PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s highest court prepared to weigh in on whether a man can be charged with invasion of privacy for viewing videos of accused johns who were recorded without their knowledge while engaging in sex acts with a woman who’s charged with using her Zumba studio as a front for prostitution.
The trial judge dismissed 46 invasion of privacy counts against Mark Strong Sr., ruling that someone engaging in criminal conduct doesn’t have the same right to privacy as someone changing in a dressing room or locker room.
Prosecutors are seeking to reinstate the charges.
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court was scheduled to hear arguments today.
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