Dawan News In the past few days, the well-known table tennis player Zhang Jike has been deeply caught in the storm of public opinion. "Huge gambling debts", "actresses' private videos", "extortion"... Zhang Jike and his team denied the above-mentioned controversial topics that were exposed, and issued a lawyer's statement saying that they would file a lawsuit. Although the matter is still undecided, Anta and other companies have also announced that they have terminated their cooperation with Zhang Jike. For Zhang Jike, what is his current identity? Are you involved in the above events? As the dispute continues to ferment, this has become a serious legal matter, and a series of questions surrounding Zhang Jike also need to be straightened out.
Is Zhang Jike currently retired?
According to public information, with the blessing of multiple halos such as Olympic champions, appearance, etc., Zhang Jike has become a hot sports star in recent years, and has become the darling of the media and advertisers, endorsed many brand advertisements such as automobiles and sports products, and frequently appeared in many variety shows. In 2017, Sports Weekly announced the list of China's sports wealth, and Zhang Jike ranked second with an income of 60 million yuan in 2016, second only to Sun Yang.
Dawan News Search found that Zhang Jike on the official website of the China Table Tennis Association, a recent news showed that in 2019, this article titled "Ma Long Ascending Examination Paper Zhang Jike Serves as Publicity Ambassador National Table Tennis Positive Energy Affects Young People" shows that on June 6 of that year, National Eye Day, Grand Slam advocated that Jike be hired as a national eye publicity ambassador. The article said that in the arena, Ma Long and Zhang Jike were fighters who defended national honor and won glory for the country; Off the field, they are also the best spokespersons for national table tennis to promote positive energy.
It is worth noting that after the Rio Olympics, Zhang Jike has gradually faded out of the arena in recent years. On April 4, relevant people from the Chinese Table Tennis Association confirmed to Dawan News reporters that Zhang Jike had retired. As an athlete from Shandong, a person from the Shandong Provincial Table Tennis and Badminton Sports Management Center also told reporters that according to his understanding, Zhang Jike has not returned to the Shandong provincial team to carry out training and other activities in recent years, and as for where Zhang's current athlete relationship is, he said that he does not know.
Is it illegal to participate in gambling?
On March 30, it was rumored on the Internet that Zhang Jike owed a debt for gambling and took a private photo of a female star to settle the debt, and public opinion continued to ferment.
Li Weiao, a well-known media person who exposed the news, responded in a long article on April 2, not only exposing Zhang Jike's loan contract, but also implicating an old case of Mr. S blackmailing a female star with a private video a few years ago.
The source of the incident first pointed to Zhang Jike's alleged gambling problem. The reporter learned that Zhang Jike had been deeply involved in gambling rumors many times before. In October 2004, Zhang Jike was returned to the provincial team for violating the team rules. According to the "Sports Weekly" reported that year, rookie Zhang Jike used the bank card of a sports celebrity to participate in a gambling "game", and after losing money, he could not face the cruel reality and ran away from the team in the process of going out to play. It took several tosses and turns before it was found. It was not until November 2006 that he returned to the national team and officially started his table tennis career.
Regarding the rumors of gambling again, Zhu Zheng, director of Beijing Jingshi (Hefei) Law Firm, told reporters that it is not difficult to see from the content of the exposure that Zhang Jike's huge debts are mostly gambling debts owed for gambling, which itself has involved illegality. According to the relevant provisions of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law, if the gambling funds involved in gambling are large, they can be detained for up to five days or fined up to 500 yuan; where the circumstances are serious, they may also be detained for 10 to 15 days, and fined between 500 and 3,000 yuan. If the purpose of profit, gathering a crowd to gamble or gambling as a business, may even be suspected of constituting a gambling crime, according to the Criminal Law, will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of up to three years, detention or surveillance, and fined.
Is it illegal to spread ex-girlfriend privacy videos?
In an old case in which Mr. S blackmailed a female star with an intimate video mentioned in Li Weiao's response, according to his understanding, Zhang Jike appeared as a witness in this case, confirmed that he took private videos and photos of his ex-girlfriend, and showed a segment of the video to Mr. S and other "real hammers". So is it illegal to spread ex-girlfriend privacy videos?
Lawyer Zhu Zheng believes that in Mr. S's extortion case, the source of the video is a key point. Because the unauthorized dissemination of other people's private videos is not only an infringement, but if the circumstances are serious, it may violate the Public Security Administration Punishment Law or even the Criminal Law, and will bear administrative punishment or criminal legal responsibility according to law. What kind of legal responsibility to bear requires the public security organs to make further judgments and determinations based on the specific content of the private video and whether the video content contains obscene information.
Although ordinary private videos do not contain obscene and pornographic content and do not involve the scope adjusted by the Criminal Law, if the parties do not want the video content to be known to the public, according to the law, the dissemination of such private videos without the consent of the right holder is a civil infringement and shall bear the corresponding civil liability. If the circumstances are serious, it may also violate the Public Security Administration Punishment Law, and the perpetrator will face administrative punishment of detention or fine.
If the video content contains depictions of sexual acts or shows private parts, it is a private video containing obscene information, and the dissemination of such videos is not only a civil tort, but may even bear criminal liability if it meets certain conditions and standards. According to the mainland's Criminal Law, the dissemination of such private videos containing obscene content, if the circumstances are serious, may constitute the crime of disseminating pornographic materials, and will be punished with fixed-term imprisonment of up to two years, criminal detention or surveillance. However, if the production and dissemination of such videos is for profit-making purposes and meets the legal quantity standards, they may be convicted and sentenced for the crime of producing, reproducing, publishing, selling, or disseminating pornographic materials for profit, and face more severe criminal legal sanctions.
Will Zhang Jike be an accomplice if the creditor is sentenced?
Many netizens questioned that according to the information currently exposed, the creditor Mr. S took an IOU and video to force a female star to pay off the debt after getting several private videos from Zhang Jike. After the female star called the police, Mr. S was sentenced to 7 years in prison and fined 50,000 yuan for extortion. So, is Zhang Jike, who provided the video, an accomplice to Mr. S's extortion crime?
Lawyer Zhu Zheng said that according to the relevant provisions of the Criminal Law, joint crime refers to two or more people jointly and intentionally committing a crime. If Zhang Jike gives the private video to the creditor, Mr. S, the purpose of which is to conspire with him to blackmail Ms. Jing, Zhang Jike may be suspected of extortion regardless of who specifically comes forward. On the contrary, if Zhang Jike only gave the private video to the creditor, but did not conspire with her to blackmail the star Ms. Jing, nor did he participate in other links of the extortion, then Zhang Jike would not bear the criminal responsibility for extortion.
Zhang Jike was able to "retreat from the whole body" as a witness in this case, at least at the time, there was no direct evidence that he was an accomplice. However, as the incident continues to ferment, it is still unknown whether new evidence will be exposed.
"Zhang Jike" brushed the screen, and the Central Political and Legal Commission spoke
Zhang Jike also reacted. On April 2, Beijing Youth Daily reported that in response to gambling debts and rumors of the actress's private video, Zhang Jike's lawyer said in an interview that this matter had actually been responded to, one was that the studio had completely denied it, "and the other is that we are investigating the facts of infringement and are preparing to sue immediately." ”
Regarding the phenomenon of "Zhang Jike" brushing the screen, the Central Political and Legal Commission also spoke out on this. On the evening of April 3, An Jian, head of the Central Political and Legal Commission, posted a response to "Zhang Jike" brushed the screen, and three things should be clarified. The article said that "huge gambling debts", "actresses' private videos", "extortion"... When these keywords come together, a traffic spree begins. "Moving a small bench to eat melons" is the general mentality of netizens, netizens can have, but the relevant departments cannot, and they can effectively shoulder their responsibilities in order to clean up the chicken feathers on the Internet. The article also said that it is necessary to find out whether anyone has violated the law and committed crimes, whether there are artificial rumors and slander, and whether there are people who fish in troubled waters. "The so-called 'Internet hot spot' should be quieted on the track of law and order, so that everyone can gain peace of mind in the 'finale' of punishing evil and promoting good, which is the wish of all netizens, and this wish should be realized." ”
Dawan News Reporter
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