FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, Alexis Wright, 29, turns towards her attorney Sarah Churchill, left, during her arraignment in Portland, Maine on 109 counts of prostitution, violation of privacy, tax evasion and other charges for allegedly providing sex for money at her Kennebunk fitness studio and office. The first batch of more than 100 men accused of paying a fitness instructor for sex were laying low after police began releasing their names in a small New England town where rumors have run rampant for weeks. Police on Monday released 21 names of men who were issued summons for engaging in prostitution with a 29-year-old Zumba instructor who's charged with turning her dance studio into a brothel in this seaside community and secretly videotaping her encounters. (AP Photo/Joel Page, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2012 file photo, Alexis Wright, 29, turns towards her attorney Sarah Churchill, left, during her arraignment in Portland, Maine on 109 counts of prostitution, violation of privacy, tax evasion and other charges for allegedly providing sex for money at her Kennebunk fitness studio and office. The first batch of more than 100 men accused of paying a fitness instructor for sex were laying low after police began releasing their names in a small New England town where rumors have run rampant for weeks. Police on Monday released 21 names of men who were issued summons for engaging in prostitution with a 29-year-old Zumba instructor who's charged with turning her dance studio into a brothel in this seaside community and secretly videotaping her encounters. (AP Photo/Joel Page, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2012 file photo, a sign is seen near a marina in Kennebunk, Maine. The first batch of more than 100 men accused of paying a fitness instructor for sex were laying low after police began releasing their names in the small New England town where rumors have run rampant for weeks. Police on Monday released 21 names of men who were issued summons for engaging in prostitution with a 29-year-old Zumba instructor who's charged with turning her dance studio into a brothel in this seaside community and secretly videotaping her encounters. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) ? The business partner of a Maine woman accused of using her Zumba dance studio as a front for prostitution says the charges against him are untrue.
Mark Strong Sr. of Thomaston has issued a statement in which he says he's "made some bad choices but have broken no laws." He says he's confident he'll be acquitted at trial if the 59 misdemeanor counts aren't dropped before then.
Strong, who's an insurance agent and private investigator, says he became involved by investigating possible police harassment of dance instructor Alexis Wright.
He says he had a personal relationship with Wright but never paid her for sex. He says he co-signed for her lease and loaned her business money that was repaid.
Both Strong and Wright have pleaded not guilty.
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