<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - zumba</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/zumba</link><description>Newsvine - zumba</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 18:21:14 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:24:59 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Will Zumba instructor sell her steamy story?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Zumba instructor and single mom moonlights as hooker.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Sharp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Sharp]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17520271-will-zumba-instructor-sell-her-steamy-story</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17520271-will-zumba-instructor-sell-her-steamy-story</guid><category>us</category><category>associated-press</category><category>prostitution</category><category>us-news</category><category>zumba</category><category>maine-zumba</category><category>justin-mcgettigan</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:52:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b46f8a9f-5b00-4e56-9e31-abeb07aa7fbc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="375" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b46f8a9f-5b00-4e56-9e31-abeb07aa7fbc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 13, 2013 file photo, Alexis Wright, 30, leaves the Cumberland County Courthouse in Portland, Maine, after a hearing in the case of the Zumba fitness instructor charged with prostitution and tax and welfare violations.  The defense and prosecutors resumed a settlement conference Friday, March 29, 2013, after the first round of discussions failed to produce a plea agreement. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=88db7b84-ca94-4623-9018-a4da436e63f2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=88db7b84-ca94-4623-9018-a4da436e63f2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Alexis Wright appears with her attorney, Sarah Churchill, Friday, March 29, 2013 in Cumberland County Court, in Portland, Maine. Wright, a dance instructor accused of using her Zumba fitness studio as a front for prostitution pleaded guilty Friday to 20 counts in a scandal that captivated a quiet seaside town. (AP Photo/Portland Press Herald, John Ewing, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a1c07e0-2eed-402e-bb57-da72b15fcac3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a1c07e0-2eed-402e-bb57-da72b15fcac3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Alexis Wright appears with her attorney, Sarah Churchill, Friday, March 29, 2013 in Cumberland County Court, in Portland, Maine. Wright, a dance instructor accused of using her Zumba fitness studio as a front for prostitution pleaded guilty Friday to 20 counts in a scandal that captivated a quiet seaside town. (AP Photo/Portland Press Herald, John Ewing, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c6572cf4-c177-4a29-8438-bd88e4f16b5b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="375" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c6572cf4-c177-4a29-8438-bd88e4f16b5b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 13, 2013 file photo, Alexis Wright, 30, leaves the Cumberland County Courthouse in Portland, Maine. Whether Wright's tale makes it to the small screen remains to be seen, but there is nothing specifically in state law &amp;#8212; and nothing in the plea bargain she reached with prosecutors &amp;#8212; that prevents Wright from selling her story, whether in the form of an interview, a book or a script. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Maine man gets 20 days in Zumba paid-sex case</title>
<description><![CDATA[An insurance agent who helped run a prostitution operation out of his mistress's Zumba studio and watched sex videos made with a hidden camera will serve 20 days in jail for a scandal that rocked a seaside community better known for its beaches and sea captains' homes than for crime.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Sharp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Sharp]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17386479-maine-man-gets-20-days-in-zumba-paid-sex-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17386479-maine-man-gets-20-days-in-zumba-paid-sex-case</guid><category>us</category><category>prostitution</category><category>us-news</category><category>zumba</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:42:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aa693f0c-fc02-408d-9cd4-354904a0419c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aa693f0c-fc02-408d-9cd4-354904a0419c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2013 file photo, Mark Strong Sr., leaves the Cumberland County Court House in Portland, Maine. Strong, was convicted earlier this month of 12 counts of promoting prostitution and one count of conspiracy. Prosecutors are seeking a 364-day jail term while the defense is asking for no more than 14 days in jail. His sentencing is Thursday March 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8be70e87-051c-4bb0-b681-926887748d0a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="379" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8be70e87-051c-4bb0-b681-926887748d0a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="162" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mark Strong, Sr., leaves the Cumberland County Counthouse and is taken to jail after receiving a 20-day sentence and a $3,000 fine for his role in the Zumba prostitution case, Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Portland, Maine. Strong, an insurance agent, helped run a prostitution operation out of his mistress's Zumba studio in Kennebunk, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=69270434-3e8d-4214-8870-79da3e21f1f9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=69270434-3e8d-4214-8870-79da3e21f1f9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mark Strong Sr. comforts his wife Julie after she became emotional while addressing Justice Nancy Mills during Strong's sentencing at Cumberland County Superior Court in Portland, Maine, Thursday, March 21, 2013. Strong was sentenced to 20 days in jail and a fine of $3,000 for his role in promoting a one-woman prostitution business from a Zumba studio in Kennebunk. (AP Photo/Portland Press Herald, Gregory Rec, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3bd4391c-5f30-4cc4-bda2-630ce3a7e799.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3bd4391c-5f30-4cc4-bda2-630ce3a7e799.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mark Strong, Sr., leaves the Cumberland County Counthouse and is taken to jail after receiving a 20-day sentence and a $3,000 fine for his role in the Zumba prostitution case, Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Portland, Maine. Strong, an insurance agent, helped run a prostitution operation out of his mistress's Zumba studio in Kennebunk, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=40f1b4ba-464f-4bfc-b990-7d4ddfdbf381.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=40f1b4ba-464f-4bfc-b990-7d4ddfdbf381.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Julie Strong, the wife of Mark Strong Sr., leaves the Cumberland County Counthouse after her husband received a 20-day sentence and a $3,000 fine for his role in the Zumba prostitution case, Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Portland, Maine. Strong, an insurance agent, helped run a prostitution operation out of his mistress's Zumba studio in Kennebunk, Maine. Mark Strong, Jr., holds his mother's hand, at left. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=44c0e696-f447-4895-8d19-6a57c07d659b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=44c0e696-f447-4895-8d19-6a57c07d659b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dan Lilley, attorney for Mark Strong, Sr., speaks to reporters outside the Cumberland County Counthouse after his client received a 20-day sentence and a $3,000 fine for his role in the Zumba prostitution case, Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Portland, Maine. Strong, an insurance agent, helped run a prostitution operation out of his mistress's Zumba studio in Kennebunk, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7bad7610-e3e5-4a3c-9658-861e23d989b4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7bad7610-e3e5-4a3c-9658-861e23d989b4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Kennebunk Police Chief Robert F. MacKenzie, right, speaks to reporters outside the Cumberland County Counthouse after Mark Strong, Sr., received a 20-day sentence and a $3,000 fine for his role in the Zumba prostitution case, Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Portland, Maine. Strong, an insurance agent, helped run a prostitution operation out of his mistress's Zumba studio in Kennebunk, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa72af68-e2e8-4a7f-b046-2ca8a997948f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="326" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fa72af68-e2e8-4a7f-b046-2ca8a997948f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="188" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Dan Lilley, attorney for Mark Strong, Sr., leaves the Cumberland County Counthouse after his client received a 20-day sentence and a $3,000 fine for his role in the Zumba prostitution case, Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Portland, Maine. Strong, an insurance agent, helped run a prostitution operation out of his mistress's Zumba studio in Kennebunk, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d0c6f497-7979-4046-bf73-db39ac193c9a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d0c6f497-7979-4046-bf73-db39ac193c9a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mark Strong Sr., his wife Julie and their son Bradley hug during a recess in Cumberland County Unified Criminal Court in Portland, Maine, on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Julie Strong was overcome with emotion while addressing Justice Nancy Mills so Mills called for a recess to allow Strong to compose herself. Mark Strong was sentenced to 20 days in jail and ordered to pay $3,000 in fines. In the background at right is Sarah Churchill, attorney for Alexis Wright.  (AP Photo/Portland Press Herald, Gregory Rec, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5ece2684-7bd1-4b0f-a83f-875629892f43.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="470" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5ece2684-7bd1-4b0f-a83f-875629892f43.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="141" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mark Strong Sr. listens as Justice Nancy Mills discusses Strong's sentencing at Cumberland County Unified Criminal Court in Portland, Me., on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Strong was sentenced to 20 days in jail and ordered to pay $3,000 for his role promoting a prostitution business with Alexis Wright in Kennebunk, Maine. (AP Photo/Portland Press Herald, Gregory Rec, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d9cf8546-e6ef-485a-a535-7be2fdf59a53.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d9cf8546-e6ef-485a-a535-7be2fdf59a53.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mark Strong Sr. reads his apology during his sentencing at Cumberland County Unified Criminal Court in Portland, Me., on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Strong was sentenced to 20 days in jail and ordered to pay $3,000 in fines at Cumberland County Unified Criminal Court in Portland on Thursday, for his role promoting a prostitution business with Alexis Wright in Kennebunk, Me. (AP Photo/Portland Press Herald, Gregory Rec, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Focus on Zumba teacher in Maine prostitution case</title>
<description><![CDATA[The focus of a small-town prostitution scandal has turned to a Zumba fitness instructor captured in scores of sex videos now that an insurance agent accused of being her business partner has been convicted.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Sharp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Sharp]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17211847-focus-on-zumba-teacher-in-maine-prostitution-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/06/17211847-focus-on-zumba-teacher-in-maine-prostitution-case</guid><category>us</category><category>prostitution</category><category>us-news</category><category>zumba</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Mar 2013 19:32:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e8b1974-a412-4a49-9740-4e99cf59b9b2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e8b1974-a412-4a49-9740-4e99cf59b9b2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2013 file photo, Mark Strong Sr., leaves the Cumberland County Court House in Portland, Maine. The jury in Strongs trial watched a video Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, showing a sexual encounter between Zumba fitness instructor Alexis Wright and a man who left cash on her massage table. Strong is charged with 13 counts that relate to promoting prostitution.  He contends he had an affair with Wright and helped her launch her Pura Vida dance studio in Kennebunk, Maine, but his lawyer has said he was unaware of any paid sex. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3a9d648e-5c39-4753-b957-60d2bb06e46f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="336" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3a9d648e-5c39-4753-b957-60d2bb06e46f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="101" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mark Strong Sr. looks to the jury as the foreman reads the guilty verdict on the thirteen charges against him, Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at York County Superior Court in Alfred, Maine. Strong was convicted of promoting a prostitution business centered at a Zumba studio, a scandal that generated a wave of prurient interest in a small coastal town. In the foreground is Strong's co-counsel Tina Nadeau. (AP Photo/Portland Press Herald, Gregory Rec, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=81e6f26b-22fc-4de7-9928-1abd8ccc8eae.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="389" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=81e6f26b-22fc-4de7-9928-1abd8ccc8eae.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mark Strong Sr., right, looks to the jury as the foreman reads the guilty verdict on the thirteen charges against him, Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at York County Superior Court in Alfred, Maine. Strong was convicted of promoting a prostitution business centered at a Zumba studio, a scandal that generated a wave of prurient interest in a small coastal town. In the foreground is Strong's co-counsel Tina Nadeau. (AP Photo/Portland Press Herald, Gregory Rec, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Agent's Zumba case goes before Maine jury</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jurors who began deliberating Wednesday in the trial of an insurance agent accused of promoting prostitution went into the process with two images of the defendant: a man who was either a Zumba instructor's shrewd business partner or a smitten lover who wanted to help the single mother.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Sharp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Sharp]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17117712-agents-zumba-case-goes-before-maine-jury</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17117712-agents-zumba-case-goes-before-maine-jury</guid><category>us</category><category>prostitution</category><category>us-news</category><category>zumba</category><category>maine-zumba</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:29:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e8b1974-a412-4a49-9740-4e99cf59b9b2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7e8b1974-a412-4a49-9740-4e99cf59b9b2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2013 file photo, Mark Strong Sr., leaves the Cumberland County Court House in Portland, Maine. The jury in Strongs trial watched a video Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, showing a sexual encounter between Zumba fitness instructor Alexis Wright and a man who left cash on her massage table. Strong is charged with 13 counts that relate to promoting prostitution.  He contends he had an affair with Wright and helped her launch her Pura Vida dance studio in Kennebunk, Maine, but his lawyer has said he was unaware of any paid sex. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6ee6f0e-bf31-4937-8c27-cbe99854c038.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6ee6f0e-bf31-4937-8c27-cbe99854c038.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, Zumba fitness instructor Alexis Wright turns towards her attorney Sarah Churchill, left, during her arraignment in Portland, Maine on 109 counts including prostitution, violation of privacy and tax evasion for allegedly providing sex for money at her Kennebunk fitness studio and office. In the trial of her business partner, Mark Strong Sr., the jury watched a video Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, showing a sexual encounter between Wright and a man who left cash on her massage table. Strong is charged with 13 counts that relate to promoting prostitution.  He contends he had an affair with Wright and helped her launch her Pura Vida dance studio in Kennebunk, Maine, but his lawyer has said he was unaware of any paid sex.  (AP Photo/Joel Page, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Maine judge won't dismiss charges in Zumba trial</title>
<description><![CDATA[A judge on Tuesday refused to throw out charges against an insurance agent accused of helping a fitness instructor use her Zumba studio as a front for prostitution.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Sharp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Sharp]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17026016-maine-judge-wont-dismiss-charges-in-zumba-trial</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/20/17026016-maine-judge-wont-dismiss-charges-in-zumba-trial</guid><category>us</category><category>prostitution</category><category>us-news</category><category>zumba</category><category>maine-zumba</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:38:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ee8f3417-3ac0-43db-8073-ca1428034c58.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ee8f3417-3ac0-43db-8073-ca1428034c58.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2013 photo, Mark Strong Sr., leaves the Cumberland County Court House, in Portland, Maine. Delayed by a pair of appeals to the state supreme court, jury selection is set to resume Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 in the trial of an insurance agent accused of helping a fitness instructor use her Zumba studio as a front for prostitution. Justice Nancy Mills convened attorneys for defendant Mark Strong and fitness instructor Alexis Wright on Tuesday to get the case back on track after the state supreme court upheld the dismissal of 46 counts against Strong. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Maine judge to resume Zumba prostitution case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Delayed by a pair of appeals to the state supreme court, jury selection is set to resume Wednesday in the trial of an insurance agent accused of helping a fitness instructor use her Zumba studio as a front for prostitution.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Sharp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Sharp]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16944952-maine-judge-to-resume-zumba-prostitution-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16944952-maine-judge-to-resume-zumba-prostitution-case</guid><category>us</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>prostitution</category><category>us-news</category><category>zumba</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:22:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=87b42051-8041-47ef-a074-ca03b7002efa.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=87b42051-8041-47ef-a074-ca03b7002efa.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2013 file photo, Mark Strong Sr., leaves the Cumberland County Court House in Portland, Maine. Maine's highest court is preparing to weigh in on whether prostitution johns who were recorded without their knowledge have a right to privacy. A trial judge dismissed 46 invasion of privacy counts against Mark Strong Sr., who's accused of viewing sex videos featuring men who were unaware that they were being recorded with a woman who's accused of using her Zumba studio as a front for prostitution. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=400af4b0-891b-4310-86b3-e2b8602be97f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=400af4b0-891b-4310-86b3-e2b8602be97f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, Alexis Wright, 29, turns towards her attorney Sarah Churchill, left, during her arraignment in Portland, Maine. Maine's highest court is preparing to weigh in on whether prostitution johns who were recorded without their knowledge have a right to privacy. A trial judge dismissed 46 invasion of privacy counts against Mark Strong Sr., who's accused of viewing sex videos featuring men who were unaware that they were being recorded with Alexis Wright who's accused of using her Zumba studio as a front for prostitution. (AP Photo/Joel Page, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Judge drops most charges against man in Zumba case</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Maine judge has dropped most of the charges against a figure in a prostitution scandal centered on a Zumba studio in Kennebunk.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Sharp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Sharp]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16697253-judge-drops-most-charges-against-man-in-zumba-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16697253-judge-drops-most-charges-against-man-in-zumba-case</guid><category>us</category><category>case</category><category>prostitution</category><category>us-news</category><category>zumba</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:49:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Maine Zumba trial on hold pending appeal decision</title>
<description><![CDATA[A judge on Tuesday delayed the trial of a key figure in a prostitution scandal centered at a Zumba dance studio in Maine, telling lawyers that the state supreme court must rule on her decision to dismiss 46 counts before the trial can proceed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Sharp]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Sharp]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/22/16644153-maine-zumba-trial-on-hold-pending-appeal-decision</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/22/16644153-maine-zumba-trial-on-hold-pending-appeal-decision</guid><category>us</category><category>prostitution</category><category>us-news</category><category>zumba</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:21:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=751c2dc7-671d-4c8d-ac0d-4cee4f49af09.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=751c2dc7-671d-4c8d-ac0d-4cee4f49af09.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mark Strong Sr., leaves the Cumberland County Court House, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, in Portland, Maine. No plea was reached Friday and the case will proceed to trial next week for Strong, the business partner of a Zumba dance instructor charged with running a prostitution business from her Kennebunk, Maine studio. AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=573196b0-e0fa-4610-af03-7f0d1dcb91a6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="375" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=573196b0-e0fa-4610-af03-7f0d1dcb91a6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mark Strong Sr., right, and his attorney, Dan Lilley, leave the Cumberland County Court House, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, in Portland, Maine. No plea was reached Friday and the case will proceed to trial next week for Strong, the business partner of a Zumba dance instructor charged with running a prostitution business from her Kennebunk, Maine studio. Justice Nancy Mills declined to let the defense lawyer remove himself from representing Strong.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=020c8f45-f962-4eec-93dd-801d825a3bc0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="382" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=020c8f45-f962-4eec-93dd-801d825a3bc0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="115" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Justice Nancy Mills listens to attorney Daniel Lilley during a motion hearing in the trial of Mark Strong, Sr., Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 at York County Superior Court in Alfred, Maine. The remaining jury selection must be open to the public in the trial of the first major figure in a prostitution scandal centered on a Zumba studio in Kennebunk, Maine's highest court ruled Thursday. (AP Photo/Portland Press Herald, Gregory Rec, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cc1af7af-9ea8-4490-aa49-e7acc4af3639.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cc1af7af-9ea8-4490-aa49-e7acc4af3639.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mark Strong talks with his attorney Daniel Lilley during a motion hearing Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 at York County Superior Court in Alfred, Maine. The remaining jury selection must be open to the public in the trial of the first major figure in a prostitution scandal centered on a Zumba studio in Kennebunk, Maine's highest court ruled Thursday. (AP Photo/Portland Press Herald, Gregory Rec, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6e023dec-ef15-4e4f-ae98-a2b366b9345c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6e023dec-ef15-4e4f-ae98-a2b366b9345c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mark Strong, Sr. talks with his attorney Dan Lilley after Justice Nancy Mills dropped most of the  charges against Strong, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013 at York County Superior Court in Alfred, Maine. Strong is on trial for helping Alexis Wright run a one-woman prostitution business from a Kennebunk dance studio. (AP Photo/Portland Press Herald, Gregory Rec, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9543b468-0f8a-4fb8-9bb6-e85f1ba72a09.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="375" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9543b468-0f8a-4fb8-9bb6-e85f1ba72a09.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2013 file photo, Mark Strong Sr., right, and his attorney, Dan Lilley, leave the Cumberland County Court House in Portland, Maine. The trial of a key figure in a prostitution scandal at a Zumba studio in Maine has gone through four days without a jury being selected. And its unclear if the process will resume Monday. The defense is worried that the lengthy delays could cause potential jurors to turn against Strong even before jury selection is completed and the trial begins in earnest. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Maine Zumba prostitution suspect faces trial</title>
<description><![CDATA[A judge in Maine has refused to dismiss charges against the business partner of a Zumba instructor charged with running a prostitution ring from her dance studio.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16321064-maine-zumba-prostitution-suspect-faces-trial</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16321064-maine-zumba-prostitution-suspect-faces-trial</guid><category>us</category><category>prostitution</category><category>us-news</category><category>zumba</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Jan 2013 11:09:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Woman joins husband on Maine Zumba sex client list</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police in Maine say a woman has joined her husband on the client list of a Zumba dance instructor charged with using her studio as a front for prostitution.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16071176-woman-joins-husband-on-maine-zumba-sex-client-list</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/21/16071176-woman-joins-husband-on-maine-zumba-sex-client-list</guid><category>us</category><category>prostitution</category><category>us-news</category><category>zumba</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:10:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>4 new names added to Maine Zumba prostitution case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police have released four more names of men they believe paid for sex with a woman who's charged with using her Zumba dance studio as a front for prostitution.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/26/15461840-4-new-names-added-to-maine-zumba-prostitution-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/26/15461840-4-new-names-added-to-maine-zumba-prostitution-case</guid><category>us</category><category>prostitution</category><category>us-news</category><category>zumba</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:50:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Separate trials in Maine Zumba prostitution case</title>
<description><![CDATA[A judge has ordered separate trials for two people accused of being involved in a prostitution business at a Zumba fitness studio in a Maine seaside town.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/09/15040020-separate-trials-in-maine-zumba-prostitution-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/09/15040020-separate-trials-in-maine-zumba-prostitution-case</guid><category>us</category><category>prostitution</category><category>us-news</category><category>zumba</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2012 07:19:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a55ae209-7d38-429f-8e11-ec06910ab5ec.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a55ae209-7d38-429f-8e11-ec06910ab5ec.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, Alexis Wright, 29, turns towards her attorney Sarah Churchill, left, during her arraignment in Portland, Maine on 109 counts of prostitution, violation of privacy, tax evasion and other charges for allegedly providing sex for money at her Kennebunk fitness studio and office. Some who know Wright say shes the last person they thought would get caught up in a headline-grabbing scandal. (AP Photo/Joel Page, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Men ID'd in Maine Zumba studio prostitution case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police on Friday released another round of names of men they believe paid for sex with a woman who's charged with using her Zumba dance studio as a front for prostitution in the seaside town.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Shaffrey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ted Shaffrey]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/26/14711558-men-idd-in-maine-zumba-studio-prostitution-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/26/14711558-men-idd-in-maine-zumba-studio-prostitution-case</guid><category>us</category><category>prostitution</category><category>us-news</category><category>zumba</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 06:24:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f67f6913-8988-45d7-a59e-6ed74077d5de.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f67f6913-8988-45d7-a59e-6ed74077d5de.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE-In this Oct. 12, 2012, file photo, a Unitarian Universalist church dominates one end of downtown Kennebunk, Maine. The New England coastal town has grown weary of its 15 minutes of fame following the Zumba prostitution scandal. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=07a7e1a7-f590-4195-ac97-9a0c92c6145e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=07a7e1a7-f590-4195-ac97-9a0c92c6145e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE-In this Oct. 12, 2012, file photo, a couple crosses Main Street in downtown Kennebunk, Maine. The New England coastal town has grown weary of its 15 minutes of fame following the Zumba prostitution scandal. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lawyer angry over Zumba prostitution case handling</title>
<description><![CDATA[The lawyer for a high school hockey coach who gave up his job because of the Zumba prostitution case said Thursday that his client's name never should have been made public and contended law enforcement agencies have engaged in "reckless and outrageous behavior."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14488931-lawyer-angry-over-zumba-prostitution-case-handling</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14488931-lawyer-angry-over-zumba-prostitution-case-handling</guid><category>us</category><category>prostitution</category><category>new-hampshire</category><category>us-news</category><category>zumba</category><category>paul-main</category><category>zumba-prostitution</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:02:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d47080b7-35bd-4865-ac85-2fa216f9f2bc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d47080b7-35bd-4865-ac85-2fa216f9f2bc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, Mark Strong Sr., right, sits with his attorney Dan Lilley, left, during his arraignment in Portland, Maine on 59 charges, including promotion of prostitution and violation of privacy in connection with a Kennebunk Zumba dance studio. A lawyer for two alleged clients of a Maine woman accused of running a prostitution business out of her Zumba dance studio and secretly videotaped the encounters has filed a motion to block the release of names of the men suspected as her clients. (AP Photo/Joel Page, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4341a446-e0fc-4154-9ee4-2a287c38fde9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4341a446-e0fc-4154-9ee4-2a287c38fde9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, Alexis Wright, 29, turns towards her attorney Sarah Churchill, left, during her arraignment in Portland, Maine on 109 counts of prostitution, violation of privacy, tax evasion and other charges for allegedly providing sex for money at her Kennebunk fitness studio and office. The first batch of more than 100 men accused of paying a fitness instructor for sex were laying low after police began releasing their names in a small New England town where rumors have run rampant for weeks. Police on Monday released 21 names of men who were issued summons for engaging in prostitution with a 29-year-old Zumba instructor who's charged with turning her dance studio into a brothel in this seaside community and secretly videotaping her encounters. (AP Photo/Joel Page, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8dcdbe6e-d0c6-4f60-9283-5fc0ebc151e3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8dcdbe6e-d0c6-4f60-9283-5fc0ebc151e3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2012 file photo, a sign is seen near a marina in Kennebunk, Maine. The first batch of more than 100 men accused of paying a fitness instructor for sex were laying low after police began releasing their names in the small New England town where rumors have run rampant for weeks. Police on Monday released 21 names of men who were issued summons for engaging in prostitution with a 29-year-old Zumba instructor who's charged with turning her dance studio into a brothel in this seaside community and secretly videotaping her encounters. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=802bac1f-a626-419b-bad5-53091540103e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="234" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=802bac1f-a626-419b-bad5-53091540103e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Retired sheriff's deputy Paul Main poses in his shop at his home Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 in Alfred, Maine. Main's phone has been ringing off the hook since a person with his same name, accused of visiting a prostitute in Kennebunk, was released on Monday. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ece4eda2-fe48-4ddd-a7e6-eb838d535751.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ece4eda2-fe48-4ddd-a7e6-eb838d535751.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Retired sheriff's deputy Paul Main poses in his shop at his home Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 in Alfred, Maine. Main's phone has been ringing off the hook since a person with his same name, accused of visiting a prostitute in Kennebunk, was released on Monday. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=82f3bd62-b242-4c1a-802a-ab8f082d7bb6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=82f3bd62-b242-4c1a-802a-ab8f082d7bb6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Retired sheriff's deputy Paul Main poses in his shop at his home Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 in Alfred, Maine. Main's phone has been ringing off the hook since a person with his same name, accused of visiting a prostitute in Kennebunk, was released on Monday. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Judge reverses self in Maine prostitution case</title>
<description><![CDATA[A judge has reversed his decision about a Maine prostitution case, ruling that addresses and other identifying information can now be released for men charged with paying for sex with a fitness instructor.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Clarke Canfield]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Clarke Canfield]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14323706-judge-reverses-self-in-maine-prostitution-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14323706-judge-reverses-self-in-maine-prostitution-case</guid><category>us</category><category>new-england</category><category>prostitution</category><category>us-news</category><category>zumba</category><category>paul-main</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2012 21:53:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=248b5e89-dd74-4bc5-bde5-3785f1047e10.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=248b5e89-dd74-4bc5-bde5-3785f1047e10.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Alexis Wright, 29, turns towards her attorney Sarah Churchill, left, during her arraignment Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 in Portland, Maine on 109 counts of prostitution, violation of privacy, tax evasion and other charges for allegedly providing sex for money at her Kennebunk fitness studio and office. Wright pleaded not guilty on charges she ran a prostitution business out of her Kennebunk Zumba studio and secretly filmed her encounters. (AP Photo/Joel Page)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ae82aa34-2e0e-4a7e-9c0e-579ddb79f392.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="370" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ae82aa34-2e0e-4a7e-9c0e-579ddb79f392.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Alexis Wright, 29, turns towards her attorney Sarah Churchill, left, during her arraignment Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 in Portland, Maine on 109 counts of prostitution, violation of privacy, tax evasion and other charges for allegedly providing sex for money at her Kennebunk fitness studio and office. Wright pleaded not guilty on charges she ran a prostitution business out of her Kennebunk Zumba studio and secretly filmed her encounters. (AP Photo/Joel Page)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c6c550ee-c80a-4eb5-83a1-ae6bcddb1efa.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c6c550ee-c80a-4eb5-83a1-ae6bcddb1efa.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mark Strong Sr., right, sits with his attorney Dan Lilley, left, during his arraignment Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012 in Portland, Maine on 59 charges, including promotion of prostitution and violation of privacy in connection with a Kennebunk Zumba dance studio. Strong Jr. entered a plea of not guilty. (AP Photo/Joel Page)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d246d907-4ead-40a7-8f7b-feb9a3bce75d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d246d907-4ead-40a7-8f7b-feb9a3bce75d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, Alexis Wright, 29, turns towards her attorney Sarah Churchill, left, during her arraignment in Portland, Maine on 109 counts of prostitution, violation of privacy, tax evasion and other charges for allegedly providing sex for money at her Kennebunk fitness studio and office. A lawyer for two alleged clients of Wright has filed a motion to block the release of names of the men suspected as her clients. (AP Photo/Joel Page, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d47080b7-35bd-4865-ac85-2fa216f9f2bc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d47080b7-35bd-4865-ac85-2fa216f9f2bc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, Mark Strong Sr., right, sits with his attorney Dan Lilley, left, during his arraignment in Portland, Maine on 59 charges, including promotion of prostitution and violation of privacy in connection with a Kennebunk Zumba dance studio. A lawyer for two alleged clients of a Maine woman accused of running a prostitution business out of her Zumba dance studio and secretly videotaped the encounters has filed a motion to block the release of names of the men suspected as her clients. (AP Photo/Joel Page, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=42feb786-41ad-4bd8-b23b-229572b01e4d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="234" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=42feb786-41ad-4bd8-b23b-229572b01e4d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, a for lease sign hangs on the window of the former Pura Vida fitness studio, in Kennebunk, Maine. A lawyer for two alleged clients of a Maine woman accused of running a prostitution business out of the Zumba dance studio and secretly videotaped the encounters has filed a motion to block the release of names of the men suspected as her clients. (AP Photo/Clarke Canfield, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=87e0b1cc-d898-492c-93db-d5cfa61ca1a4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=87e0b1cc-d898-492c-93db-d5cfa61ca1a4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A pedestrian crosses Route 1 in downtown Kennebunk, Maine, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. Curious residents in this seaside community may have to wait to learn which of their friends and neighbors stand accused of giving business to a fitness instructor charged with running a prostitution operation out of her Zumba studio. The police department's plan to release some of the more than 150 names of suspected clients was delayed Friday by last-minute legal wrangling. Alexis Wright, a 29-year-old fitness instructor from Wells, Maine, has pleaded not guilty to prostitution, invasion of privacy and other charges for allegedly accepting money for sex and secretly videotaping her encounters. Her business partner, Mark Strong Sr., a 57-year-old insurance agent and private investigator from Thomaston, Maine, pleaded not guilty to 59 misdemeanor charges.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5ae29744-2205-48c9-b140-f4405afbc263.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5ae29744-2205-48c9-b140-f4405afbc263.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A pizzeria worker is interviewed by a TV crew in front of the former fitness studio where prostitution has been alledged to have occured in Kennebunk, Maine, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. The police department's plan to release some of the more than 150 names of suspected clients was delayed Friday by last-minute legal wrangling. Alexis Wright, a 29-year-old fitness instructor from Wells, Maine, has pleaded not guilty to prostitution, invasion of privacy and other charges for allegedly accepting money for sex and secretly videotaping her encounters. Her business partner, Mark Strong Sr., a 57-year-old insurance agent and private investigator from Thomaston, Maine, pleaded not guilty to 59 misdemeanor charges.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bead523e-0565-48b2-ae0c-d58fcd4e8ccd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bead523e-0565-48b2-ae0c-d58fcd4e8ccd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A couple crosses Route 1 in downtown Kennebunk, Maine, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. Curious residents in this seaside community may have to wait to learn which of their friends and neighbors stand accused of giving business to a fitness instructor charged with running a prostitution operation out of her Zumba studio. The police department's plan to release some of the more than 150 names of suspected clients was delayed Friday by last-minute legal wrangling. Alexis Wright, a 29-year-old fitness instructor from Wells, Maine, has pleaded not guilty to prostitution, invasion of privacy and other charges for allegedly accepting money for sex and secretly videotaping her encounters. Her business partner, Mark Strong Sr., a 57-year-old insurance agent and private investigator from Thomaston, Maine, pleaded not guilty to 59 misdemeanor charges.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5f77916f-91be-49b5-9405-58d1cbd8be24.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="370" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5f77916f-91be-49b5-9405-58d1cbd8be24.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Alexis Wright, de 29 años, mira a su abogada Sarah Churchill, izquierda, en su comparecencia del martes 9 de octubre del 2012 en Portland, Maine, tras ser acusada de 109 cargos de prostitución, violación de la privacidad, evasión fiscal y otros delitos por hacer favores sexuales a cambio de dinero en su gimnasio de Kennebunk. Es acusada además de firmar a sus clientes en la comisión de un delito sexual. (Foto AP/Joel Page)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fe0493c8-2579-4f20-84cb-fbc75e352a03.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fe0493c8-2579-4f20-84cb-fbc75e352a03.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A sign is seen near a marina in Kennebunk, Maine, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. Curious residents in this seaside community may have to wait to learn which of their friends and neighbors stand accused of giving business to a fitness instructor charged with running a prostitution operation out of her Zumba studio. The police department's plan to release some of the more than 150 names of suspected clients was delayed Friday by last-minute legal wrangling. Alexis Wright, a 29-year-old fitness instructor from Wells, Maine, has pleaded not guilty to prostitution, invasion of privacy and other charges for allegedly accepting money for sex and secretly videotaping her encounters. Her business partner, Mark Strong Sr., a 57-year-old insurance agent and private investigator from Thomaston, Maine, pleaded not guilty to 59 misdemeanor charges.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4341a446-e0fc-4154-9ee4-2a287c38fde9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4341a446-e0fc-4154-9ee4-2a287c38fde9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, Alexis Wright, 29, turns towards her attorney Sarah Churchill, left, during her arraignment in Portland, Maine on 109 counts of prostitution, violation of privacy, tax evasion and other charges for allegedly providing sex for money at her Kennebunk fitness studio and office. The first batch of more than 100 men accused of paying a fitness instructor for sex were laying low after police began releasing their names in a small New England town where rumors have run rampant for weeks. Police on Monday released 21 names of men who were issued summons for engaging in prostitution with a 29-year-old Zumba instructor who's charged with turning her dance studio into a brothel in this seaside community and secretly videotaping her encounters. (AP Photo/Joel Page, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8dcdbe6e-d0c6-4f60-9283-5fc0ebc151e3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8dcdbe6e-d0c6-4f60-9283-5fc0ebc151e3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2012 file photo, a sign is seen near a marina in Kennebunk, Maine. The first batch of more than 100 men accused of paying a fitness instructor for sex were laying low after police began releasing their names in the small New England town where rumors have run rampant for weeks. Police on Monday released 21 names of men who were issued summons for engaging in prostitution with a 29-year-old Zumba instructor who's charged with turning her dance studio into a brothel in this seaside community and secretly videotaping her encounters. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=802bac1f-a626-419b-bad5-53091540103e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="234" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=802bac1f-a626-419b-bad5-53091540103e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Retired sheriff's deputy Paul Main poses in his shop at his home Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 in Alfred, Maine. Main's phone has been ringing off the hook since a person with his same name, accused of visiting a prostitute in Kennebunk, was released on Monday. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ece4eda2-fe48-4ddd-a7e6-eb838d535751.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ece4eda2-fe48-4ddd-a7e6-eb838d535751.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Retired sheriff's deputy Paul Main poses in his shop at his home Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 in Alfred, Maine. Main's phone has been ringing off the hook since a person with his same name, accused of visiting a prostitute in Kennebunk, was released on Monday. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=82f3bd62-b242-4c1a-802a-ab8f082d7bb6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=82f3bd62-b242-4c1a-802a-ab8f082d7bb6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Retired sheriff's deputy Paul Main poses in his shop at his home Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 in Alfred, Maine. Main's phone has been ringing off the hook since a person with his same name, accused of visiting a prostitute in Kennebunk, was released on Monday. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>