By BEN NAGLE, US SPORTS EDITOR and SHAWN COHEN, US SENIOR REPORTER and MAX WINTERS, US DEPUTY SPORTS EDITOR
Published: 22:21 BST, 26 August 2026 | Updated: 00:12 BST, 27 August 2026
The Daily Mail can reveal the humiliating bodycam footage that shows 49ers owner and CEO Jed York being arrested after showing up at an Ohio trailer park to allegedly pay a prostitute $140 for sex.
York, who is worth $500 million and also co-owns Premier League club Leeds United and Scottish giants Rangers, was arrested in East Palestine on suspicion of engaging in prostitution at 9.35am on August 23. He was released after posting a $5,000 bond.
Court documents obtained by The Daily Mail reveal York, 46, 'arranged to have sexual activity with the female in exchange for $140.' He responded to an undercover ad placed on a known prostitution website by law enforcement.
When York arrived at the arranged location, the Wheat Hill Mobile Home Community in East Palestine, York was greeted by a law enforcement sting operation.
Footage of that moment has now been obtained by The Daily Mail and shows the moment York – still wearing his wedding ring – is pulled from his car and placed in handcuffs by cops.
In the excruciating footage, the NFL owner is asked what he is doing at the trailer park, to which he replies: 'Just driving.' When quizzed over whether he is meeting anyone, he simply replies: 'No'.
San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York is confronted by police officers in a prostitution sting
The NFL owner, who is said to be worth $500m, quickly put his hands above his head
York, 46, was arrested Sunday in East Palestine, Ohio, and booked into Columbiana County Jail
York is wearing a New York Yankees shirt, basketball shorts and tennis shoes in the footage, released to the Daily Mail by the East Palestine Police Department.
As the footage continues, York is placed in handcuffs by officers and asked if he is from the local area, to which he responds: 'Yeah'.
The officer says to him, 'so you're just driving around East Palestine?', and York again gives a simple one-word affirmative.
York is taken to the back seat of the police vehicle, where he is placed inside and the door is shut. The officers then have a conversation next to a separate vehicle, of which the audio has been redacted from the released footage.
