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Eliot Cutler Surrenders on New Alleged Probation Violations in Maine

A judge granted prosecutors’ request to seal explicit screenshots filed in the new case.

Overview

  • Cutler, 79, turned himself in at the Hancock County Jail after being charged with two Class E counts of violating conditions of release.
  • He is accused of looking up pornographic material from his Brooklin home on Dec. 28 and Jan. 2, according to court documents.
  • Prosecutors said the sealed attachments include sexually explicit images, with one described in records as referencing a “girl.”
  • Cutler remains in custody as of Tuesday night, with a separate hearing set for Jan. 26 on an earlier alleged violation tied to unmonitored device use and a massage-parlor website.
  • In 2023, he pleaded guilty to four felony counts of possessing child sexual abuse material, with a DA memo citing 142,000 files, and he has served about eight months in jail followed by probation.