Politics & Government
Trump Pictured With Founder Of Spa Kraft Was Busted In: Report
The president was reportedly rooting on the Patriots in the Super Bowl just one table from Li Yang, who had more than one photo with Trump.
President Trump rooted on the Patriots' Super Bowl victory in the company of the founder of the Florida day spa Robert Kraft got busted in, according to The Miami Herald.
Li Yang, 45, started a number of Asian day spas in Florida, many of which have reputations for offering sexual services, according to the Herald.
Yang apparently leaned over and snapped a selfie with Trump, who was sitting a table ahead of her, at a party at Trump's West Palm Beach country club. A flyer for the party advertised a "reception, photo and two seats for a dinner with President Trump" for a $50,000 donation.
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Now three weeks after Yang took the photo, Kraft was charged with two misdemeanor counts of soliciting another to commit prostitution stemming from visits to the Orchids of Asia Day Spa & Massage in Jupiter, Fla. Authorities said they have Kraft on tape from the morning of and day before the AFC Championship Game.
Kraft has pleaded not guilty.
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Yang told the Herald she and her family had sold Orchids of Asia long ago. She still owns several area day spas, and while some are rumored online to offer sexual services, none of the 10 shut down in last month's bust are registered to her or her family, the Herald reported.
Yang did not answer whether she knew that some of the spas she owned were rumored to offer sexual services, the Herald said.
Trump, a longtime friend of Kraft, told reporters last month in the Oval office he's "surprised" about the charges and emphasized that Kraft "denies it,"according to NBC News.
"Well it's very sad," Trump said. "I was very surprised to see it. He's proclaimed his innocence totally."
Yang has become a fixture at Republican events in recent years, having several photos with Trump's family, the Herald reported.
Read the full Herald story here.
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