Unmasker4Maine: (update) Kennebunk (ME) Prostitution Case‏

1.15.13
Attorney Dan Lilley filed a motion on Tuesday in York County Superior Court to postpone Strong’s trial for at least a month which had been scheduled to begin next week. Lilley’s motion asks for a postponement until Feb. 19 so that he has more time to prepare his defense. York County Deputy District Attorney Justina McGettigan opposes any delay.

Attorney Lilley filed a Motion to Withdraw. “This is all unfolding one week before Mark Strong’s trial is set to begin. The official motion to withdraw was filed at Cumberland County Court Tuesday. Lilley: The bottom line is the person with the most money shouldn’t prevail under our system.”

“The York County District Attorney’s office says it will wait until the motion hearing on Friday to make any comment. The judge could order that Lilley stay on the case at which point the trial will begin on Tuesday (January 22, 2013).”

Lilley states if he stays on the case he “will reveal well known people on the list of accused clients.” 

Attorney Lilley filed a Motion to Withdraw because he hasn’t been paid. Judge Mills denied the motion to postpone the trial and another hand-delivered motion to change the trial venue. Mills asked Lilley to prepare a written motion on his request to withdraw from the case and Judge Mills agreed to hear the motion this Friday.

The lead prosecutor in the case, York County Deputy District Attorney Justina McGettigan, presented the judge with a preliminary list of 30 witnesses who have already been subpoenaed for the trial, and questionnaires have been prepared and sent to 250 potential jurors.
Is there a strategic plan in place here?

Why is Attorney Dan Lilley allowed to file motions in Cumberland County when the trial is taking place in York County?

Atty. Lilley filed a motion to postpone the trial. Judge Mills denied that motion, then he files a motion to withdraw because he hasn’t been paid.

Was money not an issue when he filed a motion to postpone?

Lilley states if he stays on the case he “will reveal well known people on the list of accused clients.” Is this a bargaining chip?

1.9.13
Kennebunk prostitution case featured in Vanity Fair. View article, click here.

 1.2.13
Justice Nancy Mills denied Strong’s motions to dismiss all charges and suppress evidence and his Request for a Franks hearing. Attorney “Lilley requested what is known as a Franks Hearing, in which he would argue that Kennebunk Police Officer Audra Presby’s written testimony is “reckless” and “misleading … to the court,” and filed an additional motion to throw out that evidence along with other related documents.”
View Order dated December 31, 2012.      

Strong’s trial to begin on Jan. 22. Wright’s trial is tentatively scheduled to begin in May.

Attorney Jens-Peter Bergen, Kennebunk and Dale Madore, North Yarmouth pleaded guilty through their attorneys, without appearing in York County Superior Court to face the misdemeanor charges. Bergen also sits on the Kennebunk Zoning Board of Appeals.
Justice Paul Fritzsche fined Bergen $600 plus $130 in fees and court costs, and fined Madore $1,000 plus $210 in fees and court costs.

Why are the fines and fees inconsistent? Why are Attorney Bergen’s fines/fees lower? Why is Judge Fritzsche issuing orders when the superior court judges recused themselves from this case?

“Strong is accused of conspiring with Alexis Wright to run a prostitution business. But the two are tied together in a lawsuit by the building’s landlord.”   Why won’t the media report on T&B Inc.’s ties between the City of Biddeford, Attorney Jens-Peter Bergen and his client and other attorneys, including the York County D.A.’s office? 

View the 12.29.12 posted update. Attorney Jens-Peter Bergen is also involved in a conspiracy!

  http://unmasker4maine.wordpress.com/2012/10/19/new-post-kennebunk-me-prostitution-case/
 
Great Job Dottie! Thanks for the updates, sounds like Lilley is getting a taste of his own medicine for once!  Oh crap, did I just say that?  Got to run now don't want to be late for my Zoom Zoom Class!!!!!