Prosecutors offer to drop prostitution charges against Robert Kraft

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Robert Kraft, chief executive officer of the Kraft Group and owner of the New England Patriots football team, attends the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 5, 2016 in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Authorities in Florida reportedly have offered Robert Kraft, the owner of the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, a chance to avoid prosecution for soliciting prostitution in exchange for an admission that he could be proved guilty at trial.

The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that the billionaire Kraft, and other defendants recently charged in a prostitution case, has been offered a so-called defered prosecution deal by authorities in Palm Beach County, Fla.

“The proposed deferred prosecution agreement calls for completion of an education course about prostitution, completion of 100 hours of community service, screening for sexually transmitted diseases and payment of some court costs,” the Journal reported.

Kraft, 77, was charged in February with more than two dozen other people in a police sting as part of a human trafficking probe focused on massage parlors in Florida. Kraft was hit with two counts of soliciting prostitution.

Authorities said Kraft had visited a spa in Jupiter, Fla. on two consecutive days, Jan. 19 and Jan. 20, in two different Bentleys, and received sexual services in exchange for money.

A spokesman for Kraft had said after his arrest, “We categorically deny that Mr. Kraft engaged in any illegal activity. Because it is a judicial matter, we will not be commenting further.”

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