Prosecutors drop charges against Patriots owner Robert Kraft after cops bungled sex sting
Source: SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL
Florida prosecutors on Thursday dropped all criminal charges against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, ending a flawed case that began with a police prostitution sting using secret video cameras at a Palm Beach County massage parlor early last year.
State Attorney Dave Aronberg is scheduled to explain the decision during a 2:30 p.m. news briefing.
Last month, a state appellate court sided with Krafts arguments that Jupiter police unlawfully recorded the part-time Palm Beach resident with his clothes off at Orchids of Asia Day Spa on Jan. 19, 2019, and Jan. 20, 2019.
In charging Kraft, prosecutors said he paid in cash and then got naked for sex acts. The videotaping at the business lasted for five days, leading to the solicitation of prostitution charges against Kraft, 79, and 24 other men.
Read more: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-ne-robert-kraft-prostitution-charges-dropped-20200924-ukbylfdmojhz3p7jdaxmftq5vi-story.html
This was a ridiculous waste of tax dollars.
zaj
(3,433 posts)Yavin4
(35,437 posts)And keeping it illegal does nothing to stop sex trafficking either.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)[Trump reportedly advised kraft to never plea bargain. Assured kraft he would get off ok. Also 'the prostitutes' were subsistence exploited].
Cattledog
(5,914 posts)Marcuse
(7,479 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,128 posts)Those convicted in Abscam would love to know.
I missed the sting aspect in "American Hustle". It was a big issue at the time, lost to history.
getagrip_already
(14,708 posts)This was an illegal and hamfisted operation from the start. They recorded everything, and the operation ran for months at multiple locations.
They recorded woman naked who got legal massages. they recorded men they never charged.
What's next, a camera in your bedroom or bathroom because they suspect you of something?
This was wrong from the inception to the end. The police should be prosecuted.
And while he is a pig, a cheat, and a fool, the cops never should have run that operation.
The only reason kraft got some justice is he has unlimited funds to fight it. The police count on you not having the resources to push back.
RandiFan1290
(6,229 posts)trump and epstein's pedophile pal Sheriff Bradshaw
Jose Garcia
(2,593 posts)Yeehah
(4,585 posts)I wonder if the other 24 defendants will have the charges dropped.
FakeNoose
(32,633 posts)If they had known, they would have picked a different day to raid it.
Maxheader
(4,372 posts)State Attorney Dave Aronberg is scheduled to explain the decision during a 2:30 p.m. news briefing.
says dave,,"for goodness sakes, he's a billionaire!!"
Jose Garcia
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pwb
(11,261 posts)We know who. Justice for thee but not me.
MrsCheaplaugh
(183 posts)maxrandb
(15,320 posts)This shitshow ends with guillotines in the public square if you keep this unequal justice on steroids in place.
Us pogues can only take so much.
You better fix your shit, or the American people will fix it for you.