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Prosecutors: Heiress changed his life then plotted his death

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FILE - In this April 6, 2017 file photo, Tiffany Li, a Northern California woman accused of killing the father of her two children, leaves San Mateo County Jail after posting $35 million bail in Redwood City, Calif. Keith Green was a popular but troubled high school football star who had recently washed out of college when he met Tiffany Li. She was the pretty, jet-setting daughter of a rich and powerful Chinese family who was born in Beijing and grew up in the Silicon Valley. She changed his life. Now Li, her new boyfriend and her “bodyguard” face first-degree murder charges in Green’s death. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, file) (The Associated Press)

FILE - In this April 6, 2017, file photo, Tiffany Li, right, leaves with a bodyguard from San Mateo County Jail after posting an unprecedented $35 million bail raised by friends, family and business associates with ties to China in Redwood City, Calif. The heiress to a Chinese real estate fortune is charged with orchestrating the murder of her former boyfriend and the father of her daughters. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File) (The Associated Press)

FILE - This undated photo provided by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office shows Tiffany Li. With the help of wealthy family and friends in China, Li, a Northern California mother of two accused of killing the father of her two children, is posting $35 million in bail for her release from jail pending trial. (San Mateo County Sheriff's Office via AP, File) (The Associated Press)

Keith Green was a popular but troubled Northern California high school football star who had recently washed out of college when he met Tiffany Li.

Li was a pretty, jet-setting daughter of a rich and powerful Chinese family who was born in Beijing and grew up in Silicon Valley.

She changed his life.

Then, according to prosecutors, she orchestrated his murder last year when she fell in love with another man after more than six years with Green.

Li's family helped her post $35 million last month and she is free from jail pending a September trial. Two men also charged with Green's murder remain jailed, unable to post such an extravagant bail amount.