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China-born Cindy Li Yang, founder of Florida spa linked to sex trafficking and Robert Kraft prostitution case, attended Donald Trump’s Super Bowl party

  • Cindy Li Yang, a big donor to Donald Trump, is seen in a selfie posing with the US president
  • Yang founded a chain of massage parlours that included the Orchids of Asia spa where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft allegedly received sex services

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Li Yang (front) snaps a selfie with US President Donald Trump at a Super Bowl watching party held at the president’s West Palm Beach country club on February 3. Photo: Facebook / TNS

The founder of a Florida day spa where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was arrested for allegedly soliciting prostitution watched this year’s Super Bowl at a party hosted by US President Donald Trump and has also visited Trump’s White House.

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Cindy Li Yang, 45, snapped a selfie photo with Trump from the Super Bowl watch party, held at the president’s West Palm Beach country club on February 3, The Miami Herald reported on Friday.

Li Yang with US President Donald Trump in a photo signed by Trump, that Yang posted on her Facebook page. Photo: Facebook / Li Yang
Li Yang with US President Donald Trump in a photo signed by Trump, that Yang posted on her Facebook page. Photo: Facebook / Li Yang

Trump, a long-time friend of Kraft and Patriots admirer, is seen leaning back in his chair and smiling with Yang and another woman who are seated at a table behind the president in the blurry photo.

Yang, an entrepreneur who reportedly arrived in the US from China two decades ago, opened a chain of South Florida day spas in 2007 that included Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter, Florida, which is now connected to a sex trafficking ring tied to Kraft’s case.

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