Strong found guilty in Zumba prostitution case
Mark Strong Sr. was found guilty Wednesday of conspiring to organize a prostitution business based at a Kennebunk Zumba studio.
The Bangor Daily News reported the 12-member jury, seven men and five women, found Strong guilty on 12 counts of promotion of prostitution and one count of conspiring to promote prostitution after five hours of deliberation.
The verdict is the first major part of the Kennebunk case that has received national media attention and sparked controversy when it became known that accused prostitute Alexis Wright had kept detailed ledgers, apparently containing the names of customers.
Strong was released Wednesday on personal recognizance and will be sentenced for the 13 counts of Class D crimes on March 19. He faces up to a year in prison and a maximum fine of $2,000 on each of those charges.
As a condition of his release, Strong is not allowed to have contact with Wright, who faces a separate trial that is expected to begin this spring.
The case has also involved charges levied against suspected johns, 18 of whom have been convicted so far.
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