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Robert Kraft’s misdemeanor charges may tarnish his standing among NFL owners

Two Fridays ago, Robert K. Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots, was in Los Angeles, one of his homes away from home.

He started the day at Nate and Al’s, the Beverly Hills delicatessen where he occasionally dines with friends, including Larry King and Steve Tisch, the co-owner of the New York Giants. Later that day, he was supposed to play golf with Al Michaels, the longtime host of “Sunday Night Football.”

Kraft never made it to the first tee at the Bel-Air Country Club. During the morning he received word that the police 2,600 miles away in Florida were charging him with two counts of soliciting a prostitute at a massage parlor in Jupiter.