Maine Zumba instructor gets 10 months for prostitution

[MrBates2]

New York (CNN) -- A 29-year-old Zumba instructor was sentenced to 10 months in jail Friday for engaging in prostitution out of her fitness studio in the picturesque town of Kennebunk, Maine.

In addition to the time in jail, Alexis Wright must pay more than $57,000 in restitution and $1,000 in fines, according to a sentencing memorandum.
Prosecutors dropped more than 80 other counts and downplayed the more serious tax related charges from felonies to misdemeanors, according to the sentencing documents.

Wright's lawyer Sarah Churchill told CNN Friday that the outcome was fair and that "it was also important to be able to close this phase, so that Alexis can move forward and begin to heal from all of this."

In court Friday, Wright said, "I am a person who knows the difference between right and wrong and for this reason I chose to take the time in jail to take responsibility for my actions."

 

[GuidingHand]

Why is our modern free society do we still forbid consenting adults from choosing how to make a living?

 

[rosco rathbone]

Thank you for keeping us abreast of developments in this case.

 

[Adre]

How stupid are we? Instead of collecting income tax from her labors...we pay to support her in jail. Fucking duh!

 

[BotanyBoy]

Why is our modern free society do we still forbid consenting adults from choosing how to make a living?

How stupid are we? Instead of collecting income tax from her labors...we pay to support her in jail. Fucking duh!

I totally 110% agree with you two...


That being said, 10 FUCKING MONTHS?? WTF!!!! Tax evasion alone would land most people at LEAST a couple years hard time in a Federal-pound-me-in-the-ass prison .

We are all thinking it...I'll own the bad guy rap and say it....

Who's dick did that hooker suck to get 10 god damn months on a tax evasion charge?? You know god damn good and well they would nail Jamal the friendly hood rat crack dealer at least 5 years for that shit and that's a best case scenario.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Why is our modern free society do we still forbid consenting adults from choosing how to make a living?

How would one know they were dealing with an adult?

 

[CaptainKirk]

How stupid are we? Instead of collecting income tax from her labors...we pay to support her in jail. Fucking duh!

Agreed. Boggles the mind.

I totally 110% agree with you two...


That being said, 10 FUCKING MONTHS?? WTF!!!! Tax evasion alone would land most people at LEAST a couple years hard time in a Federal-pound-me-in-the-ass prison .

We are all thinking it...I'll own the bad guy rap and say it....

Who's dick did that hooker suck to get 10 god damn months on a tax evasion charge?? You know god damn good and well they would nail Jamal the friendly hood rat crack dealer at least 5 years for that shit and that's a best case scenario.

Just a guess: someone always in the public eye... just not this time, especially when an election year is right around the corner.

'Scandal' anyone?

 

[rosco rathbone]

Who's dick did that hooker suck to get 10 god damn months??

This is an interesting remark. We're supposed to be looking at prostitution as just another marketable service. If a crooked accountant had gotten a light sentence, would we be saying "whose taxes did he do for free?".

 

[BotanyBoy]

This is an interesting remark. We're supposed to be looking at prostitution as just another marketable service. If a crooked accountant had gotten a light sentence, would we be saying "whose taxes did he do for free?".

No...no one goes out of their way or takes high risk's to get their taxes done.

A rather large segment of the male population however will risk it all for a pickle tickle....

Agreed. Boggles the mind.

Just a guess: someone always in the public eye... just not this time, especially when an election year is right around the corner.

'Scandal' anyone?

Eh...without evidence or a "whistle blower" with evidence of some kind there won't be a scandal, she's obviously a savvy businesswoman and not some ding bat street walker. She will take her slap on the wrist quietly because she KNOWS she's getting a killer deal as close to a get out of jail free as it gets and have everything back by the end of her first year out.

 

[rosco rathbone]

No...no one goes out of their way or takes high risk's to get their taxes done.

A rather large segment of the male population however will risk it all for a pickle tickle....

That's exactly my point. That's why prostitution will never become just another marketable service in this country. The power and lure of sex is too sub-rational and dangerous in this society.

 

[BotanyBoy]

That's exactly my point. That's why prostitution will never become just another marketable service in this country. The power and lure of sex is too sub-rational and dangerous in this society.

???

It's always been just another marketable service...since like forever....


Sub rational sure. But you're full of fucking shit about dangerous....not a damn thing dangerous about paying for/selling pussy except the black market nature of it.

The only thing it could possibly hurt would be ones interpersonal relationships...in which case it becomes a case of personal responsibility and none of the governments fuckin' beez wax.

 

[Beco]

Shoot, my Zumba lessons were supposed to start next week.....damn!

 

[rosco rathbone]

???

It's always been just another marketable service...since like forever....


Sub rational sure. But you're full of fucking shit about dangerous....not a damn thing dangerous about paying for/selling pussy except the black market nature of it.

The only thing it could possibly hurt would be ones interpersonal relationships...in which case it becomes a case of personal responsibility and none of the governments fuckin' beez wax.

You can also find a market for assassinations, if you know where to look.

There's a rational argument to be made for legalizing it, but your first remark I commented on encapsulated both the pro and con, which is why I pointed it out.

As long as people can say "I wonder whose dick she sucked to get off so easy" and other people understand them to be referring to an extra market world of dangerous need and desire, prostitution will not be legalized.

 

[BotanyBoy]

You can also find a market for assassinations, if you know where to look.

There's a rational argument to be made for legalizing it, but your first remark I commented on encapsulated both the pro and con, which is why I pointed it out.

As long as people can say "I wonder whose dick she sucked to get off so easy" and other people understand them to be referring to an extra market world of dangerous need and desire, prostitution will not be legalized.

??How in the hell is a hit man ANYTHING like a prostitute beyond the fact both professions are illegal?? I don't see where you are drawing any sort of relation between the two.

Fair enough....

That need and desire is not inherently dangerous...just like anything it's only dangerous when abused which get's us back to personal responsibility. The only bad thing about prostitution as far as I can see is it's not legal...

 

[LoveNLaughter]

I must be doing it wrong. When I took Zumba classes, I paid them.

 

[thør]

I must be doing it wrong. When I took Zumba classes, I paid them.

You signed up for group, not the private after hours classes.

 

[BotanyBoy]

You signed up for group, not the private after hours classes.

Those are for the "Advanced" students...cost extra too.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

??How in the hell is a hit man ANYTHING like a prostitute beyond the fact both professions are illegal?? I don't see where you are drawing any sort of relation between the two.

Fair enough....

That need and desire is not inherently dangerous...just like anything it's only dangerous when abused which get's us back to personal responsibility. The only bad thing about prostitution as far as I can see is it's not legal...

The human traifficking, the drugs, the STD's.....

 

[BotanyBoy]

The human traifficking, the drugs, the STD's.....

Different problem entirely, different problem entirely, both tightly related too and supported by the black market association.

STD's...once again, personal responsibility, you go raw dog a hooker that's your own dumb ass fault for thinking your the first one there without a rubber. And your odds are just as steep with a last call bar skank...it's a crap shoot you can't pin on prostitution.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Different problem entirely, different problem entirely both tightly related to the black market..

STD's...once again, personal responsibility, you go raw dog a hooker that's your own dumb ass fault for thinking your the first one there without a rubber.

So if it was legal, sex workers would somehow be immune to STD's? And somehow condoms magically stop all STD"s?

I'm going to need some cites on this information.

 

[BotanyBoy]

So if it was legal, sex workers would somehow be immune to STD's? And somehow condoms magically stop all STD"s?

I'm going to need some cites on this information.

No you illiterate fucking moron, go back to 3rd grade and L2 read...cite my ball sack bitch.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

No you illiterate fucking moron, go back to 3rd grad and L2 read...cite my ball sack bitch.

So there's a definitive downside to prostitution. Legal or not.

 

[BotanyBoy]

So there's a definitive downside to prostitution. Legal or not.

Really? Define it then....

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Really? Define it then....

You just did.

Sometimes I don't know why you bother if you don't want to actually have a conversation. If you want to live in your own fantasy world of denial feel free.

 

[BotanyBoy]

You just did.

Sometimes I don't know why you bother if you don't want to actually have a conversation. If you want to live in your own fantasy world of denial feel free.

No I didn't...you made the claim, I rejected it, you ascribed it to me anyhow, now you're bitching out.

Define the inherent downside of prostitution.