# Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged in Florida prostitution sting **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 22, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034 "2019-02-22T18:26:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cgg419](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cgg419/32/2847_2.png) [@cgg419](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cgg419)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/1 "2019-02-22T18:26:21Z")
> **[Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Charged in Florida Prostitution Investigation...](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/sports/robert-kraft-jupiter-orchids-arrest.html)** > > Robert K. Kraft, the owner of the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, was charged with two counts of soliciting sex. You would think a billionaire would be a little more discreet than frequenting a rub n’ tug. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/2 "2019-02-22T18:33:44Z")
Let’s go to the videotape! Actually, on second thought, let’s not. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/3 "2019-02-22T18:44:57Z")
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**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/4 "2019-02-22T18:49:31Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > \ Already saw some nutjob suggesting taking the entire draft away from the Patriots for this. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/5 "2019-02-22T18:56:03Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Already saw some nutjob suggesting taking the entire draft away from the Patriots for this. Doesn’t go far enough! Strip them of ALL SuperBowl titles and sell Tom Brady into White Slavery! ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/6 "2019-02-22T19:09:38Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Doesn’t go far enough! Strip them of ALL SuperBowl titles and sell Tom Brady into White Slavery! Heh! Heh! You said ‘strip’. :rolleyes: Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/7 "2019-02-22T20:01:27Z")
Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! Now THAT’S funny! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/8 "2019-02-22T20:07:10Z")
As a huge New England Patriots fan I have to say … good, I hate that fucking guy. (but leave the titles and Tom Terrific alone) ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/9 "2019-02-22T20:10:29Z")
Jesus, up here in Patriots country, conspiracy theories blaming the charges on Goodell are already making the rounds. ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/10 "2019-02-22T21:28:15Z")
> [@cgg419](#): > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/sports/robert-kraft-jupiter-orchids-arrest.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/sports/robert-kraft-jupiter-orchids-arrest.html) > > You would think a billionaire would be a little more discreet than frequenting a rub n’ tug. You’d think so! And maybe avoid a place where the women are trafficked. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/11 "2019-02-22T21:41:50Z")
According to Adam Schefter from ESPN, Kraft “is not the biggest name involved” in the sting. I can’t wait… ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/12 "2019-02-22T21:42:34Z")
I guess the Superbowl win wasn’t enough of a happy ending for him. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/13 "2019-02-22T23:02:21Z")
#FellateGate #BateGate ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/14 "2019-02-22T23:32:03Z")
From the linked story in the OP: \*The case involving Mr. Kraft is more complicated. A widower, he has been charged with two misdemeanors, not felonies, and those charges may be reduced or dropped. \* What the heck does that mean? What does his marital status have to do with potential charges for breaking laws? Do married men in Florida get treated more harshly than single guys by the courts for patronizing the local rub-n-tug? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/15 "2019-02-22T23:49:37Z")
Adultery is still a crime in FL, [apparently](https://m.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2015/08/26/adultery-is-still-against-the-law-in-florida). ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/16 "2019-02-22T23:51:14Z")
> [@cgg419](#): > > You would think a billionaire would be a little more discreet than frequenting a rub n’ tug. Wouldn’t surprise me if he thought he was being relatively discreet and avoiding a potential Stormy Daniels situation where he gets blackmailed by his $5,000-a-night escort. Of course it probably helps if you don’t show up to the strip mall massage parlor in your limo. > [@snowthx](#): > > What the heck does that mean? What does his marital status have to do with potential charges for breaking laws? Do married men in Florida get treated more harshly than single guys by the courts for patronizing the local rub-n-tug? Probably just that it’s more socially acceptable for a widower to be seeing a prostitute than a married man. Not that it really matters as far as the courts are concerned (the average police report for this type of thing won’t even indicate if the guy is married or not). He’s probably looking at diversion anyways; the real problems will be what the NFL imposes. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/17 "2019-02-22T23:52:43Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Let’s go to the videotape! > > Actually, on second thought, let’s not. Worst celebrity sex tape ever. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/18 "2019-02-23T00:14:34Z")
> [@magnusblitz](#): > > Wouldn’t surprise me if he thought he was being relatively discreet and avoiding a potential Stormy Daniels situation where he gets blackmailed by his $5,000-a-night escort. Of course it probably helps if you don’t show up to the strip mall massage parlor in your limo. Yeah, really. Or maybe also that out in a Jupiter strip mall he would not be as recognizable as in, say, a fancy South Beach venue. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/19 "2019-02-23T00:16:51Z")
Whooocaaaaaaaarrreees. Guy wanted a handy. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/20 "2019-02-23T00:51:27Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Adultery is still a crime in FL, [apparently](https://m.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2015/08/26/adultery-is-still-against-the-law-in-florida). Most marriages are “till death do you part”, otherwise things get awkward (and smelly). Since his wife passed I’m not sure how relevant this is. His girlfriend may care, then again she may not. But I doubt “cheating on your girlfriend” is even a crime in Florida. I recall with the Kobe Bryant rape case, someone pointed out then that Colorado had adultery as a (unenforced) crime (the alleged assault was in Colorado). I believe they’ve since repealed that archaic law but it’s probably still a crime in one or another states. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034.md?page=2)