Attorneys for Robert Kraft and 14 other defendants in the Florida prostitution sting filed jointly on a protective order that would prevent law enforcement from releasing video evidence from the investigation, including hidden camera footage from the Orchids of Asia Spa in Jupiter, Florida, where the New England Patriots owner is accused of soliciting prostitutes twice in January.
Police previously said there is video evidence of everyone accused of solicitation in the case.
In the motion, defendants attorneys argue that the case is still active, and therefore police and prosecutors should be forbidden from releasing evidence to the public.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Kraft and other defendants were offered a plea deal that would require them to admit they would have been found guilty of soliciting prostitutes, but according to the New York Post, Kraft is not interested in any such deal.
‘One-hundred percent no way he’s taking the deal,’ a source told the Post.
Kraft has pleaded not guilty and has publicly denied any criminal wrongdoing in the case, which was part of a larger investigation into human trafficking at Florida spas and massage parlors. According to police records, Kraft visited the Orchids of Asia day spa twice in a 24-hour span in January, when women working as prostitutes ‘manipulated his genitals’ and one woman performed oral sex on the 77-year-old billionaire.
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Robert Kraft will not take the deal prosecutors have put forward, according to sources close to him
'Kraft strongly insists he didn’t do anything wrong, and he isn’t going to take a deal that indicates he did,' the source told the Post.
If Kraft chooses to go to trial and is convicted, he could receive one year in jail, a $5,000 fine and 100 hours of community service.
Kraft was charged last month with two misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution at Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida (pictured)
Kraft visited the Orchids of Asia day spa in Jupiter, Florida twice in a 24-hour span in January, according to police records.
The first visit occurred on January 19, when Kraft allegedly received hand stimulation from 45-year-old spa manager Lei Wang and a 58-year-old spa employee named Shen Mingbi.
Neither Wang nor Mingbi are believed to be victims of human trafficking.
According to the affidavit, Kraft paid both women with a $100 bill.
Wang has been arrested and charged with maintaining a house of prostitution, but Mingbi has not been charged.
