Jury selection resumes in Zumba prostitution case

Jury selection resumes in Zumba prostitution case

ALFRED, Maine (AP) — Jury selection has resumed in the trial of a man accused of helping a Zumba fitness instructor run a prostitution business in Maine.

More than 50 potential jurors gathered in court this morning.

Jury pool members could face potentially embarrassing questions focusing on sex, adultery, pornography and prostitution.

Jury selection stalled for more than three weeks after prosecutors appealed the dismissal of 46 invasion-of-privacy counts against married insurance businessman Mark Strong Sr. He faces 13 other counts dealing with promotion of prostitution.

Strong, who’s from Thomaston, and fitness instructor Alexis Wright have pleaded not guilty.

Wright is accused of engaging in prostitution in her dance studio in Kennebunk. She’ll be tried later.