A district court judge ruled Wednesday that Eliot Cutler be held without bail after he was allegedly caught with pornographic DVDs in violation of his probation.
Maine State Police ran into the disgraced former gubernatorial candidate at a hotel in South Portland on Monday where he confessed to possessing pornography, according to a police report released Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the judge granted state prosecutors’ request that Cutler, 79, of Brooklin, be held without bail. Cutler’s probation officer had also asked that Cutler’s probation be revoked and that he be sentenced to 39 months behind bars “for the protection of the community,” the Portland Press Herald reported.
Cutler, who is being held at Cumberland County Jail, attended the hearing in Portland via Zoom and pleaded not guilty, saying he denies violating his conditions of release, according to the Press Herald.
The pornographic materials police allegedly found in Cutler’s possession on Monday comprised 10 DVDs with “various nude images of adults engaged in sex acts,” according to court documents.
This is the third time Cutler allegedly violated his probation for a 2023 conviction for possession of child sex abuse materials. Last month, a judge imposed higher bail and more strict conditions on Cutler after he allegedly looked up pornographic materials on the internet on Dec. 28 and Jan. 2 from his home in Brooklin, according to court documents.
