Maine Zumba teacher pleads guilty in prostitution case

Maine Zumba teacher pleads guilty in prostitution case

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Alexis Wright, 30, pleaded guilty to 20 prostitution-related counts on March 29, 2013 on accusations that she was having paid sex in her Zumba fitness studio in Kennebunk, Maine. Wright was accused of conspiring with insurance agent Mark Strong Sr. to run a prostitution business in which she allegedly made $150,000 over an 18-month period. Her counts include engaging in prostitution, promotion of prostitution, conspiracy to promote prostitution, tax evasion and theft by deception. The scandal became a sensation when authorities said Wright had sex with at least 150 clients, some of them prominent. Strong, 57, was convicted of 13 counts related to promotion of prostitution and sentenced to 20 days in jail.

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Alexis Wright leaves the Cumberland County Courthouse on March 13, 2013 in Portland, Maine

Author: Edecio Martinez

Credit: AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File

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