The move follows promoters’ removal of opening act Macklemore, who voiced his support for Palestine onstage

  • AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world
    136·
    23 hours ago

    Sadly I’m a Patriots fan and until this Kraft had a decent reputation for most fans. He can go fuck himself now.

    • socsa@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      16 minutes ago

      I mean this is why people hate Boston fans. Yeah, you’re super liberal, you just love Kraft and Brady, two outspoken Trump boosters

    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
      54·
      23 hours ago

      You must not have heard that he’s in the epstein files?

      In 2019, Kraft was among 25 people facing first-degree misdemeanor charges for soliciting prostitution at a day spa.[145] His attorney electronically entered a not-guilty plea, and later submitted a court filing where Kraft waived arraignment, pled not guilty to all charges and requested a jury trial.[151] A memo filed by Kraft’s attorneys revealed that hidden cameras had been installed when investigators entered the facility under the guise of suspected human trafficking.[156] A Palm Beach County judge ruled that prosecutors could not use the videos in their case, citing privacy concerns.[157] A Florida appeals court also ruled that Kraft’s constitutional rights were violated, and all the charges were dropped.[162] U.S. District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz ordered the videos to be destroyed.[163]

      In 2026, it was revealed that Kraft had kept a relationship with child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and that Epstein had recommended Kraft use his lawyer to defeat the charges.[164]

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kraft

      • AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world
        823·
        22 hours ago

        Given the number of legit famous people Epstein surrounded himself with because he was, at that point, rich himself: no being mentioned in the files isn’t a defacto “that person is complicit”. I don’t think Stephen Hawking, Bruce Willis, or Cate Blanchett were diddling kids either despite being in the files. DeCaprio… Well that one wouldn’t surprise me.

        • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
          3·
          12 hours ago

          I haven’t looked into this, but you’re right that a lot of people are mentioned. However, from the little I’ve heard of this, this guy seems to be more than a mention. From what I’ve heard, it sounds like he was an associate.

        • turtlesareneat@piefed.caEnglish
          131·
          18 hours ago

          DiCaprio who has no sexual allegations against him, surprises you - but a billionaire who buys prostitutes in a spa suspected of human trafficking gets the benefit of the doubt?

          • Carl@anarchist.nexusEnglish
            4·
            17 hours ago

            They were probably referring to the whole “DiCaprio is afraid of women over the age of 25” thing. The man has historically broken up with women as soon as they’re nearing 25, only to start dating a new 18 year old a week or two later.

            I believe his current girlfriend actually holds the record for his oldest, at ~28 years old.

          • AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world
            514·
            22 hours ago

            Look if there was evidence of wrongdoing I’d want him to spend just as much time in prison as anyone else, but can we agree what you describe is a pretty far cry from evidence he was fucking kids? Come on now.

            • David_Eight@lemmy.world
              10·
              21 hours ago

              The videotaping at the business lasted for five days, and wound up recording two women and two men receiving legitimate massages, not just the men paying for sexual services."

              Four people over five days received an actual massage lol. They destroyed the evidence because of a technically. Did you even read the article?

              • AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world
                68·
                21 hours ago

                Yes, and to be clear consenting adults paying/being paid for sex means fuck all to me, they should legalize it. Involving children? Straight to jail.

                • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
                  4·
                  20 hours ago

                  How about slaves or trafficking?

                  Sex trafficking, under law, involves recruiting and transporting women by force or fraud, and coercing them to work as prostitutes. The traffickers, Snyder continued, had covered their tracks by moving the women every 10 to 20 days to different spas, where they were forced to sleep on massage tables and cook on hot plates. Some were unable to leave, the sheriff said, because the traffickers confiscated their money and passports.

                  https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/10/the-disturbing-saga-of-robert-kraft

                  • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    3·
                    15 hours ago

                    Slaves/trafficked folk seems covered under the word “consenting”, as coerced consent is not consent, but I’m not op

                  • AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world
                    33·
                    20 hours ago

                    Believe it or not, straight to jail. But based on everything I read about this specific situation that isn’t the case here, so I’m not sure where you’re going with this.

            • kestrel7_7@lemmy.world
              3·
              20 hours ago

              I mean, it sounds like the court ordered the evidence destroyed, so there’s no way to know one way or the other. But isn’t that like kind of shady

        • BassTurd@lemmy.world
          6·
          17 hours ago

          He’s also a vocal Trump supporter on top of his other transgressions. He’s always been a piece of shit.