This story was originally published by Injustice Watch , a nonprofit newsroom based in Chicago. Associate Judge Gregory P. Vazquez, who has been on the bench since and was most recently assigned to hear felony cases in the Maywood courthouse, appeared on two separate videos last year with the owner of Sunnie Massage parlor β including during a June 30 police raid.
The judge briefly appears on police body camera footage from the raid, arriving at the massage parlor with Qingling Chi, who later paid fines related to sex work at the parlor.
As the raid begins, her employee tells officers on video that Chi stepped out to buy lunch. On July 18, Vazquez appeared again with Chi, this time outside Brookfield Village Hall, on the day she and her employee appeared with their attorney to resolve the administrative tickets issued by Brookfield police during the raid.
In a brief telephone conversation with Injustice Watch, Vazquez at first denied knowledge of Sunnie Massage. It was a hot day. Massage businesses raided by police for alleged sex work have operated at Ogden Ave.
Sunnie Massage, the most recent massage business to operate at the address, shut down following the latest case. Chi is listed as the agent for a spa company at that address on state records and acknowledged to officers during the raid that she is the owner.
