Model claiming Trump secrets blames US for Thai prosecution

Source: Agence France-Presse




17 APR 2018

A Belarusian model detained in Thailand changed tack and hurled accusations at the United States on Tuesday, the latest twist in a case that first grabbed headlines after she made cryptic offers to reveal secrets about alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US election.

Anastasia Vashukevich, known by her pen name Nastya Rybka, has been held in Thailand since she and nine other foreigners were arrested in February by police who raided their "sex training course" in the seaside city of Pattaya.

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Reporters were barred from observing a plea hearing over the work permit charge on Tuesday and court officials refused to comment on the proceedings. But in brief remarks to reporters as she and other defendants were escorted back into a police van after the hearing, Vashukevich said she was "wrong" for initially thinking the Russian government was behind the prosecution.

"It is not the Russian state which is trying to get us jailed, it is the Americans," she said. "Why are they trying to prevent us from disclosing the inform

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