# Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged in Florida prostitution sting

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**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")\
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**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, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriots-owner-robert-kraft-charged-in-florida-prostitution-sting/830034/34 "2019-02-23T09:03:49Z")

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> [@SlackerInc](#):
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> I don’t have hard facts to bring to bear here, but on a recent episode of the Slate feminist podcast “The Waves” (which used to be called “DoubleX” before they changed it so as not to exclude XY transwomen) they made a convincing case that most of the talk of “human trafficking” is just cover for the same old moralistic criminalizing of sex work, and that the vast majority of female sex workers are not enslaved and would benefit more than anything from legalization and licensing.

Reportedly the women weren’t allowed to leave the premises and were forced to work and live there.

> **[Police describe deplorable conditions at spa in Robert Kraft sex sting](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/orchids-of-asia-day-spa-jupiter-police-describe-deplorable-conditions-at-spa-in-robert-kraft-sex-sting/)**
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> Kraft was among 25 people charged as part of a widespread crackdown on sex trafficking

**“Authorities described how the women worked in deplorable conditions, were lured into the sex trade, and averaged 1,500 men a year.**

> **[Victims of alleged human-trafficking ring that ensnared Robert Kraft were...](https://www.businessinsider.com/robert-kraft-arrest-sex-trafficking-ring-bust-women-sex-against-will-2019-2)**
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> The arrest was part of a bust for what police said was a human-trafficking and prostitution ring in Florida that involved spas and massage parlors.

\*\*The victims were forced to live in the spas for days, sometimes months, “for the purpose of sexual servitude,” according to the charges. Many of them came from China on temporary work visas, believing they’d get legitimate jobs in the US, Vero Beach Police Chief David Currey said in a press conference.

“These girls are there all day long, into the evening. They can’t leave and they’re performing sex acts,” he said. “Some of them may tell us they’re OK, but they’re not.”\*\*

These aren’t just women making a choice to go into prostitution and being treated like victims/criminals for bad choices. They’re sex slaves, or at least indentured servants according to law enforcement.

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> ETA: Furthermore, if that is what the sting is about, why arrest the johns?

By arresting Johns they are trying to curb the demand, which will hopefully hinder the sex trafficking industry. And it’s not just the criminal charges that will dissuade johns, but the public humiliation and destruction of reputations. Especially for a powerful person like Kraft.

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