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IluvPitties

(3,181 posts)
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:42 PM Feb 2019

This Kraft thing has to be bigger than what we know so far...

Asian Massage Parlors here in Florida are everywhere, and it's no secret that most of them engage in some sort of illegal sexual activity. The police raids them from time to time, but for the most part the charges are either plain prostitution and operating a health establishment without a license. Most Johns aren't even charged. How many of these places engage in human trafficking? Don't know, but I am willing to guess that quite a few.

The fact that the Vero Beach (or Jupiter, not sure) police jumped on this case the way they did and are looking for hundreds of people to arrest them tells me that something very nefarious was going on over there. Also, the fact that two prominent individuals have been identified so far, tells me that something is just very rotten.

So, stay tuned...

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This Kraft thing has to be bigger than what we know so far... (Original Post) IluvPitties Feb 2019 OP
Who would be surprised C_U_L8R Feb 2019 #1
Let Us Pray... LovingA2andMI Feb 2019 #8
Would the Christian wRong just give trDump another Milligan... magicarpet Feb 2019 #29
Why? Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2019 #2
Could be. IluvPitties Feb 2019 #4
WHY ??? The man is worth over $6.6 BILLION !!! Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2019 #10
Nobody is shocked that old rich men go to hookers. Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2019 #24
with all that $$ he could have gotten a lady from eastern europe to hang out with him nt msongs Feb 2019 #3
Trophies take various forms ProudLib72 Feb 2019 #6
he didn't want someone to hang out with. JI7 Feb 2019 #14
Then why not a call girl? Polybius Feb 2019 #23
Yes, Delphinus Feb 2019 #25
I live in Vero Beach and there is one almost across the dewsgirl Feb 2019 #5
They're paying off the cops. etc.. YOHABLO Feb 2019 #7
How far away are you from Mar-Lago???? n/t dixiegrrrrl Feb 2019 #11
Like 60 miles north. Over Christmas break, Don Jr caught a dewsgirl Feb 2019 #15
Sebastian Inlet...spent many a night there throwing jigs mirrolures, etc. There used to be dameatball Feb 2019 #27
We used to take our RV camping there on weekends, i remember the cats. dewsgirl Feb 2019 #28
I haven't been there since the late 80's. Used to think Orchid was a cool little place. I suppose dameatball Feb 2019 #30
Also, Billionaire hedge fund head sought for arrest in connection with this. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2019 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Ilsa Feb 2019 #12
all the GOP graft in Florida is part of the reason they worked so hard to steal the elections EveHammond13 Feb 2019 #13
Why are republicans so immoral? Achilleaze Feb 2019 #17
We only know of one prominent person so far... Buckeyeblue Feb 2019 #16
I'm guessing it is the under age trafficking angle that is going to blow this up... cbdo2007 Feb 2019 #18
+10000 Pachamama Feb 2019 #32
Let's hope the person more prominent than Kraft has a "Jr." after his name. Vinca Feb 2019 #19
Distraction MiniMe Feb 2019 #20
Truth. Iggo Feb 2019 #22
Why didn't he just get a high-priced call girl for $5,000? Polybius Feb 2019 #21
Any time he'd like, he can fly to anywhere in the world for anything he wants. WheelWalker Feb 2019 #26
Maybe he has "yellow fever." alfredo Feb 2019 #33
It is interested that this broke the same time SallyHemmings Feb 2019 #31

magicarpet

(14,144 posts)
29. Would the Christian wRong just give trDump another Milligan...
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 06:17 PM
Feb 2019

... and say "The Donald" thought it was Melania giving him a blow job at a strip mall massage parlor ?

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,790 posts)
2. Why?
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:50 PM
Feb 2019

He's an older guy of a certain age who was paying for sex in what he thought was relative safety. For the most part, the cops look the other way - but not always.

He was unlucky - like getting pulled over at a drunk driving checkpoint or getting caught in a speed trap.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
10. WHY ??? The man is worth over $6.6 BILLION !!!
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 12:41 AM
Feb 2019

He owns the Pats. He's 77. That doesn't sound, I don't know . . . odd to you ?

This has been going on for years. A LOT of powerful men. Household names.

This is going to be explosive when it all leaks out.

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,790 posts)
24. Nobody is shocked that old rich men go to hookers.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 02:39 PM
Feb 2019

So I'm not seeing an explosion unless Kraft is doing the trafficking.

Polybius

(15,390 posts)
23. Then why not a call girl?
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 01:03 PM
Feb 2019

Like the ones Elliot Spitzer was doing for $5,000 a night. What billionaire goes to a massage parlor for sex?

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
5. I live in Vero Beach and there is one almost across the
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:59 PM
Feb 2019

street from the police station (I don't believe they were involved). It is absolutely crazy that, everyone knows what is happening at these places, yet they continue doing their thing, year after year.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
15. Like 60 miles north. Over Christmas break, Don Jr caught a
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 05:34 AM
Feb 2019

Spinner shark at Sebastian inlet, it's like 20 miles north of here. There are always celebrities coming here to shop/eat on our beaches. It is very low key here/upscale here. Think the Hamptons in Florida, not the entire town. I have lived here my whole life and I am far from rich.

dameatball

(7,397 posts)
27. Sebastian Inlet...spent many a night there throwing jigs mirrolures, etc. There used to be
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 06:02 PM
Feb 2019

a colony of cats that hung out around there looking for handouts.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
28. We used to take our RV camping there on weekends, i remember the cats.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 06:11 PM
Feb 2019

I have snorkled in the cove there, my whole life. I love the inlet. My best friend lived across from the inlet for years, tons of dolphins and manatees (my passion) in that area.

dameatball

(7,397 posts)
30. I haven't been there since the late 80's. Used to think Orchid was a cool little place. I suppose
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 06:17 PM
Feb 2019

it has grown.

Response to IluvPitties (Original post)

 

EveHammond13

(2,855 posts)
13. all the GOP graft in Florida is part of the reason they worked so hard to steal the elections
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 01:59 AM
Feb 2019

for Gov and Senate, IMHO.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
17. Why are republicans so immoral?
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 08:13 AM
Feb 2019

I mean, they claim to be the "family-values" party. But clearly that's a lie - a big, stinking republican lie.

cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)
18. I'm guessing it is the under age trafficking angle that is going to blow this up...
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 08:56 AM
Feb 2019

If that's why this was such a popular place with billionaires, and maybe connected to Epstein then it gets huge. It is very interesting this came out the same week we learned the Epstein case a fraud.

Polybius

(15,390 posts)
21. Why didn't he just get a high-priced call girl for $5,000?
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 01:01 PM
Feb 2019

Or perhaps do it totally legal and fly to Vegas at the BunnyRanch? What billionaire goes to a massage parlor for sex? Something is up.

WheelWalker

(8,955 posts)
26. Any time he'd like, he can fly to anywhere in the world for anything he wants.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 05:44 PM
Feb 2019

in a manner of speaking.

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