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    http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...ution/2374943/

    ALFRED, Maine (AP) — A Zumba fitness instructor who pleaded guilty to using her Maine studio as a front for prostitution is going to jail, bringing to an end a scandal featuring sex videos, adultery and exhibitionism.

    The 30-year-old Wright was accused of conspiring with an insurance business owner to run a prostitution business in which she videotaped clients without their knowledge and kept detailed records over an 18-month period indicating she made $150,000 tax-free while collecting welfare.
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    They also released the names and addresses of some of her clients! Finally, it's not just the women being prosecuted.

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    i just saw that on the news..she is so hot! not very smart though

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    Wow they have their names and addresses posted. Whoa that's dirty!! I guess most 50-60 year olds don't do Zumba? Still I have to admire the front business. Who would have thought a Zumba studio could be a front for prostitution.

    Still she was being pimped out by this 57 year old guy that started the business.

    "Wright said Strong's claims that there was an “affair” and “a friendship” made her “truly nauseated.”

    "Sarah Churchill, Wright's attorney, said her client was sexually abused by her father who, after her mother separated from him when Wright was 8 or 9 and left for California, kidnapped Wright and forced her to endure “horrors” on a cross-country trip before authorities caught up to him."
    "By the time she met Mark Strong, around 2003, while working as a dancer at a Portland strip club, Churchill said, he used the information he knew about Wright to “manipulate” her and Wright was “sucked into, what I would call manipulated, into a mess and didn't know how to get out of it.”

    Sickening. Like she didn't have enough problems before this happened.

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    I have been following this, and honestly I get why she is playing the "victim" card, but it makes me sad.

    "By the time she met Mark Strong, around 2003, while working as a dancer at a Portland strip club, Churchill said, he used the information he knew about Wright to “manipulate” her and Wright was “sucked into, what I would call manipulated, into a mess and didn't know how to get out of it.”

    OH, BULL!

    She knew what she was doing, odds are she was not 'forced' or coerced in any way at all. Look, the guy IS super shady, I am not saying that. But she knew full well what she was doing, why, and probably was totally cool with it til the bust.

    Now, she's some poor confused 30 year old who is such a VICTIM. There is a difference between survival prostitution and this. I escort, I know the difference too. And I kinda hate that she is feeding into the whole "I am a victim. I am so glad I am out of the life. STOP ESCORT WORK!" Like we gals need that now, too.

    Please come and save me from all that money. PLEASE.

    And there ARE women who need to be rescued from lots of things, and anyone in a bad situation doing things they hate SHOULD get help. I guess I am just tired of being a stereotype. We're not all trapped or victims. My partner and I love our job.

    Sorry I went off an a tangent...the Zoomba thing was BRILLIANT.

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    ^ I get it's hard to be manipulated in making 150,000 tax free dollars lol. Still she started out with some pretty fucked up things at the age of 8 and 9. I can't over look that . I think the problem is we hear too often the sob story tale of why someone got into this industry instead of hearing "wow I love fucking so many men and this was going to be the best way I could do it for a living".

    The again we saw the Olympic star do just that. She obviously didn't need the money but she got a rush from escorting.

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    [QUOTE=Laurisa;2496509]http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...ution/2374943/

    ALFRED, Maine (AP) — A Zumba fitness instructor who pleaded guilty to using her Maine studio as a front for prostitution is going to jail, bringing to an end a scandal featuring sex videos, adultery and exhibitionism.

    The 30-year-old Wright was accused of conspiring with an insurance business owner to run a prostitution business in which she videotaped clients without their knowledge and kept detailed records over an 18-month period indicating she made $150,000 tax-free while collecting welfare.[/QUOTE]

    That's messed up, collecting while earning that much!


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    Yeah I don't like that she collected welfare while earning that much. It makes society look down upon adult work even more every time stories about adult workers and welfare fraud come up.
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    I'm more upset she was frauding welfare than anything else. Personally I don't think prostitution should be illegal.

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    I heard about this last year. I think it’s really creative that she used a zumba studio to conduct her work.

    Too bad she is facing jail time though. I personally think that there are worse criminals out there and someone using a zumba studio as a front for prostitution should be the least of people’s worries.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RosesForMyLove View Post
    I heard about this last year. I think it’s really creative that she used a zumba studio to conduct her work.

    Too bad she is facing jail time though. I personally think that there are worse criminals out there and someone using a zumba studio as a front for prostitution should be the least of people’s worries.
    I agree 100% As long as women prostitute OUTSIDE the club, I think it's fine! These guys aren't children. They have the right to choose to pay to spend intimate time. What the hell business is it of ours? I saw this covered on Dr Drew and he's boo-hooing for the married men! 'Their info is in the paper embarrassing them, their kids and wives will know and be harassed. She's the real criminal here'...on and on. I was so pissed I'm yelling at the screen! Their marriages are their responsibility and concern. Society in the form of the police does NOT have the duty of "looking after theses guys and their families to keep the marriages intact" or "protect the wives from disease." The responsibility of the police is to look after the nonconsensual acts against others. That's it.

    She should have taken the prostitution part of her plan to another country that would allow it and proceeded to clean up. Perfectly good idea without the welfare fraud, the taping, etc.
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    Optimist thank you! Another thing I forgot to point out before is the way the media is attacking this woman. I know she took welfare while receiving tons of cash under the table but aside from that she was just trying to survive like anybody else in this world. I mean what about the men that used her services? You don’t see their names and faces being plastered all over the tv or in the papers. I know that they are all “high profile” and supposedly “prestigious members of the communities and have families” but what about this woman? I’m sure that she has a family to and I’m sure she will have a very difficult time finding employment in the vanilla world after all this. I personally think that if the media is going to attack and humiliate her they should do the same to the johns that used her services. Fuck it. Release names and photos.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vivvie View Post
    I have been following this, and honestly I get why she is playing the "victim" card, but it makes me sad.

    "By the time she met Mark Strong, around 2003, while working as a dancer at a Portland strip club, Churchill said, he used the information he knew about Wright to “manipulate” her and Wright was “sucked into, what I would call manipulated, into a mess and didn't know how to get out of it.”

    OH, BULL!

    She knew what she was doing, odds are she was not 'forced' or coerced in any way at all. Look, the guy IS super shady, I am not saying that. But she knew full well what she was doing, why, and probably was totally cool with it til the bust.

    Now, she's some poor confused 30 year old who is such a VICTIM. There is a difference between survival prostitution and this. I escort, I know the difference too. And I kinda hate that she is feeding into the whole "I am a victim. I am so glad I am out of the life. STOP ESCORT WORK!" Like we gals need that now, too.

    Please come and save me from all that money. PLEASE.

    And there ARE women who need to be rescued from lots of things, and anyone in a bad situation doing things they hate SHOULD get help. I guess I am just tired of being a stereotype. We're not all trapped or victims. My partner and I love our job.

    Sorry I went off an a tangent...the Zoomba thing was BRILLIANT.
    Agreed. Though I suppose it is vaguely understandable that she is taking the defense she believes will be most effective in getting her a lighter sentence. It's still disingenuous, craven, and also perpetuating the stereotype that women are invariably victims in choosing (or being forced into) prostitution.

    They should nail her on the welfare fraud but drop everything else. But no way will they do so. It's Maine. It's the Puritan Heritage. And there are high profile 'Pillars of the Community' involved. No way out of all that but a huge scandal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Optimist View Post
    I agree 100% As long as women prostitute OUTSIDE the club, I think it's fine! These guys aren't children. They have the right to choose to pay to spend intimate time. What the hell business is it of ours? I saw this covered on Dr Drew and he's boo-hooing for the married men! 'Their info is in the paper embarrassing them, their kids and wives will know and be harassed. She's the real criminal here'...on and on. I was so pissed I'm yelling at the screen! Their marriages are their responsibility and concern. Society in the form of the police does NOT have the duty of "looking after theses guys and their families to keep the marriages intact" or "protect the wives from disease." The responsibility of the police is to look after the nonconsensual acts against others. That's it.

    She should have taken the prostitution part of her plan to another country that would allow it and proceeded to clean up. Perfectly good idea without the welfare fraud, the taping, etc.
    Agreed. I have no problems with prostitution except in the strip club. That is disgusting of Dr Drew but he is so wrong. The men who were married should be exposed because they broke a marriage vow. Their wives have every right to know. In fact the wives are the victims here not the husband because he may even carry diseases because guys like these often frequent many prostitutes.

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