Robert Kraft and The Orchids of Asia

This is much more common than you would imagine in the Chinese restaurant business. I actually used to order food from this place and the owner's son delivered it. Nice kid, and I would have never guessed this was going on.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2017/02/20/kims-garden-auction/98169406/

 

That ain't the same as slavery.

He was harboring illegal immigrants....doesn't say they were captive and not free to go at any time.

The Chinese man probably helped get them here in exchange for work while they can aquire papers and documents to be here. Happens a lot, but not the same as slavery and holding them against their will.

 

Legal in my state. They are ben sued now, people want ranches closed.

 

It not just chinese according to Anthony Bourdain, he claimed most restaurants in America would have to close down if the deportations became serious.

 

This is a rather common practice, modern day slavery. You should google it. They bring them in illegally. They get no "papers" of any kind, all ID confiscated. They have to work off their debt and have no where to go. There might be a few that can take advantage of that if they have the knowledge and connections, but for the most part it's poor people trying to come to the states. Happened back in Charlotte. I think it was Chong's Bistro, we loved eating there. All the employees were in one house, a very large amount. They were shuttled to work and home. I still remember it on the news.

 

There was a lot more to the original story, the one I linked was just about the auction of restaurant material after it was shut down. He made them live in his basement in bad conditions, many of which were under the age of 18. I'll see if I can find the original article. 4 or 5 of them died when a fire started in the basement.

 

A solution to the overweight problem. Cool.

 

Not in here but in society it's a thing. Maybe it would be less of a thing if there wasn't the sex trafficking angle to this specific case.

 

Chance are you see more trafficking if you count the number of workers at Chinese restaurants.
My spidey sense blows up every time, I am in such service. Hence, I don't patronize with prior frequency.

I know there are real good folks out there, doing the hard work to stop human/sex-trafficking.
However, I believe too often this rings are allowed to continue, only to wait for the whale. The real big whale.
Nothing is worth doing if it is doesn't make the National news cycle.

 

Similar to those Geico insurance commercials.

Average person: I switched my coverage to geico and saved.

Robert Craft: I switched my hand job to WinLi and saved.

LOl

 

It sounds like he’s denying the solicitation piece as well as a few others involved. If I understand his denial, he’s not denying the rub n tug, he’s denying he solicited her. There’s supposedly video of it all occurring so unless she offers him and he accepts which would not be soliciting.

 

Not that it matters, but in the description that I read yesterday, there was no mention of a massage. She went straight for the dick.

But anyway, I wonder sometimes if paying for sex where it's illegal falls under the general umbrella as "solicitation."

 

Anyone here a customer?

 

I bet the 22 other dudes besides Kraft and the golfer's bf are super happy the famous dudes are part of it.

 

Semantics Something got massaged, and it wasn't just his ego.

 

I agree with that, but Mongo broke it down into two separate events. The first one was deemed nonessential and skipped by the participants.