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NFL Announces Major Action Following Jed York’s Prostitution Arrest

This article was originally published on Total Pro Sports.

Jed York (Photo Via Imagn Images)

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday that the league has started reviewing San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York’s recent arrest under its personal conduct policy.

“It’s being reviewed under the personal conduct policy,” Goodell said at the owners’ meetings in Atlanta. “We’ll do that and when there’s something to be reported we’ll talk.”

Police arrested York on Sunday in East Palestine, Ohio, after an undercover operation by the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force. Authorities said York tried to pay $160 for sex with a woman he believed worked as a prostitute.

The arrest has drawn more attention after bodycam footage surfaced on Wednesday. The video shows officers questioning York at a mobile home park before they place him in handcuffs. York tells officers he was “just driving” when they ask why he was there.

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Jed York arrest. (Image via X)

Officers later searched York’s rental vehicle and found $160 in cash. They also found two phones, including one that contained a photo of his two sons.

York initially faced a prostitution charge. Prosecutors later changed the charge to disorderly conduct. He pleaded no contest Monday to that charge and to possessing criminal tools for using his phone to respond to an online prostitution advertisement.

A judge sentenced York to one day in jail on the two offenses. He received credit for the day he spent in custody. He also paid a $1,150 fine, surrendered the $160, and completed an online course.

York has spent much of the summer in Ohio, where he grew up near Youngstown. Court records also show that he filed for divorce from his wife, Danielle, in May.

The NFL now has to decide if the arrest and convictions deserve punishment. The league has disciplined team owners under its personal conduct policy in the past.

Back in 2014, former Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay got a six-game suspension and a $500,000 fine after pleading guilty to impaired driving.

On the other hand, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft faced no NFL punishment after police arrested him in Florida in 2019 over allegations that he paid for sex at a massage parlor. Prosecutors later dropped the charge after a court ruled that police violated the rights of Kraft and other customers.

Goodell didn’t give a specific timeline for the review.

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