Twitter exploded with shock after the news broke that New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is being hit with prostitute solicitation charges.
Police say they have video evidence of the billionaire going to the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, FL, which is pretty damning. A spokesperson for Kraft still denies any wrongdoing.
Authorities caught Kraft as part of a several-months-long investigation into “sexual servitude” practices at numerous Florida spas. The NFL owner, whose tenure with the Patriots includes six Super Bowl victories, faces a misdemeanor for the solicitation and is required to appear in court.
Media figures took to Twitter to weigh in on the viral news, with a number of users joking about fake-hate-crime-doer Jussie Smollett thanking Kraft for finally getting his name out of the news, as well as Kraft’s close relationship to Donald Trump.
Twitter had a field day:
Reporter: So your friend Kraft was arrested.
Trump: He probably went to Orchids of Asia for a massage.
Reporter: How do you know the name of the…?
Trump: No collusion.— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) February 22, 2019 [1]
BREAKING: New England Patriots' owner Robert Kraft has been arrested and charged with soliciting prostitution as part of an investigation by authorities into sex trafficking.
Another Trump buddy bites the dust for sex crimes.
— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) February 22, 2019 [2]
Here are some great pictures of Donald Trump with his good friend, Robert Kraft, who was just arrested for soliciting prostitutes in Jupiter, Florida. The adage, "you are the company you keep" comes to mind. pic.twitter.com/tyDwJcoin6 [3]
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) February 22, 2019 [4]
This is Jussie Smollett today after hearing the Robert Kraft news… pic.twitter.com/Rzxxw2liax [5]
— Reggie Miller (@ReggieMillerTNT) February 22, 2019 [6]
Robert Kraft has access to world leaders at Mar a Lago 2017
That day another member of Mar a Lago posed w the nuclear football
Today he is arrested for soliciting prostitutes. So many in Trump’s circle over the decades are involved in sex scandals and crimes pic.twitter.com/DgMuJ8LBjt [7]— Olga Lautman (@olgaNYC1211) February 22, 2019 [8]
Robert Kraft is presently on the phone asking Donald Trump to “please start a small nuclear war immediately.”
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) February 22, 2019 [9]
So Trump’s buddy Robert Kraft is getting charged in Jupiter, FL as part of a prostitution ring and human trafficking bust. Let’s see what else is in Jupiter… pic.twitter.com/gmkVU6MBBj [10]
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) February 22, 2019 [11]