Li Yang is a businesswoman and entrepreneur originally from China. Yang, who often goes by the name “Cindy,” founded a chain of day spas in Florida known as the Tokyo Day Spas. One of those spas was the Orchids of Asia Day Spa, where Patriots owner Robert Kraft allegedly solicited prostitution. Yang sold the spa years ago, and she has not been charged in connection with Kraft’s arrest. But recently, Yang’s ties to President Trump have raised questions. On March 9, Mother Jones reported that in addition to founding a chain of spas, Yang and her husband, Zubin Gong, operated a business which sold its clients access to high profile Americans — including President Trump. Mother Jones says that Yang and Gong opened the company, GY US Investments LLC, in 2017, and that the company’s website described it as an “international business consulting firm that provides public relations services to assist businesses in America to establish and expand their brand image in the modern Chinese marketplace.” The website has since stopped working. But according to Mother Jones, the site said that its “activities for clients” included providing them “the opportunity to interact with the president, the [American] Minister of Commerce and other political figures.” Here’s what you need to know about Cindy Yang:
1. She Watched the Super Bowl with Trump at his West Palm Beach Country Club
Cindy Yang was a guest at President Trump’s annual Super Bowl watch party in 2019. The entrepreneur snapped a selfie of herself with the president at his West Palm Beach Country Club watching the Patriots beat the Rams on February 3. Just a few weeks later, authorities charged Patriots owner Robert Kraft with soliciting prostitution at the Orchids of Asia Day Spa, which Yang had founded years earlier. Yang is no longer the spa’s owner and has not been charged with any crime. In 2013, Yang sold the spa to Hua Zhang, who has been charged with racketeering and running a house of prostitution. She pleaded not guilty. The Miami Herald reports that even before the spa changed hands, online reviews suggest that prostitution was already taking place there. The Herald notes that the spa’s name has changed, but the decor is exactly the same; the Herald also quotes from a review which said, in 2013, “Used to be known as Tokyo Day Spa and Massage — most of the same girls still work there,” a Yelp reviewer wrote of Orchids of Asia in 2013.
On February 3, Yang posted not only a selfie of herself with the president, but also a series of photos from the Superbowl party. Yang’s Facebook page also features a signed photograph of herself side-by-side with President Trump.
2. Her Husband, Zubin Gong, Still Manages the First Spa She Founded
The first spa that Yang founded is still being managed by her husband, Zubin Gong. Gong’s Facebook page still features a photo of the Tokyo nail Spa as its cover photo, and in fact that’s the one and only photograph on the page. Patriots owner Robert Kraft was charged in February with soliciting prostitution at the Orchids of Asia Day Spa, which was the second spa Yang opened. Yang is no longer the spa’s owner and has not been charged with any crime. In 2013, Yang sold the spa to Hua Zhang, who has been charged with racketeering and running a house of prostitution. She pleaded not guilty. The Miami Herald reports that even before the spa changed hands, online reviews suggest that prostitution was already taking place there. The Herald notes that the spa’s name has changed, but the decor is exactly the same; the Herald also quotes from a review which said, in 2013, “Used to be known as Tokyo Day Spa and Massage — most of the same girls still work there,” a Yelp reviewer wrote of Orchids of Asia in 2013.
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