Robert Kraft case helps shift focus from bought to buyers

After Robert Kraft was charged with soliciting prostitution, it’s not a case about where he goes from here. It’s about where we go.

Kraft has been an important leader in Boston, contributing to the strength of our community for decades. He’s smart, and he knows the odds of winning and losing.

He is also an unlucky man. It was a safe bet that the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots thought he wouldn’t get caught in a brothel. Typically, police pick up 10 girls (many underage) for every john they arrest. The ones being bought are the ones who are usually prosecuted; the men who are buying are almost never held accountable.

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