New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's legal team is 'surprised and disappointed' that prosecutors have denied their request to stop the 'sexual and graphic' videos from inside an Asian spa from being released to the public.
Hidden camera footage of the billionaire allegedly engaging in sex acts with prostitutes at a Florida day spa is expected to be released at some point, to the dismay of lead attorney William Burck, who said authorities had denied the request for a protective order over the evidence in the case.
Earlier this week, attorneys for the 77-year-old billionaire and 14 other defendants in the case motioned to suppress the video which was subsequently rejected.
Burck said: 'We put in a motion for a protective order of the evidence in this case, a standard request in any case to keep evidence protected until trial – especially since the video evidence supposedly contains private moments between [two or more] people.
'We've been surprised and disappointed that the state attorney did not sign on to the protective order, because it is a standard procedure in a criminal case. They declined to agree to the protective order.'
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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's legal team is 'surprised and disappointed' that prosecutors have denied their request to stop the 'sexual and graphic' videos from inside an Asian spa from being released to the public
Martin County Sheriff William Snyder (left) believes the Kraft tape will be released. 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 (right) 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
Hidden camera footage of the billionaire allegedly engaging in sex acts with prostitutes at a Florida day spa is expected to be released at some point, to the dismay of lead attorney William Burck (pictured right), who said authorities had denied the request for a protective order over the evidence in the case
I do think ultimately they are probably going to get released,' Martin County Sheriff William Snyder told CNBC on Thursday, a day after Kraft and his co-defendants filed the joint motion.
'Once a case is over, it's not an ongoing investigation,' Snyder said. 'There has to be a specific reason not to release a public record. And the fact that there is sexual activity is not an exemption.'
Snyder oversaw the prostitution and human-trafficking investigation that allegedly captured Kraft making two visits to the spa within a 24-hour period in January, when women working as prostitutes 'manipulated his genitals' and one woman allegedly performed oral sex on the billionaire.
Neither of the women who allegedly performed the sex acts on Kraft are believed to have been trafficked.
Kraft has pleaded not guilty and has publicly denied any criminal wrongdoing in the case.
Police previously said there is video evidence of everyone accused of solicitation in the prostitution sting involving several Florida massage parlors and spas.
In the motion obtained by the Daily Mail, defendants' attorneys argue that the case is still active, and therefore
