Robert Kraft
Police said Kraft received oral sex and manual stimulation; his charges were dropped while spa workers pleaded guilty
Kraft was not convicted; four workers pleaded guilty and one spent 60 days in custody
Open the cited recordKraft Group chairman, New England Patriots owner, political donor and founder of the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism.
Relationship to TrumpSocial friendship described by Kraft; no contact reported after January 6, 2021Timeline
- NFL fines the Patriots and removes a first-round pick for prohibited sideline videotapingTeam and coach sanctions imposed; no personal Kraft findingdocumented · 2 sources
penaltyBill Belichick Spygate fine$500,000 - Ordered from
- Bill Belichick
- Ordered to
- National Football League
penaltyPatriots Spygate fine$250,000 - Ordered from
- New England Patriots
- Ordered to
- National Football League
- Connecticut environmental order records wastewater violations at Kraft-owned Rand-WhitneyRand-Whitney bound by a consent order over wastewater violationsdocumented · 2 sources
- NFL fines the Patriots $1 million and removes two draft picksLeague discipline completeddocumented · 1 source
penaltyPatriots Deflategate fine$1 million - Ordered from
- New England Patriots
- Ordered to
- National Football League
- Kraft Group gives $1 million to Trump's inaugural committeeDonation disclosed by the inaugural committeeSocial friendship described by Kraft; no contact reported after January 6, 2021 · documented · 2 sources
paymentKraft Group inaugural contribution$1 million - Paid by / source
- Kraft Group
- Received by
- 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee
- OSHA settlement leaves a serious citation and $12,675 penalty at Kraft-owned companyFormal settlement reduced the initial citations and penaltydocumented · 2 sources
penaltyRand-Whitney current OSHA penalty$12,675 - Ordered from
- Rand-Whitney Container LLC
- Ordered to
- U.S. Department of Labor
penaltyRand-Whitney initial OSHA penalties$139,424 - Reported source
- Rand-Whitney Container LLC
- Reported recipient
- U.S. Department of Labor
- Police say Kraft paid for sex twice; prosecutors charge him with solicitationCharges dismissed September 24, 2020 after surveillance was suppressed; no convictiondocumented · reported · 4 sources
- Kraft directs $1 million prize to Israel-advocacy projects and seeds FCASFoundation and grant program establisheddocumented · 1 source
asset transferGenesis Prize directed to grantmaking$1 million - Transferred by / from
- Genesis Prize Foundation
- Transferred to
- Grantmaking projects selected by Robert Kraft
commitmentKraft commitment to establish FCAS$20 million - Committed by / source
- Robert Kraft
- Committed toward / intended recipient
- Foundation to Combat Antisemitism
- NFL fines the Patriots $1.1 million for filming the Bengals sidelineTeam fine, draft-pick loss and filming restrictions imposeddocumented · 1 source
penaltyPatriots sideline-filming fine$1.1 million - Ordered from
- New England Patriots
- Ordered to
- National Football League
- Appeals court suppresses spa surveillance used in Kraft caseSuppression affirmed; state did not obtain further reviewdocumented · 1 source
- Prosecutors drop Kraft charges after losing the surveillance evidenceCase dismissed without a convictionreported · 1 source
- NFL fines the Patriots $350,000 for COVID-19 protocol violationsTeam fine imposedreported · 1 source
penaltyPatriots COVID-19 protocol fine$350,000 - Reported source
- New England Patriots
- Reported recipient
- National Football League
- Spa workers enter prostitution-related guilty pleas after Kraft case is droppedPlea dispositions reported; Kraft's separate case remained dismissedreported · 1 source
- Specter's son and ghostwriter say Trump offered money to stop a Patriots inquiryReported allegation denied by Trump and Kraft; no charge or adjudicated findingAllegedly offered support to stop a Patriots inquiry on Kraft's behalf · alleged · 1 source
- EPA settlement imposes a $1.1 million penalty and pollution controls at Kraft joint ventureConsent decree entered with monitoring and control requirementsdocumented · 3 sources
penaltyNew-Indy Clean Air Act civil penalty$1.1 million - Ordered from
- New-Indy Catawba LLC
- Ordered to
- U.S. Treasury
- Court approves a $103 million pollution settlement involving the Kraft joint ventureSettlement approved without an adjudication of liabilityreported · 2 sources
paymentNew-Indy settlement class fund$18 million - Committed by / source
- New-Indy Containerboard
- Committed to
- Resident settlement class fund
commitmentNew-Indy agreed remedial work$85 million - Committed by / source
- New-Indy Containerboard
- Committed toward / intended recipient
- Court-approved pollution-remediation work
- Financially affected
- Agreed pollution-remediation work
otherNew-Indy pollution settlement total$103 million - Committed source
- New-Indy Containerboard
- Measured subject
- Residents covered by the pollution settlement and agreed remedial work
- Trump appoints Dana Blumberg to the Kennedy Center boardDana Kraft remains listed as a trustee in 2026 court recordsdocumented · 1 source
- Kraft reportedly brokers a Trump meeting that ends pressure on Paul WeissReported intermediary role; resulting agreement publicly announcedReported intermediary who brokered a meeting · reported · 2 sources
commitmentPaul Weiss pro bono commitment$40 million - Committed by / source
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
- Committed toward / intended recipient
- Administration-supported pro bono causes
- Patriots agree to a $2.16 million app-privacy settlementSettlement approved; Patriots denied violating the lawdocumented · 1 source
paymentPatriots app privacy settlement fund$2.16 million - Committed by / source
- New England Patriots LLC
- Committed to
- Serra v. New England Patriots settlement fund
- Released emails show Epstein offering help finding Kraft a lawyerEmails reported after DOJ publication; no allegation that Kraft participated in Epstein's crimesreported · 1 source
- Kraft Group gives $3 million to AIPAC-affiliated super PACFive FEC-reported contributions through February 2026documented · 6 sources
paymentKraft Group contributions to UDP$3 million - Paid by / source
- Kraft Group
- Received by
- United Democracy Project
- Kraft bars Macklemore from Gillette Stadium after pro-Palestinian performanceMacklemore removed from tour; Kraft confirms venue ban and disputes the speech's acceptabilityreported · 2 sources
- Trump appointed Dana Blumberg Kraft to the board that renamed and moved to close the Kennedy CenterTrustee during the board actions; a court voided the first renaming and blocked the first closure decisiondocumented · reported · 5 sources
- Kraft nonprofit operates an online monitoring center inside Gillette StadiumOperation described by the Kraft Group; scope stated by FCASdocumented · 1 source
- Kennedy Center — a donor's wife, a captured board and the Kraft power networkGovernance and closure litigation remains activedocumented · 13 sources
- Kraft family — money, access, dropped charges and corporate sanctionsPublic record assembled; legal states remain distinctdocumented · 7 sources
Roles and relationships
Relationships
- Founder, chairman and chief executivebusinessdocumented · 1 file · 2 source referencesOpen cited record
- Owner and chairman of the sanctioned franchisebusinessdocumented · 1 file · 2 source referencesOpen cited record
- Reported intermediary who brokered a meetingpersonalpoliticalreported · 1 file · 2 source referencesOpen cited record
- Allegedly offered support to stop a Patriots inquiry on Kraft's behalfpersonalpoliticalalleged · 1 file · 1 source referenceOpen cited record
- Founder and initial funderbusinesspoliticaldocumented · 1 file · 1 source referenceOpen cited record
- Spouse; married in 2022Dana Blumberg Kraft familypersonalreported · 1 file · 1 source referenceOpen cited record
- SpouseDana Blumberg Kraft personaldocumented · 1 file · 1 source referenceOpen cited record
- Controlled venue decision through stadium ownershipbusinesspoliticaldocumented · 1 file · 2 source referencesOpen cited record
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