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Robert Kraft: New England Patriots owner charged with soliciting prostitution

  • Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged in sex sting operation
  • Kraft, 77, is among 25 individuals to be charged in probe
  • Police say they have videotape of Kraft receiving sex acts
  • Trump calls charges ‘very sad’ in remarks from Oval Office

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was charged with solicitation of prostitution as part of a sex trafficking sting operation in Florida, authorities said Friday.

Kraft, the billionaire businessman whose Patriots won the Super Bowl earlier this month and who is one of the most powerful figures in American sports, was charged as a ‘john’ on two misdemeanor counts of soliciting another to commit prostitution at the Orchids of Asia Day Spa, police said.

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