{"id":117988,"date":"2019-03-06T21:54:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T18:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/man-speaks-out-after-mistaken-arrest-in-prostitution-ring-that-netted-robert-kraft\/"},"modified":"2019-03-06T21:54:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T18:54:17","slug":"man-speaks-out-after-mistaken-arrest-in-prostitution-ring-that-netted-robert-kraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/man-speaks-out-after-mistaken-arrest-in-prostitution-ring-that-netted-robert-kraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Man speaks out after mistaken arrest in prostitution ring that netted Robert Kraft"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Florida man who was mistakenly arrested in a series of prostitution stings that ensnared New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft<\/a> broke down while describing the humiliating bust he says upended his life.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Feb. 25, I thought my life had ended,\u201d a tearful Sandipkumar Patel, 47, said Tuesday as he sat in his attorney David Golden\u2019s office in Stuart, Fla., WPTV reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cShame and dishonor not only fell upon me, but upon my family and our family name,\u201d he said, as his wife Sonal Patel, 38, tried to console him.<\/p>\n

\u201cImagine thinking about killing yourself,\u201d the Jensen Beach man added, according to TCPalm.com<\/a>. \u201cThis did not have to happen, and there is nothing that can erase the hell my family and I went through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last month, authorities in Martin, Palm Beach and Indian River counties announced dozens of arrests after several spas were raided, including the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, where Kraft was accused of back-to-back visits.<\/p>\n

He has pleaded not guilty to charges that he paid for sex at the massage parlor.<\/p>\n

Last week, Martin Sheriff\u2019s Lt. Mike Dougherty said Patel was wrongly identified as having patronized Florida Therapy Spa for sex acts in Stuart on Nov. 19. Charges against him were dropped Friday.<\/p>\n

Patel, who owns two businesses and has two daughters, said he was in Chicago when the alleged crime happened.<\/p>\n

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The confusion happened when investigators ran the tags on a blue Porsche registered to a woman with the last name of Patel left the spa.<\/p>\n

Dougherty said police identified a man with the last name Patel, who they say appeared to be identical to the man in the surveillance footage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we discovered that Mr. Patel was mistakenly identified and arrested, we personally met with him to further investigate,\u201d Martin County Sheriff William Snyder said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result, we notified the media and immediately began actions to pay his expenses and start the process of expunging his misdemeanor arrest record. Because Mr. Patel has obtained an attorney and announced his intentions to sue the Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office, we must limit further public comment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Golden, Patel\u2019s attorney, said deputies went to his home and told Sonal her husband was caught on video paying money for sex acts.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo show her his picture as causing her to believe that was him at that spa is just unconscionable,\u201d Golden said.<\/p>\n

Patel\u2019s wife said she couldn\u2019t catch her breath when she heard the charges leveled against her husband.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was led to believe the man I love and trust with our lives not only broken the trust, but brought shame to our family name,\u201d she said.
\u201cHis face was plastered all over the internet for the world to see. My husband\u2019s only crime was being a Patel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patel, who came to the US from India in 1999, said two of his proudest moments are becoming an American citizen and marrying Sonal, who arrived in 2003.<\/p>\n

He cited \u201cizzat\u201d and \u201ccharitra,\u201d which mean dignity and character, respectively, in the western Indian language of Gujarati.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can be a millionaire, but without charitra and izzat you have nothing,\u201d he said. \u201cIf I do something to bring shame to my family name, my daughters would not be able to marry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Golden said he plans to file a lawsuit against the Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office seeking compensation, accusing it of being \u201cwilling to sacrifice proper investigative work and our civil liberties for yet another arrest.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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