According to a number of media reports, the Wall Street Journal and the Daily Mail, an Australian court recently handed down a verdict on Liu Qiangdong's rape case at a private banquet after an eight-day trial.
At a banquet, Xu Longwei, a Chinese businessman, got drunk at the wine table of the Admiral Girl, took him back to the hotel and raped him. The jury found Xu guilty of seven counts, including "rape," and eventually sentenced Xu to four years in prison.
It would take him two and a half years to qualify for bail.
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According to reports provided to the court, Xu Longwei and Liu Qiangdong were business partners at the time. Xu Longwei took Liu Qiangdong to visit Australia, and the two became close friends.
Australian judge Nicole Noman said in a Sydney court on Friday:
Xu Longwei's criminal behavior was "opportunistic", "without considering the feelings of the victim", and "Xu Longwei was convinced that his wealth would make the victim girl submit".
Late at night on December 26, 2015, local police in Sydney received a report from a 20-year-old Chinese man named Girl.
Chinese businessman Xu Longwei allegedly forcibly took her back to the hotel after the banquet and sexually assaulted her.
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"When he tried to rape me, he said he was going to buy me a boat to give me," the girl said.
After being dragged into the room, the man threw away her cell phone, roughly stripped her naked, and forced sex despite her problems.
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"He kept pushing me, I was scared and didn't know what to do."
"He hit me in the face when I didn't want to fight back."
At 11:00 p.m., while the man was asleep, the girl ran out of the hotel and called her boyfriend to pick her up outside the hotel.
Subsequently, the couple went to the police station to report the crime. During the recording, the girl vomited several times and was subsequently taken to the hospital for treatment.
The police then arrested Xu Longwei inside the hotel.
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It is understood that Xu Longwei's English name is Tommy, who is engaged in real estate development.
That day, a friend invited him to his private dinner as a guest, and the owner of that private dinner was Liu Qiangdong, who had recently become popular.
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The girl and Xu Longwei met through the introduction of their mutual friend Coco.
On December 10, 2015, the girl met Coco while wearing a bikini model at a boat party in Sydney, and Coco subsequently invited her several times to meet "some very wealthy couple of friends from China".
On the day of the incident, the girl was invited to Liu Qiangdong's private dinner, and Xu Longwei took her to the dinner on the same day.
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At this dinner for eight people, several men forced her to drink a lot of alcohol, and finally it was difficult to even sit down.
"They even forced me to drink, even though I had already said I didn't want to drink anymore," the girl said. ”
"I remember that the owner of the apartment did not force me to drink, the other male guests were also very active, and I was the one who advised me to drink the most. I got drunk and fell asleep at the dinner table. ” ”
After dinner, under the pretext of sending her home, Xu took her to a room at The Rocks Shangri-La Hotel and forced her to have sex.
Shangri-La Hotel
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During the trial, the victim's female student presented evidence showing that she threw Xu Longwei's mobile phone, forcibly took off her clothes, and tried to rape her while she struggled.
The girl also said: "When he tried to rape me, he offered to buy me a yacht, but I refused. ”
Subsequently, the police searched the room where Xu Longwei lived and found the underwear of a black woman on a bench at the end of the bed.
The forensic doctor conducted an appraisal and the results showed that the DNA of the female victim was found in Xu Longwei's hand.
Xu was charged with seven counts, including two counts of involuntary sexual acts, one count of attempting to have involuntary sex, three counts of indecent assault and one count of assault.
Liu Qiangdong had reportedly asked the court not to reveal his identity during the trial, but the Asian Court of Criminal Appeal, where Australia is located, refused.
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After his arrest, Xu Longwei applied to the police for bail, but the police refused him on the grounds that they feared he would flee Trumpia.
At the time, Mr. Xu denied the rape and said it was voluntary.
He said that during the meal, the woman offered to ask for alcohol and asked for alcohol several times.
Xu's lawyer said: "At that time, she was still biased towards him, and the two flirted and got along very happily. ”
But when the girl heard this, he cried and said, "No, I didn't. ”
Xu Longwei said: "If I ask sexual questions and she disagrees, I say yes and then quit."
"I'm sure I didn't do anything bad to her."
The girl said that Xu Longwei forcibly took off her underwear, and when she fled the hotel room, she could not find where the underwear was thrown.
Xu Longwei said he did not know and did not value underwear.
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When asked why the girl put her underwear in the room, Xu Longwei said he didn't know.
"She might want to leave something behind to make things look like something happened."
When asked if the mannequin had fallen to the ground, Xu initially said, "I don't think so," then changed his mind, saying, "Just once, maybe twice." The girl also told the court that Sam, Xu's male friend, tried to persuade her not to call the police.
"He asked me why I was suing Tommy, and if I did, my life would be in danger."
The girl said Sam also took her to a lawyer and asked her to sign a statement certifying that her sexual relationship with Xu was consensual, but she refused to sign it at the time.
At Judge Sarah Talbot's hearing, the woman said Sam later offered her $100,000 in "hush money," which she also refused.
At the same time, Liu Qiangdong, who is currently in the limelight, and his milk tea sister made their first public appearance at Windsor Castle, England, and they appeared as a couple at the British royal wedding.
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Both were invited to the wedding of the Queen of England's granddaughter, Princess Eugenie. At the scene, Liu Qiangdong looked calm and relaxed, smiling happily while drinking milk tea, and his eyes were full of gaze. The two interlocked their fingers and spoke in low voices, looking very intimate.
Milk tea wore a pink dress. Some British netizens commented in the live broadcast: "Is she a Japanese princess?" ”
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Many members of the British royal family attended, including the Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and Princess Kate, Prince Harry and Princess Meghan.
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In the rape case of the same circumstance, Xu Longwei was arrested but not released on bail. Now he has been sentenced to four years in prison by an Australian court, but Liu Qiangdong appears relaxed, calm and composed, and in high spirits to attend his grand wedding with the British royal family.
Some netizens commented:
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I don't know if Mr. Liu already knew the outcome of the arbitration or if he still firmly believed in his innocence.
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