"No money is guilty, money is not guilty." ——This line in the "Holiday" movie is thought-provoking, and it is also reminiscent of a sensational case in the United States, "Li Fanny's husband murder case", she once split her legs with a black boyfriend, fell in love with her boyfriend's good buddies, and the ex-boyfriend immediately broke out into a fierce dispute and contradiction with it.
During the two-person struggle for custody of the child, the ex-boyfriend was mysteriously shot and killed, and the suspicion pointed directly at Li Fanni and her current. Due to the 450 million bail, the case was delayed again and again, and finally Li Fanni was acquitted. So why wasn't Fanni Li punished? Was she really exonerated because of money?
A woman born with a golden spoon is unladylike
Speaking of this case, I have to mention Li Fanni's life and emotional history. Originally from Beijing, her mother was a well-known real estate developer, and because of her prominent family, she decided to move to the United States. After more than a decade of living in the United States, 23-year-old Li Fanny met the handsome black football star Green and quickly fell in love.
The Mr. Greene was not a good man, and records show that he had a criminal record and had been expelled for his dealings with Fanny Lee. So today's Green is not a glamorous sports star, but an unemployed homeless with a criminal record. Although Green's bad deeds are spotted, the young Li Fanni ignored the shortcomings of her boyfriend because of love, and the relationship between the two became more and more intense, and finally Green lived in Li Fanny's home to enjoy a luxurious life.
During the period when the two lived together, Green spent every day the living expenses given to him by Li Fanny, so that he could not get away with it. Mother Li was very dissatisfied with this and advised her daughter not to fool around with this young man, but Li Fanni did not heed the dissuasion. When the two gave birth to two daughters, Mother Li knew that the wood had become a boat, so she could only hope for Green.
For the happiness of her daughter, she helped Green develop a life plan, sent him to study cooking at a famous vocational college in the United States according to his own preferences, and paid him $40,000 in tuition every year. It can be said that Mother Li has been very preferential to Green, and has almost regarded him as her son-in-law. But Green didn't make a makeover, and he was as hanging as before. Not only did this make Mother Li very angry, But Li Fanny also began to reflect on the relationship.
Split leg boyfriend good buddy, the ex is stalking and begging for "package"
One day, Green's long-time friend Bayat came to visit and had a meal with the Lee family. This meal made Li Fanni change her mind and fall in love with Bayat. Bayat was not native to the United States, originally Egyptian and later emigrated to the United States. Judging from his experience with Li Fanni, the two are also foreigners drifting in the United States, and they have a lot of common topics with each other, so it is normal for them to attract each other.
Li Fanni began to associate with Bayat behind Green's back, and the two became deeper and deeper, and at the same time, Green also detected the clues. Just before he found out that his girlfriend was splitting her legs, Li Fanni took the initiative to break up with him and made it clear that she now had a heart. Green was furious when he learned that the good buddies had actually pried their own corner, and broke off friendship with Bayat. But he did not cut off relations with Li Fanny, and still lived in her family mansion as the father of his daughter and refused to leave.
Li Fanny rushed many times, but Green was not moved. He was ashamed to say that he was the biological father of his daughter and had custody rights, and if he wanted to drive him out, he would take his daughter with him, and then Li Fanni would have to pay him the maintenance fee. Li Fanni saw that he could not leave him, so she simply took Bayat directly to the villa to live with. Ignoring Green's presence, the two paired up all day.
The ex-boyfriend was swept out of the house with hatred and died mysteriously on the dirt road in the countryside
Two fists were hard to beat with four hands, and Green was eventually blasted out by them. After he came out, due to the lack of supplies, he could only work odd jobs near the school to survive. He had repeatedly asked to visit his daughter, but he was either ignored or rejected. This dragged on for 3 months, and one day Li Fanni suddenly agreed to his request and asked him to meet at a restaurant near the school, when she would bring her two daughters over, and the two would discuss the issue of custody of their daughters.
Green heard that Li Fanny was relieved, so he was very happy to go to the appointment, but the next day he disappeared. His relatives and friends couldn't contact him, thinking he was going somewhere again, so he didn't care. It wasn't until two weeks later that a highly corrupt body was found on a dirt road on the outskirts of a county town, and forensic examination confirmed that the deceased was Green, who had been missing for many days. Grimm died so tragically that the killer shoved a pistol into his mouth and shot him directly.
Based on phone records and testimony from relevant people, they quickly locked down Li Fanni and her boyfriend Bayat and determined that the two of them were suspected of committing important crimes. A $35,000$35,000 appeared on the account of one of Edara's security guards at Vannie Lee's house, and he may also have been involved in the murder. Therefore, the police immediately went to Li Fanni's house to arrest the three people, but they were strongly rejected. The three refused to leave the villa, and the police violently dismantled the door to arrest the three people who had taken refuge inside.
High bail, breast cancer – what is the real reason for Li Fanni's exoneration?
At the first trial, Li Fanny, Bayat and Edara simultaneously denied the allegations. Edara was originally the subject of the prosecution's charges, but he later turned into a tainted witness, accusing Bayat of bribing him to murder Green, all of which was manipulated by Bayat and had nothing to do with Li Fanny. But he didn't do it that night, and he didn't get to the scene. However, Edara later denied this claim, and instead he was bribed by both of them.
Both Fanny Lee and Bayat reject this claim. Li Fanni said that although she broke up with her ex-boyfriend, there was not much contradiction between the two, and she had previously negotiated on the issue of raising her daughter. She then showed a break-up agreement that said Fanny Lee would have to pay a break-up fee of $40,000 and $4,000 a month for living expenses, and Green could also get the Land Rover he had previously used, corresponding to which Green would need to give up custody of his two daughters. After the two signed the agreement, Li Fanni paid these fees. However, the police questioned that in fact, Li Fanni had called the police two months before the incident, accusing Green of stealing the Land Rover. This shows that Li Fanni is not honest and once lied to the police.
Due to the inconsistencies in Edara's testimony, the three men could not be convicted of murder on the basis of the available evidence, so the court did not give a verdict at the first instance. At the end of the trial, the court gave the Li family a $35 million bail price, and Li's mother raised $4 million and mortgaged $61 million in real estate, which was worth a total of 450 million yuan. As soon as this bail came out, the United States was in an uproar, and the value of this bail was ranked eighth in the list of all-American bail at that time. But what is really surprising is that the people have never heard of the Li family before, and they are very low-key. After handing over the bail, Li Fanni was restricted from traveling and wore electronic equipment to monitor.
Because Li Fanni suffered from breast cancer (advanced stage) after the occurrence of this case, she has been treated and is inconvenient to attend the trial, and the case has not been reopened. It wasn't until 2 years later that her condition improved, and after the second-instance court opened, new problems arose. The most important witness in the case, Edara, met privately with defence witnesses (i.e., witnesses on The Lee and Bayat's side) before the trial. This also directly led to the court disqualifying him from testifying. In the end, Li Fanni was acquitted.
In this case, many people believe that the evidence on Li Fanni's side is conclusive and can already be conclusive. However, the result of Li Fanni's case is actually the embodiment of the principle of procedural justice in judicial trials, "justice should not only be realized, but also in a way that people can see." If the path to justice is inherently unjust and unfair, the end result is likely to point in the wrong direction as well.
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