Four women, Kraft, and 24 other men were charged last year when state prosecutors said the men engaged in sex acts with employees at the Orchids of Asia Day Spa and Massage in Jupiter, Florida.
Charges against Kraft, who pleaded not guilty in the case, and the other men were dismissed last year after Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg said there was not enough evidence to convict them when courts blocked the use of video surveillance from the spa.
But the charges against the women who worked at the spa were not dropped.
All four women reached plea deals with prosecutors in recent months and have had to pay thousands of dollars in fines and fees.
According to The Associated Press, Orchids of Asia owner Hua Zhang, 59, pleaded guilty in November to two misdemeanor charges, while Lei Wang, 41, and Shen Mingbi, 60, each pleaded guilty to one count of soliciting another to commit prostitution. The fourth woman, Lei Chen, 45, pleaded guilty in February to eight counts of offering to commit prostitution.
The guilty pleas included hefty fines.
According to court documents seen by Reason, Mingbi was ordered to forfeit $20,000 to the Jupiter Police Department and pay $6,573 in fines and fees. Wang was ordered to pay $5,623, while Zhang was ordered to pay $6,661 in fines and fees. It’s unclear if Chen has been fined.
Kraft’s life, meanwhile, has mostly returned to normal: He still owns the Patriots, last year he was recorded dancing with Jamie Foxx and Jon Bon Jovi in the Hamptons, and he ate at an official state dinner with President Donald Trump in Qatar.
A previous version of this story said the charges against Kraft were at a federal level. They were at a state level.
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