49ers owner Jed York contacted fictitious prostitution ad 3 times before arrest
An incident report obtained Tuesday by ESPN details how San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York used a pseudonym and responded multiple times to a fictitious ad for a prostitute before his arrest in Ohio over the weekend.
According to the incident report, York contacted the undercover officer twice Saturday with no response before the officer replied to a third message sent Sunday and offered to meet that morning in East Palestine, Ohio.
York was charged with two misdemeanors, engaging in prostitution and possession of criminal tools. Prosecutors later amended the prostitution charge to disorderly conduct as part of a plea agreement. York pleaded no contest, paid $1,150 in fines and was sentenced to one day in jail for each charge, with one day already considered served.
York's attorney has not responded to multiple messages from ESPN, while the 49ers said in a statement that they would have no comment "as this is a legal matter, which has been resolved." An NFL spokesperson said the incident would be reviewed under its personal conduct policy.
The incident report states York was told to meet the undercover officer at the mobile home park but was given a fictitious lot number. Wheat Hill, which advertises itself as "a clean, quiet and affordable mobile home community" with 42 lots, said in a Facebook post that the news was "just as shocking to us, as to the rest of you" and that it had no other knowledge of the situation.