State of Florida v. Robert Kraft, consolidated opinion

Reporting cited here

1. documented

   Police said hidden-camera recordings showed Robert Kraft receiving sexual acts and paying cash during visits to Orchids of Asia Day Spa on January 19 and 20, 2019. Florida prosecutors charged him with two misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution. Kraft pleaded not guilty. He was not convicted.

   Opinion case caption and factual background describing the recordings and charges; September 24 disposition report

   Police say Kraft paid for sex twice; prosecutors charge him with solicitation · Charges dismissed September 24, 2020 after surveillance was suppressed; no conviction

2. reported

   Police entered Orchids of Asia through an investigation described as targeting suspected human trafficking. A health inspector testified that clothing, beds and other conditions looked to her like possible trafficking. A prosecutor later told the court that the state had no trafficking evidence at the spa, and Kraft was never charged with trafficking.

   AP reports on the prosecutor's representation and inspector testimony; appellate opinion's account of the investigation and charges

   Police say Kraft paid for sex twice; prosecutors charge him with solicitation · Charges dismissed September 24, 2020 after surveillance was suppressed; no conviction

3. documented

   Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal affirmed suppression of the hidden-camera recordings because the warrants failed to require adequate minimization and the surveillance violated the Fourth Amendment. The ruling did not decide whether Kraft committed the charged conduct.

   Opinion pages 2–20, warrant minimization analysis and disposition

   Appeals court suppresses spa surveillance used in Kraft case · Suppression affirmed; state did not obtain further review

4. reported

   Palm Beach charging documents said hidden video showed Robert Kraft receiving oral and manual sex during his second visit to Orchids of Asia in less than 24 hours, then giving the worker a $100 bill and another bill. Prosecutors charged Kraft with two misdemeanor solicitation counts. Courts suppressed the video because the surveillance violated the Fourth Amendment, and prosecutors dropped his charges. The Washington Post reported that four spa workers entered prostitution-related guilty pleas; two were women Kraft was accused of patronizing. Lei Chen spent 60 days in jail awaiting disposition and was sentenced to time served. Other workers received fines, probation, community service or forfeiture obligations. Kraft was not convicted.

   Consolidated opinion affirming suppression because the video warrants and monitoring failed Fourth Amendment minimization requirements

   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

5. documented

   Trump removed Kennedy Center trustees, installed major inaugural donor Robert Kraft's wife Dana on the replacement board and became chair. That board removed leadership, stripped ex officio voting rights, declared an off-agenda Trump renaming unanimous after dissent was muted and exterior signage had already been prepared or purchased, and pursued closure decisions that courts repeatedly blocked or constrained. The institution then recorded artist departures, displaced programming and internal forecasts of earned revenue 70 percent below budget and contributed revenue 25 percent below budget. Behind Dana Kraft's appointment, Robert Kraft's documented power network includes a $1 million Trump inaugural contribution, $3 million to AIPAC's super PAC, a $20 million FCAS commitment, a stadium-based online-monitoring operation and control of Gillette Stadium. His file also records police allegations that he paid for sex twice, the trafficking premise and later prosecutorial retreat in that investigation, suppression of the surveillance, dismissal of his charges, an Epstein offer of legal-network help and his confirmed Macklemore ban. The money and relationships are documented; the reviewed evidence does not establish that they purchased Dana Kraft's appointment. Kraft confirmed the Gillette ban; broader venue-owner coordination remains Macklemore's allegation, although the promoter and Ed Sheeran confirmed that multiple venues rejected the lineup.

   Factual background, two charged visits and surveillance-suppression ruling

   Kennedy Center — a donor's wife, a captured board and the Kraft power network · Governance and closure litigation remains active