Robert Kraft has also faced several criminal charges. In 2019, he was charged in Florida with soliciting prostitution after he was captured on video engaging in sex acts with a worker at a massage parlour.

Kraft’s actions were captured on video as part of a larger investigation into human trafficking and prostitution at several massage parlours in the area. Despite denying the allegations, Kraft was among those charged in connection with the investigation.

However, beyond the surface of a mere prostitution case, some voices in the public sphere raised concerns that the incident may be linked to sex slavery.

The gravity of the situation surrounding the human trafficking ring in Florida became increasingly apparent as Martin County Sheriff revealed distressing details.

The women involved were subjected to harrowing conditions, with no respite, as they were given no days off. Their lives were marked by a staggering cycle of exploitation, with each woman forced to service an average of about 1,500 men a year.

Questions arose regarding why a billionaire like Kraft would seek services from a regular masseuse in town, prompting deeper scrutiny into the circumstances surrounding the case.

In September 2020, Florida prosecutors dropped the prostitution charges against Kraft.

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    Everybody too busy denying trans girls places to pee to deal with the very real billionaire pedo ring

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      The point of the culture wars is exactly to distract the plebs from the exploitation of everybody else by the present day monarchy and from how the Political and Judicial Systems in place give them de facto immunity for it rather than working for the good of all citiziens and treating them all the same as they’re supposed to in Democracy.

      We don’t live in Democracy, we live in an Oligarchy were Political Ideologies have been replaced by performative arts and mass manipulation using lessons from psychology - in other words, by Theatre and Marketing.

      This is especially true in the US, but most of Europe has also undone most of the work done in building Democracy after WWII and is by now significantly Oligarchic and a lot less Democratic.

      The “fight” about transsexuality is a Punch & Judy act with both “sides” controlled by the same puppeteer.

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      Notice how all their pervy accusations against trans girls are things cis men like them are actually guilty of? It couldn’t be more obvious what their game plan is

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        It’s always projection. It’s a line of thinking that goes something like “if I were pretending* to be a woman I’d use that to get into women’s bathrooms and have my way with women and girls, so that must be what they’re doing.”

        *note: not what I think; that’s what these chucklefucks think.

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          No I got ya, and I agree. It’s always them projecting their failures, fears, and perversions on others

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      Totally unrelated to his defense of Israel and censorship of people critical of them too…

      /s