Charges against Patriots' Robert Kraft dropped in Florida after ruling on video evidence

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

   Palm Beach County prosecutors dropped the misdemeanor charges against Kraft after the appellate ruling left them unable to use the surveillance recordings. Dismissal is not an acquittal on the facts, and it is also not a conviction.

   September 24 report, case disposition and prosecutor explanation

   Prosecutors drop Kraft charges after losing the surveillance evidence · Case dismissed without a conviction