The billionaire returned from St. Petersburg empty-handed.
Even 6th time winning the NFL championship as a club owner Robert Kraft hasn’t seen one of his championship rings since 2005.
In the same year, Kraft, who owns the New England Patriots club, met with the Russian president Vladimir Putin At an event for economic influencers organized in St. Petersburg.
“I took the ring off and showed it to him, and he put it on his finger and said, ‘I could kill somebody with this ring,'” Kraft recalled of the incident in 2013 For the New York Post.
“Then I held out my hand, but he put the ring in his pocket. Next, three KGB men surrounded him and escorted him out.”
On Sunday Netflix organized the most successful NFL player of all time Tom Brady’s in honor of the so-called “roasting”. In it, comedians and other public figures laughed especially at Brady’s expense.
Brady, who ended his career in the second season, won the first six championships of his career in the shirt of the New England Patriots.
In addition to Hollywood stars, the program featured many well-known faces from the sports world, including Kraft, who lost his ring.
“In case you’re watching this, Vladimir Putin, give back that f***ing ring,” Kraft said in the roast program.
According to Kraft, a White House employee had told him that he must not reveal that Putin took the ring against Kraft’s will. Instead, he had to tell the ring was a gift to the Russian president.
However, Kraft has previously said in public that he did not give the ring to Putin.
“I really didn’t. I had an emotional attachment to that ring. It has my name engraved on it,” Kraft said last year.
According to the New York Post, Kraft’s ring is kept in the Kremlin library. In 2013, Putin denied stealing the ring, but suggested he get Kraft another ring instead.
Billions The New England Patriots, owned by the wealthy Kraft, is one of the most successful clubs in the NFL. Together with the Pittsburgh Steelers, it has the most Super Bowl championships, six.
New England has won every championship so far with their former quarterback Brady.
However, Brady has more Super Bowl championships than any club. He won his seventh championship in February 2021 as the lead star of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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