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[–] 142 points 1 week ago* (37 children)

I doubt many folks are viewing this through a sports lens, but as a Sounders fan I am very pleased to see the part owner of the Seattle Sounders (Macklemore) stand up for what’s right against the evil New England Revolution owner (Kraft).

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  • [–] 41 points 1 week ago (19 children)

    The Seahawks beat the Robert Kraft owned New England Patriots last year in the Superbowl. We beat them last week with our back-up quarterback. Small wins in life, yeah?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago (18 children)

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

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  • [–] 55 points 1 week ago (16 children)

    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

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  • [+] -15 points 1 week ago (15 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 week ago (10 children)

    Hmmm. Again, Kraft used Epstein's recommended lawyer that got Epstein out of shit. You can shut your eyes and say blah, blah, blah, but this is all still true.

    Kraft's attorneys had been pushing for the videos to be destroyed, as the 79-year-old billionaire was worried that the videos would be circulated on the Internet.

    Judge Orders Destruction Of Alleged Sex Tapes Of Robert Kraft

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  • [+] -9 points 1 week ago (9 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago (7 children)

    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?

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  • [–] -3 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    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

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  • [–] 0 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Kraft is a billionaire. If he was innocent and wanted to keep his name clean then he would have paid money to make sure the video was publicly seen. Instead he paid money to destroy the video. That's where they are going with this. You think kraft cares about the privacy of the 5 people that got legitimate messages? Nope. He doesn't even care about genocide. In fact he obviously is vehemently in support of it.

    Kraft used sex slaves.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    A prostitute is not a sex slave by default. If you fucked a hooker, would you broadcast it to the world? You're unhinged.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    Those prostitute are usually not prostitutes by choice. That fits the definition of sex slavery.

    Why are you defending a genocide supporting, Epstein class abuser.

    Are you preparing for your debate class or something?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    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?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week 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.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week 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.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 week ago (6 children)

    This is good enough to make me a Seahawks fan for the season so I can talk about the ludicrous displays last night.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    This is actually a fallacy. Rooting against his team still puts money in his pockets

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Okay then fuck the Seahawks go Packers.

    Either way some billionaire gets more billionarey.

    Bread and circuses and all that.

    But, seriously, Arsenal does try to walk it in.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Ownership-wise the Packers are probably the best pro sports team to root for because they're the only non profit community owned professional sports team in the US.

    But I live in Minnesota and Minnesotans like to pretend there's some kind of rivalry there lol.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    Also the MST3K guys mention them a lot in their riff of The Giant Spider Invasion which is also enough for me to love the Packers forever. Also, who doesn’t love cheese?

    I really have no loyalty.

    Go. Packers.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    I too am a huge fan of sounding but what's that have to do with sports or Macklemore?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

    They specifically said what it had to do with Macklemore (and Kraft) in their post. Kraft being the catalyst for all of this..

    Yea, I fucked that one up.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Just a joke man. If you don't know what it is, don't look it up on any NSFW sites... Trust me, I'm sparing you here. To each their own but I wish I didn't see it myself!

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago

    Oh no, I know what it is. I just completely overlooked that part of your post. I'm disappointed in myself because it's a great comment. I edited it to not look like a dick and to correct my mistake.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 week ago* (2 children)

    I have to say, pretty sure Sounders is the worst name in pro sports. I would assume a sounder is one that partakes in sounding.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    It’s for the Puget Sound! A sound is a body of water! Get your head out of the gutter!

    (It's okay I grew up calling the rumble strip on the side of the highway a sounder and also thought it was a weird name at first)

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