teacher for about 3 years in Taunton at Spotlight Dance Studio and he is a total fraud. He was kissing girls on the mouth.. YOUNG girls around 14 and 15..and constantly had his arms around them. No one believed he could do that because he was "like a father" but I always knew better. He's a huge liar.. and somehow manages to manipulate every accusation in his favor. The studio owner sided with him after I confronted her... so I left.. and now look what happened. I hope he's put away for a long long time so this never happens again. This could have been stopped if everyone stopped closing their eyes to what was happening right in front of them. "

lktdancer wrote on Jan 5, 2008 9:42 PM:

" For all of you who are telling Keith to stand strong and to hang in there and all the discussion of being falsely accused, you obviously don't know the real Keith Sampson. Keith was my ex boyfriend, I was with him for two years. He likes younger girls, he pursued me when I was 17, he is 7 years older than me. He also pursued another young lady who was the same age. He was seeing both of us for the same time. We were both supposed to marry him. He lies and he's damn good at it. In addition, he likes the younger girls, because they are stupid. They find an older man that sweeps them off their feet and for some reason the fall in love. He is charismatic. Unfortunately, the other girl did marry him and is still married to him and they are going through a divorce, but that's beside the point. These comments make me very angry and I'm not afraid to give my name like many others. I tell the truth, I KNOW Keith Sampson. For those of you who give him words of encouragement, you only see the outside of Keith, the fake side and the side that we all believe in the beginning. Just thought the truth should be out there. "


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