Former Kennebunk high hockey coach acquitted of being a john in Zumba prostitution case

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By Jennifer Feals, York County Coast Star
Posted Aug. 20, 2013, at 2 p.m.
Last modified Aug. 20, 2013, at 2:30 p.m.

ALFRED, Maine — Former Kennebunk High School hockey coach Donald Hill has been acquitted on a charge of engaging the services of prostitute Alexis Wright.
Justice Roland Cole ruled shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday that because of a lack of evidence Hill’s trial would not continue. The decision came after Cole decided against allowing the state to enter into evidence the business ledger and key that Wright used to record data from her prostitution business.

Hill, 53, of Old Orchard Beach has said he thought he was in a relationship with Wright. In court on Monday, his attorney told the jury they would not see images or video or hear audio recordings or hear from witnesses that Hill paid Wright for sex. Hill, who pleaded not guilty, would have faced a $1,000 fine if he had been convicted.

On Monday, Wright, 30, of Wells and Wright’s business partner, Mark Strong, 57, of Thomaston were called to the stand. Wright identified Hill in the courtroom Monday, but faced no additional questions from prosecutors or Hill’s attorney Gary Prolman.

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