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March 11, 2019

Ex-Owner of Spa in Sex Trafficking Ring Sold Chinese Execs "Access" to Trump
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Mother Jones reported Saturday that Florida businesswoman Cindy Yang,
who founded the spa where billionaire New England Patriots owner Robert
Kraft is said to have solicited sex, also ran a business selling access
to President Trump. Kraft was charged last month with hundreds of others
as part of a human trafficking sting that police say involved women
recruited from China who were forced to have sex with customers,
sometimes up to 16 times a day. The self-described "international
business consulting firm" run by Yang is aimed at Chinese executives,
touting access to Trump, members of his administration and his family at
his Mar-a-Lago resort. The story was published a day after a selfie of
Yang and Trump emerged at a Super Bowl viewing party at Mar-a-Lago in
February. According to the Miami Herald, Yang and her family have
donated nearly $60,000 to Trump's campaign and a Trump PAC since 2017.
Yang was not charged in last month's crackdown on Florida day spas and
has said she sold the spa linked to Kraft in 2013.


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