Robert Kraft
Owner and CEO of the New England Patriots; chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group
Robert Kraft — Owner and CEO of the New England Patriots; chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group — is named in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein files. DOJ-released Epstein files, reported by the Boston Globe in February 2026, contain a February 2019 email from Epstein to his own attorney Brad Karp of Paul Weiss in which Epstein wrote that he was "trying to have [Kraft] hire you," recommending that Kraft hire Karp for legal representation after Kraft was arrested and charged with soliciting prostitution at a day spa in Jupiter, Florida. The email documents a social connection between Kraft and Epstein sufficient for Epstein to seek to act as a legal intermediary on Kraft's behalf. The Florida charges against Kraft were ultimately dismissed in 2020 on Fourth Amendment grounds after a court ruled the police surveillance unconstitutional. No wrongdoing in connection with Epstein is alleged against Kraft. This profile is auto-generated from public reporting and is pending editorial review; inclusion does not imply guilt or wrongdoing.
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Is Robert Kraft in the Epstein files?
Yes. Robert Kraft (Owner and CEO of the New England Patriots; chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group) is named in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein files. DOJ-released Epstein files, reported by the Boston Globe in February 2026, contain a February 2019 email from Epstein to his own attorney Brad Karp of Paul Weiss in which Epstein wrote that he was “trying to have [Kraft] hire you,” recommending that Kraft hire Karp for legal representation after Kraft was arrested and charged with soliciting prostitution at a day spa in Jupiter, Florida. The email documents a social connection between Kraft and Epstein sufficient for Epstein to seek to act as a legal intermediary on Kraft’s behalf. The Florida charges against Kraft were ultimately dismissed in 2020 on Fourth Amendment grounds after a court ruled the police surveillance unconstitutional. No wrongdoing in connection with Epstein is alleged against Kraft.
Being named in the files is not evidence of any crime or wrongdoing. People appear in these documents in many contexts — correspondence, flight logs, contact books, scheduling, photographs, or passing references. See the sources below for the specific, documented context, and the note at the bottom of this page.
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