KRAFT HIT OVER‘ END’ RUN
PATS OWNER FACES HOOKER RAP
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was charged Monday with two counts of soliciting a prostitute, Florida officials announced.
Kraft’s attorney received a summons for his arrest, Palm Beach County State Attorney David Aronberg said.
According to a charging document, Kraft entered a South Florida spa Jan. 20, the day of the AFC Championship Game between the Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs, and was led to a room where a female worker hugged him.
The 77-year-old then removed his clothes, lay on the table and they engaged in a sex act, the complaint read. It said the female worker then helped him get dressed and they hugged again.
The woman then allegedly wiped the area of Kraft’s genitals with a towel, helped him get dressed, and they hugged again.
He gave the woman $100 and another unidentifiable bill, authorities said. According to police, Kraft was spotted at the same spa Jan. 19.
Kraft was among dozens of men implicated in a South Florida prostitution and human trafficking sting. Authorities said they caught Kraft twice on video paying women for sexual favors and receiving sex acts at the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Fla.
He faces up to a year behind bars, a mandatory $5,000 fine, 100 hours of community service and a class on the dangers of human trafficking if convicted. He will not have to appear in court and instead can have an attorney represent him because he is receiving a summons.
The National Football League said in a statement Monday that its personal conduct policy “applies equally to everyone in the NFL” and it “will handle this allegation in the same way we would handle any issue under the policy.”
“We are seeking a full understanding of the facts, while ensuring that we do not interfere with an ongoing law enforcement investigation. We will take appropriate action as warranted based on the facts,” the NFL said.
Kraft denied the allegations through a spokesman.
Photos showed Kraft getting off a private jet with Pats superstar Tom Brady and Brady’s wife, Gisele Bundchen, on Monday morning. At one point, Kraft and Brady can be seen sharing a hug.
Kraft has been in a relationship with 39-year-old Ricki Lander for about five years. Lander welcomed a baby girl in 2018, but Kraft is not the biological father. His first wife, Myra, died after a battle with cancer at the age of 68 in 2011.