Cindy Yang, ex-spa owner accused of selling access to Donald Trump, speaks out to decry ‘unfair’ treatment
- In a number of TV appearances on Wednesday, Yang denied that she had any private conversations with the US president
- ‘I just think that if I don’t have a photo with the president, nothing [would have happened],’ Yang told a Florida station
The Chinese entrepreneur accused of selling access to US government officials, including President Donald Trump, has broken her silence to defend herself. Cindy Yang spoke out as top Democrats called for an FBI investigation into the potential national security threats posed by her business practices.
In a number of television appearances on Wednesday, Yang, who was identified earlier this month as the former owner of a day spa allegedly offering sexual services, denied that she had any private conversations with Trump, and called her treatment by the American media “unfair”.
A selfie of Yang, also known as Yang Li and Yang Lijuan, with Trump at a Super Bowl viewing party at Trump’s Florida resort on February 3 drew attention when it was first published by The Miami Herald.
“I just think that if I don’t have a photo with the president, nothing [would have happened],” Yang, sitting alongside her lawyer Michelle Merson, told Florida station CBS12.
