Robert Kraft’s Illicit Massage Seems To Come From Licensed Masseuse and Spa Manager

There is not any strong evidence against Patriots owner Robert Kraft in the prostitution scandal that shocked the country. Kraft insists he is innocent and pleaded not guilty. Now we have new details regarding the massage parlor.

The story from The New York Post suggests that the 77-year-old Kraft may avoid major punishment. Legal experts confirm that the women Kraft was caught on surveillance camera are a licensed masseuse and the spa manager. So, this massage may be an innocent act? I’m not sure about the right choice of words, but let’s see what Eric Snyder has to say.

The former prosecutor in the Manhattan DA’s Office and the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and high-profile trial lawyer, believes there are major holes in Kraft’s case.

“A number of things jump out for me after reading the affidavit. When the police allege that vulnerable women are effectively being held as sex slaves, I would ask why the police didn’t move faster to get these women out of danger?

“Instead the police took several months doing surveillance and, despite already having numerous confessions from customers who were stopped in traffic leaving, plus evidence from inspectors inside the spa, they went to court to obtain the warrant for the video wiretap … The investigators seemed more concerned about obtaining highly embarrassing video footage to shame the customers, rather than acting faster to stop an illegal operation keeping vulnerable women in ‘sexual servitude.’”

Was the massage legal?

“Looking at the case against Kraft, there are a lot of big holes. First of all, the women he was with appear to have been operators of the massage parlor. One was arrested and the other one appears to be a cooperating witness, which is why she is named in the affidavits but wasn’t arrested. Prosecutors and police do not leave victims’ name unredacted in the reports they release.

“There’s also no proof in the affidavit that he solicited anything from the women. It is possible that this could have been a legal and consensual act between adults and there does not seem to be evidence to prove otherwise. So the facts supporting a misdemeanor charge of solicitation really don’t jump out at you.

“Second, the video was probably not legally obtained, the police seemed to ignore the necessity requirement for such an intrusive measure like planting a camera in the premises.”

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