The East Palestine Police Department has released the bodycam footage of San Francisco 49ers owner and CEO Jed York’s humiliating arrest, and it is every bit as grotesque as you’d expect from a Silicon Valley–style NFL billionaire who lectures America about “values” while texting an undercover hooker from a rental car in a mobile home park.
York, whose family fortune is estimated in the billions, was arrested Sunday morning, August 23, at the Wheat Hill Mobile Home Community in East Palestine, Ohio, the same working-class town the Biden-Harris regime treated like a toxic afterthought after the 2023 Norfolk Southern chemical derailment.
According to court records and the incident report, York answered an undercover ad on a known prostitution website, used the fake name “Joe,” and messaged the “woman” multiple times over two days.
He agreed to pay about $160 for “full service” sexual activity, drove a rental car to the meet, and was carrying the cash when East Palestine officers and the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force rolled him up around 9:35 a.m.
His phone, the “criminal tool,” lit up when investigators sent a test text to the number from the ad. The bodycam is brutal.
York is wearing a New York Yankees T-shirt, basketball shorts, tennis shoes, and his wedding ring. Officers pull him over. He looks stunned.
“Can I ask what you’re doing?” he asks as they cuff him.
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😳 Body cam of Jed York’s arrest shows stunned 49ers owner. https://t.co/rjSYBSbrgF
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As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, York was initially charged with engaging in prostitution and possessing criminal tools.
There is a discrepancy in the public reports concerning the negotiated price. The initial court affidavit cited $140, while the subsequently reported incident narrative cited $160. Court records show that $160 seized from York was forfeited to the human-trafficking task force.
By Monday morning, prosecutors had reduced the prostitution charge to disorderly conduct as part of a plea agreement. York pleaded no contest to the amended disorderly-conduct count and to possessing criminal tools.
He was fined $150 on the disorderly-conduct charge and $1,000 on the criminal-tools charge. York received a one-day jail sentence on each count, to run concurrently, and was given credit for time already served. His cellphone was ordered returned, and court records indicate that he completed an online course.
Columbiana County Prosecutor Vito Abruzzino said the reduced charge was routine for a defendant facing those allegations without a prior history of that type of criminal conduct.
The 49ers quickly moved to shut down further questions.
“As this is a legal matter, which has been resolved, we will not be providing any further comment at this time,” the organization said.
The NFL, meanwhile, said it is aware of the matter and will review it under the league’s personal-conduct policy.
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