Robert Kraft has also faced several criminal charges. In 2019, he was charged in Florida with soliciting prostitution after he was captured on video engaging in sex acts with a worker at a massage parlour.

Kraft’s actions were captured on video as part of a larger investigation into human trafficking and prostitution at several massage parlours in the area. Despite denying the allegations, Kraft was among those charged in connection with the investigation.

However, beyond the surface of a mere prostitution case, some voices in the public sphere raised concerns that the incident may be linked to sex slavery.

The gravity of the situation surrounding the human trafficking ring in Florida became increasingly apparent as Martin County Sheriff revealed distressing details.

The women involved were subjected to harrowing conditions, with no respite, as they were given no days off. Their lives were marked by a staggering cycle of exploitation, with each woman forced to service an average of about 1,500 men a year.

Questions arose regarding why a billionaire like Kraft would seek services from a regular masseuse in town, prompting deeper scrutiny into the circumstances surrounding the case.

In September 2020, Florida prosecutors dropped the prostitution charges against Kraft.

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    I bet you they didn’t drop charges on any of the sex workers. Just the wealthy johns and the wealthy sex trafficers.

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      yep. I’m also sure they had a private plane gassed and ready to fly him to Israel if it looked like he’d lose the case. They always do.

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      It was filmed without a warrant or something, making it inadmissible as evidence, and they were otherwise unable to prove it

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        Ended up looking it up, they got the warrant by stating they were investigating an international trafficking ring. Krafts team argued that it wasn’t a international trafficking ring, it was solicitation. So all 25 men caught were dismissed. The owner of the place and the manager were both convicted of solicitation of another basically.

        So “we broke the law but you didnt write the warrant to catch us breaking that law, would you really justify a warrant to catch someone soliciting prostitution”

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          Notice how the semantic arguments always work for the wealthy, but never the average person

          A corrupt and two-tiered justice system

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            But let’s be real, if the owner and manager were convicted with said charges, why should the video surveillance of whom was involved in the acts not be admissable for use by the prosecutors to ensure that said admission of guilt doesn’t catch all the stragglers who performed illegal acts.

            What’s the difference between raiding a home looking for an abducted child, finding they had multiple missing kids kept there and video footage of other people coming to the property and performing illegal acts on the kids. The footage should absolutely be admissable in my mind.

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    Kraft, the billionaire funder, saw these peaceful protests as “anti-Semitic” even though students are only protesting against the Israeli aggression and not the Jewish people in any way.

    You know who’s antisemitic? People like Robert Kraft who think being Jewish is about engaging in genocide. He won’t allow that someone can hate genocide without hating Jews. What greater insult to the Jewish people and identity could there be?

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      This is an angle that really needs to be more widely considered. Zionists definitely muddy Jewish identity and prevent it from existing distinct from Zionism

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    For a moment, he’s Barbra Streisand.

    And what an unenviable position that is…

    I’m very proud of my fellow Americans were mass rejection of vomitus Zionism

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    Everybody too busy denying trans girls places to pee to deal with the very real billionaire pedo ring

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      Notice how all their pervy accusations against trans girls are things cis men like them are actually guilty of? It couldn’t be more obvious what their game plan is

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        It’s always projection. It’s a line of thinking that goes something like “if I were pretending* to be a woman I’d use that to get into women’s bathrooms and have my way with women and girls, so that must be what they’re doing.”

        *note: not what I think; that’s what these chucklefucks think.

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          No I got ya, and I agree. It’s always them projecting their failures, fears, and perversions on others

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    Pro Israel/genocide scum must have had some sort of meeting or group email that has them pre-empting anyone or anything that is anti-genocide. They also seem to have had a meeting where they use or sell other humans as commodities.

    With that much money, influence and power, the only way that they can be beaten is if people jump on the boycotts and stick to them. Stand by the likes of Macklemore when he gets dropped (get refund on tickets etc), and actively condone and help bankrupt every single one of these fucks.

    It’s crazy how they are so fast and brazen at reverse-boycotting anti-genocide people or movements.

    They shouldn’t have the power, they have taken it and it’s working for them. scum.

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    Glad you see this; Ed Sheeran is a coward, but Kraft is the real pro-genocide asshole forcing this whole situation. Nobody should own as much as the Epstein Class does, but they do and they flex that power.

    Funny I’ve known how much it was asshole Kraft was before I was even class conscious. Why? My dad hates the cheating Patriots and did a deep dive on this guy. Truly a piece of shit, even if not as powerful as say, the Koch brothers.

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    This guy getting exposed because his feefees got hurt when Macklemore said not to genocide people is pretty great

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      Yes, we already know he’s all over the Epstein files.

      2016 had some financial shit between Kraft and Epstein, reportedly arranged by Ehud Barak.

      Then in 2019 one of Epstein’s lawyers, Jack Goldberger, joined Kraft’s legal team.