Maine Zumba instructor nabbed for prostitution

[Jack_Bauer]

Alexis Wright, putting Zumba fitness on the map, thanks to the special encounters she provided in her Kennebunkport fitness studio, until she recently got busted:

But the talk of the town these days is the arrest of a local fitness instructor who's been charged with running a prostitution business out of her Zumba dance studio and secretly videotaping her encounters. Now the town is on the edge of its seat, waiting for the revelation of which of their friends and neighbors are among her more than 100 alleged johns.

"There's still some of that puritanical New England left around," said Will Bradford, who owns a copy shop in town. "There are places in the world that would laugh at this."

(...) Prosecutors haven't detailed why Wright would have been videotaping her encounters. But they gathered more than 100 hours of video and nearly 14,000 screen shots from seized computers, Deputy District Attorney Justina McGettigan said.

"The state's in over its head. This case isn't ready for prosecution," Daniel Lilly, Strong's lawyer, said at the hearing.

(...)
Police have begun issuing summons to Wright's customers and will release the names in the weeks ahead. Townspeople say they've heard that lawyers, doctors, law enforcement officials, a television personality and other well-known people in town are included in a detailed clientele list police found.

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/09/alexis-wright-accused-of-prostitution_n_1952804.html

Wright was also an exhibitionist who made available online, some very explicit content:

http://www.slutload.com/watch/B7fjZ...nce-instructor-pornstar-sucks-then-fucks.html

http://xhamster.com/movies/571981/sex_in_the_car.html

http://www.slutload.com/watch/Clvnd8KxSGG/Alexis-Wright-Zumba-Dance-pornstar-takes-cum-facial.html

http://www.xtube.com/watch.php?v=NrCpS-S660-

Several clips and pix here: http://mrbootyluver.tumblr.com/search/kikicu

http://www.eroprofile.com/m/videos/view/sexy-wife-KiKiCu-enjoys-a-facial

http://www.eroprofile.com/m/videos/view/KiKiCu-rimming-and-fucking-husband-with-toy

http://www.eroprofile.com/m/videos/view/KiKiCu-plays-out-on-the-balcony

http://www.xtube.com/watch.php?v=NrCpS-S660-

 

[pat98]

Mods please merge with existing thread that already talk about Alexis Wright (title to be modified maybe?) thanks
https://merb.cc/vbulletin/showthread.php?90357-List-of-alleded-johns-to-be-published-in-Maine

 

[EagerBeaver]

Update on Zuma Trial In Maine

ALFRED, Maine (AP) — An insurance agent charged with promoting prostitution deleted all the email from his office computer a day after investigators raided his mistress' Zumba dance studio, office and home, a law enforcement computer expert testified Monday.

Frederick Williams of the Saco Police Department told jurors that he found spreadsheets, tax documents and snapshots from Skype video chats on defendant Mark Strong's computer and on computer equipment belonging to fitness instructor Alex Wright, who's accused of using her Zumba studio as a front for prostitution.

Jurors weren't told of sexually explicit images on Strong's computer that prosecutors contend show he knew about the prostitution. The defense said showing the panel the more than 500 photos would be prejudicial.

"It's going to horrify some of these people to the point (Strong) is not going to be able to get a fair verdict," defense lawyer Daniel Lilley told the judge while the jury was out of earshot. He said it was a "stretch" to say possession of pornography meant Strong knew about prostitution.

On Tuesday, jurors were asked to report to duty several hours later than usual so Justice Nancy Mills and lawyers can discuss several motions and evidentiary issues.

One issue up for discussion was whether personnel records of Kennebunk police officers must be turned over to the defense, which intends to attack the integrity of the chief investigator.

Also up for discussion was Lilley's motion to dismiss all remaining counts because prosecutors have repeatedly missed deadlines for turning over documents.

Monday's testimony focused largely on 86 items seized from Strong's Thomaston home and business in July, months after police raided Wright's home, studio and office in Kennebunk on Valentine's Day.

Williams, the police computer expert, examined computers and hard drives, and said Strong deleted all his email before Feb. 15, 2012. He also was able to recover pornographic snapshots recovered from Skype video chats between Strong and Wright.

A state police detective also testified that 41 items — including much of the computer equipment and hard drives — remained in state police custody but that one hard drive was included in 45 items that were placed in the custody of Kennebunk police investigator Audra Presby.

The defense contends police targeted Strong, who held a private investigator's license, because he was looking into unprofessional conduct by Presby and other Kennebunk officers. The hard drive that ended up with Presby contained details of Strong's investigation, the defense says.

Strong helped Wright launch her Pura Vida dance-fitness studio by co-signing for her lease and loaning money with commercial notes that she repaid with interest. He contends he didn't know anything about allegations of prostitution.

The prostitution scandal attracted international attention after it was reported that Wright had ledgers indicating she made $150,000 over 18 months and had more than 150 clients, some of them prominent.

Both Strong and Wright have pleaded not guilty. Wright will be tried later for dozens of charges that include prostitution and tax violations.

http://news.yahoo.com/police-maine-zumba-defendant-deleted-emails-211631808.html

see also:
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20130225-NEWS-130229839

 

[THEHITMAN]

I guess she wasn't making enough money as a zumba instructor

 

[curious2012]

She should relocate to Montreal.....always wanted to try Zumba

 

[Janus]

Wright will be tried later for dozens of charges that include prostitution and tax violations.

Tax related charges? Really? On a job that she can't put down on her tax forms because its illegal? I'm sure that's because they can't get hard enough charges on solicitaion alone... In the US... they always nail you with taxes...

 

[EagerBeaver]

Usually when an escort agency is involved, they are never prosecuted for anything other than income tax evasion. A good example was the Emperor's Club which was the agency that ex Governor Eliot Spitzer was using. They were prosecuted very aggressively because it was a huge business in NYC making millions and avoiding payment of millions in tax revenue to the IRS.

Neither Eliot Spitzer nor the escort he met, Ashley Dupree, were ever charged with anything although the feds had wire transfers Spitzer made in his own name from his own personal bank account to shell companies designated as payees by the Emperor's Club.

The prosecution in Maine is likely motivated by political considerations but the prosecutor will prosecute what he can prove, and when tons of money is being made and no income is being reported, it is pretty easy to prove a crime assuming you have proof of the income. This is why money laundering skills become important. The Zumba was apparently the money laundering operation to hide where the money was really being made.

 

[Janus]

Wow... Had no idea... EagerBeaver/Patron. Thanks guys. I would had guess that they could not report that income... But makes sense (in a weird, isolated way which is how Governments work I guess....)

Learned something today

Thanks.

 

[greenacres99]

Income tax evasion is the charge of choice when nothing else will stick. See Al Capone, Spiro Agnew, etc.