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Robert Kraft, billionaire owner of NFL’s New England Patriots, is charged with soliciting prostitutes at Orchids of Asia parlour

  • Robert Kraft, whose New England Patriots are the Super Bowl champions, was twice videotaped receiving a sex act at a Florida massage parlour, police say
  • The billionaire, 77, denies wrongdoing after he was caught up in a massive police sting against sex trafficking

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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and girlfriend Ricki Noel Lander celebrate after his team won the Super Bowl in Atlanta on February 3. Photo: USA TODAY
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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft faces misdemeanour charges of soliciting prostitutes after he was twice videotaped receiving a sex act at a Florida massage parlour, police said Friday in a case that could get him in trouble with the NFL.

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The 77-year-old billionaire Kraft denied any wrongdoing.

Mark McGuire, a New York Giants football fan, poses on Friday in front of the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida, where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was allegedly recorded during sex acts with prostitutes. Photo: AFP
Mark McGuire, a New York Giants football fan, poses on Friday in front of the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida, where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was allegedly recorded during sex acts with prostitutes. Photo: AFP

He was not immediately arrested. Jupiter police said a warrant will be issued and his lawyers will be notified. They said details about the charges against the owner of the Super Bowl champion team will not be released until next week.

The charge comes amid a crackdown on sex trafficking from Palm Beach to Orlando in which police planted cameras in massage parlours.

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