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The state of Maine wants Eliot Cutler’s probation revoked after he was found in possession of pornographic DVDs and a DVD player, court documents reveal.
Maine State Police ran into the disgraced former gubernatorial candidate at a hotel in South Portland on Monday when he allegedly confessed to possessing pornography, according to a police report released Wednesday. Cutler is not allowed to possess pornography as part of his probation conditions.
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.
The police report details how police ran into Cutler by chance at a hotel. It was released about an hour before his court appearance on Wednesday.
State police with the special victims unit were at the hotel for an unrelated case when they saw Cutler in the hotel and walked up to him, the report said. Cutler tried to “quickly place something behind his back” to conceal an item.
Cutler was holding empty DVD containers, which police later found to be pornographic DVDs.
