Model who claims to have proof of Trump secrets set to begin trial in Thailand
- Anastasia Vashukevich is to appear in court for a trial over running a “sex training course” in Thailand
- The Belarusian model had travelled to Thailand after becoming embroiled in a political scandal with a Russian tycoon who was a one-time associate of Trump’s disgraced former campaign director Paul Manafort
A Belarusian model, who claimed she had proof of Russian efforts to help Donald Trump win office, appeared in court Tuesday for the expected start of her trial over running a “sex training course” in Thailand.
Anastasia Vashukevich, known by her pen name Nastya Rybka, has been held in custody since a police raid in the sleazy seaside resort of Pattaya last February.
Vashukevich looked sombre as she arrived at the court alongside her seven co-defendants, who are on trial for multiple charges including soliciting sex.
She had travelled to Thailand after becoming embroiled in a political scandal with Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska, a one-time associate of US President Trump’s disgraced former campaign director Paul Manafort.
In a peculiar tale she set off a scramble for details after promising to reveal “missing puzzle pieces” on claims the Kremlin aided Trump’s 2016 election victory.