PORTLAND, Maine — Alexis Wright on Friday pleaded guilty to 20 charges that she worked as a prostitute for more than a year and a half in her Zumba studio in Kennebunk. Felonies in the case have been reduced to Class D misdemeanor crimes as part of the deal.
Prosecutors and Wright’s defense attorney Sarah Churchill have agreed to a plea deal that recommends Wright serve 10 months in jail. She is due to be sentenced May 31 and is out on bail
Wright also pleaded guilty to charges of tax evasion and theft.
Friday's plea talks came a week to the day after her co-conspirator, Mark Strong, was sentenced to jail for being her pimp.
Wright had been indicted on 106 charges ranging from prostitution and invasion of privacy to welfare fraud.
A heavily made-up Wright appeared at the courthouse Friday in a black and white checkered miniskirt, salmon pink blouse and nails, black jacket and stiletto heels, with her hair elaborately coiffed. Her look was in stark contrast to the one she sported during the first settlement negotiation on March 13, when Wright wore little makeup and a calf-length cream-colored coat with a matching scarf and pumps.
As details of the deal were revealed at about 4:30 p.m., after the court's normal closing time, Wright kept her head down, appearing to weep.
The only thing Wright said Friday was “guilty,” when Judge Nancy Mills asked her how she pleaded.
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