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CNN spoke with Mike Edmondson, spokesman with the State Attorney’s Office in Palm Beach County, who explained the next part of the process in the Jupiter solicitation case involving Patriots owner Robert Kraft.
The bottom line: Nothing has been filed yet by SAO’s office and it’s unlikely anything will be filed until Monday. It is also likely that the State Attorney in Palm Beach will hold a press briefing on Monday once administrative orders have been filed.
President Trump, a longtime friend of Robert Kraft, reacted Friday to accusations the Patriots owner solicited sex.
“Well it’s very sad, I was very surprised to see it,” Trump said.
Kraft is being charged with two counts of soliciting someone to commit prostitution, stemming from a raid in a day spa in Florida, police said Friday.
Kraft, 77, was linked to a sting that has been going on for months, and his charges relate specifically to “two different visits” to the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in the city of Jupiter, police Chief Daniel Kerr said at a news conference.
The NFL just released a statement about Robert Kraft, who is being charged with two counts of soliciting another to commit prostitution.
Robert Kraft, who faces two counts of soliciting another to commit prostitution, took ownership of the Patriots in January 1994. Since then, the NFL team has played in 10 Super Bowls, winning six of them, including this past season.
Kraft also is CEO of The Kraft Group, a holding company of numerous family businesses including International Forest Products, as well as Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution.
With his wife, Myra, he also oversaw the Robert and Myra Kraft Family Foundation and the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation. (Myra Kraft died in 2011.)
There is video evidence of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft in a room in the Orchid Spa receiving “paid acts,” according to Jupiter Police Chief Daniel Kerr.
There is also video evidence of Kraft being driven to the spa, Kerr said.
Kerr said services can cost between $59 for 30 minutes and $79 for an hour.
The Jupiter Police Department confirmed that there is video evidence of the alleged act, “for all the individuals being charged.”
Chief Daniel Kerr said says 25 additional individuals will be charged, and the case has been sent to the State Attorney’s Office.
Police will not be releasing video or documentation at this time.
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is not in police custody, officials said.
No video or documentation will be released by Jupiter Police at this time.
According to the police chief, at a news conference, officers wore body cameras and had ongoing surveillance at the Orchid Spa in Jupiter.
Asked about the charges against New England Patriots owner, Robert Kraft, Jupiter Police Chief Daniel Kerr said they stem from “two different visits” to the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida.
A spokesperson for Robert Kraft released this statement shortly after the news broke about the charges:
Seven search warrants were served as part of the human trafficking sting that led to the charges against Robert Kraft.
Two of the warrants were served on businesses, and the other five were served on residential homes, in Jupiter, in Martin County and three warrants were served in Orange county, according to Jupiter Police Chief Daniel Kerr.
Jupiter Police announced today that New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is being charged with two counts of soliciting another to commit prostitution stemming from a raid in a day spa in Jupiter, Florida.
Chief Daniel Kerr said Kraft was picked up as part of a sting that has been going on for months.
