Every year on Li Yang's birthday, the sisters would buy gifts for their father
"Crazy English" founder Li Yang was exposed by his ex-wife about the latest developments in the "domestic violence daughter" incident, on February 13, a reporter from The China Business Daily confirmed from Zhou Zhaocheng, a lawyer entrusted by Li Yang, that Li Yang had formally sued his ex-wife Kim, and more than a month later, Li Yang and Kim would go to court.
"We have received a summons for the opening of the Beijing Municipal Internet Court, and the hearing will be held online at 16:00 on March 17. The plaintiff, Li Yang, Guangdong Li Yang Culture and Education Development Co., Ltd., and the defendant is Li Yang's ex-wife, Ms. Kim, and the online platform. ”
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Li Yang and his ex-wife Kim have received a court summons
On February 13, the China Business Daily reporter learned that on December 27, 2021, Li Yang submitted a complaint to the court, and the dispute between Li Yang and his ex-wife Kim for network infringement liability was a civil case, and the Beijing Internet Court officially filed the case on December 29, and issued a summons to the plaintiff and defendant on February 7, 2022. At 16:00 on March 17, the plaintiff and defendant will log in to the remote hearing client to appear in court online.
Li Yang's relatives previously confirmed to the China Business Daily reporter that on January 24, 2020, Mr. Li Yang's two daughters were sent back to China from the United States by his mother, Ms. Kim, and for nearly two years, the two daughters lived with Li Yang and his mother and sister.
Because of the divorce, Li Yang has always felt deeply guilty about his two daughters. During the period of living together, they took good care of each other and contacted their two daughters to attend the best international schools, so that they could learn Chinese and accept the influence of Chinese culture. In his spare time, Li Yang will also try to push off the socializing and accompany his daughters, which can be said to be caring and loving!
>>> ex-wife's allegations are false
Confessed to domestic violence ex-wife but did not domestically abusive daughter
Li Yang believes that the video posted online by his ex-wife, Ms. Kim, has malicious clips. The cause of the incident is that in July 2021, Li Yang reported through his daughter's teacher that her daughter had serious problems such as absenteeism and early love, so there was a "fierce verbal dispute" between father and daughter when educating her daughter. However, Li Yang did not commit any violent acts against his daughter throughout the whole process, which can be confirmed by the complete live video and multiple witnesses.
Li Yang believes that 10 years ago, he and his ex-wife Kim had a contradiction due to "cultural and personality differences", Li Yang admitted that he had domestic violence against his ex-wife Kim, and he still deeply regrets it and repents every day! However, the ex-wife's accusation that "Li Yang committed domestic violence against his daughter" is completely untrue.
>>> family meeting details
Father and daughter sat down to calmly communicate and make up to skip class
On the day of the incident, Li Yang found two daughters to hold a family meeting, and the father and daughter communicated calmly
Li Yang's sister once disclosed the details of Li Yang's "education daughter" on July 2, 2021 to the China Business Daily reporter.
"The second daughter wears makeup at school, is late, skips class, and doesn't go home at night. My brother talked to them and then loudly asked them to sit down for a family meeting. ”
"My brother is louder because they're doing a bad job." Li Yang's sister explained that by the second semester, her niece had a bigger problem.
"The teacher called me and told me that my second daughter skipped class at Chinese class, and I also explained that she may not understand the third grade of learning Chinese and Chinese."
Sister Li Yang said: "This is a lot of problems gathered together, the sisters may not have much respect for their father, as a Chinese family, parents call their children to calmly hold a family meeting, can't they?" But the child shouted several times, the third time the fourth time, is not the voice is loud, the eldest daughter directly came to give my brother two hammers, she is also very tall, if my brother really hit the child, which can be a little bit, he may have slipped a little when he stopped. ”
Li Yang's sister said: "The child has a dog, a lot of scars on the body are scratched by the dog, the dog is still scratched together, touched a piece of green, my brother did not fight at all, it is very normal to educate the child, I still have photos, because I was on the scene, my colleague pulled the second daughter away, and another colleague pulled the younger daughter away, and finally they sat on the bed, and their father sat on the writing desk and talked about things calmly." ”
Li Yang's sister said that they have provided the full video to the lawyer, "I want people to judge for themselves, the child hammered two hammers to hit the father, is this considered domestic violence?" ”
Sister Li Yang introduced the specific problems of communication between father and daughter to the Reporter of Huashang Daily.
"First, I talked about the makeup of my second daughter. She couldn't catch the school bus every day in order to make up, and his father said you don't have to paint so white, because you are the beauty of youth, you are originally of mixed race, you are beautiful, but the child said that I have no confidence, I think it will be ugly without makeup, and I don't want to appear in front of others like this. ”
"Second, I talked about truancy. Why skip class? How do you want to do it, because you are already in the third year of junior high school, whether you want to go to high school or not, you can't develop like this at will. It's all about sitting down, but Kim's so-called 'domestic violence' is simply out of thin air. ”
"Third, I said that I did not return at night. I have a conversation with the school bus teacher, saying that the second daughter did not go to the school bus, did not come home, I contacted the class teacher all over the world can not find, the result is that she went to the classmate's home to stay overnight, I said can you tell me about it, I am an aunt, do not know the whereabouts, in case something happens, who can bear this responsibility? This is the least politeness of being human. ”
>>> why sue his ex-wife
False statements triggered online storms that caused economic losses
Why did Li Yang sue his ex-wife this time? Li Yang and his relatives interpreted it through lawyer Zhou Zhaocheng.
On February 13, Zhou Zhaocheng told the China Business Daily reporter: "I learned that due to the earlier li yang's ex-wife, Ms. Kim, who published false remarks such as 'Li Yang's domestic violence daughter' on the internet platform, it led to an uproar in public opinion, causing many self-media accounts to attack Li Yang wantonly, insulting, demeaning, and ugly, so that Li Yang, as a public figure, suffered a lot of internet violence." At the same time, Li Yang's company also suffered serious economic losses such as damaged goodwill and termination of partners. ”
Zhou Zhaocheng said: "In order to 'restore the truth of the matter', the client Li Yang also hopes to give an explanation to the public. Therefore, he bravely took up the legal weapon and sued his ex-wife, Ms. Kim, and related online platforms on the grounds of online infringement liability disputes. ”
>>> ex-wife speak online
"High-pressure control, there are many tricks for perpetrators"
The Huashang Daily reporter noted that on February 13, Li Yang's ex-wife, Ms. Kim, also responded to this on the online platform.
"First of all, I wish you all a happy Lantern Festival. Unfortunately, when most people were wishing each other a Happy New Year, I received a notice from the Beijing (Internet) court that Li Yang was suing me. ”
"I didn't know that telling the truth would also be prosecuted. There are many tricks for domestic violence perpetrators, and anyone cares about his own children who have abused himself? ”
Ms Kim said: "I think this kind of litigation is also a kind of domestic violence. Originally, I had decided to continue my life, work hard, and raise children – even though Li Yang refused to provide alimony. I didn't expect there to be such a lawsuit waiting for me... This is the common "high-pressure control" in domestic violence, domestic violence people can't stand to be ignored, always want to find something to continue to control you. ”
Ms. Kim also posted what her two daughters had written about: "They want to state the facts for themselves." ”
"I hope you can understand that the most important fact is that Li Yang committed an act of violence, and he punched a 12-year-old girl in the face. And now he wants to portray himself as a victim, 'tarnished'. The damage was caused by his own actions, and he didn't care about the harm he caused to his daughter. ”
>>> attorney responds
Ask the court to prohibit the defendant from making abusive statements online
Li Yang entrusted lawyer Zhou Zhaocheng to represent the case
"As Li Yang's lawyer, I noticed Ms. Kim's response after receiving a court summons." In this regard, lawyer Zhou Zhaocheng pointed out that we will not comment on Ms. Kim's emphasis on being prosecuted because she "told the truth". Since the case has entered the legal process, we believe that the court can try the case fairly and impartially, and will definitely "restore the truth".
Regarding Kim's emphasis on "the perpetrators of domestic violence are quite numerous", Zhou Zhaocheng said: "We believe that this is still a 'reputation infringement statement' against the client Li Yang; regarding his appeal, 'Is there anyone who cares about his own children who have abused himself?". We deeply regret that this is 'suspected of inciting public opinion and misleading the public'; we say we simply cannot understand Li Yang's "prosecution is domestic violence" and the "high-pressure control" common in domestic violence. ”
Zhou Zhaocheng pointed out that first of all, Li Yang and Ms. Kim had already dissolved their marriage, and there was no family statement between the two parties. Secondly, the client Li Yang is facing infringement of legitimate rights and interests, and taking up legal weapons to safeguard rights according to law should not be blamed at all. Finally, we deeply regret that the case has entered the litigation process, but the defendant, Ms. Kim, continues to make unverified and infringing statements on the online platform. In order to avoid the expansion of infringement, in the next step, we will apply to the court for conduct preservation for "the defendant's continued infringement" and ask the court to prohibit "the defendant from publishing infringing speech on the Internet", so as to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the client Li Yang.
On February 13, in response to Li Yang's prosecution of his ex-wife, lawyer Zhou Zhaocheng issued a speech pointing out: "As a lawyer representing me, like my client Li Yang, I have a clear stand against any form of domestic violence, and the client Li Yang has never denied the domestic violence 10 years ago, and he himself admits to being very remorseful about this, believing that his 10 years of behavior is disgraceful and blaming himself for being a bad example of domestic violence." ”
However, after our independent investigation of the "domestic violence daughter incident", the client Li Yang did not have any "domestic violence daughter behavior", and the cause of the matter was the normal discipline behavior of a father who had been divorced for many years to his beloved daughter, and there was no domestic violence daughter behavior during the period.
"I think it should be the difference between Chinese and Western cultures, as well as the differences in the way parents educate their children, which leads to this dispute between the two sides."
Zhou Zhaocheng pointed out that the significance of this case belongs to family education, do parents have the right to discipline minor children? Is there a right to discipline? What are the boundaries of discipline?
In fact, this is not only the confusion faced by Li Yang's family, but also the problem faced by thousands of families on the mainland. Therefore, this case should become a typical case of promoting the legislation of family education and disciplinary power, and we also hope that through such cases, we will promote the relevant departments to introduce legislation on the right to discipline in family education, so that parents can have a law to follow in the education of their children. ”
Huashang Daily reporter Li Hua
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