Beijing time, Nov. 3, according to Minneapolis's Star News, just as the Henneping County Prosecutor's Office is assessing whether to charge Chinese billionaire Liu Qiangdong with sexual invasion, a report from Minneapolis's Star News recently reported that the prosecutor's office is assessing whether to charge Chinese billionaire Liu Qiangdong with sexual invasion. The alleged victim told police that Liu Qiangdong had drunk that night before being met by his sexual invasion, in her own apartment, despite her constant pleas not to do so.
Two months ago, Liu Qiangdong was told by arrest that he had made headlines around the world, especially in China. In China, Liu Qiangdong is an Internet entrepreneur and one of the richest people in China. Details of the night have been rare since the incident, Minneapolis police have also declined to discuss the case, and the county attorney's office has yet to set a date for the ruling.
"I am an ordinary student," the Star News quoted insider as saying, describing the incident on the night of August 31st, the victim told the police: "I am an ordinary student." You have a family. I don't want to do this. I don't want to. "
"but he wouldn't listen," she continued.
The victim is from China and is studying for a doctorate. Her lawyer, will Flynn, said she was cooperating fully with the police investigation and was "ready to cooperate with the work of the county attorney." Liu Qiangdong returned to China immediately after his release. Liu Qiangdong's Minneapolis lawyer, Jill Poles, said her client had not committed any wrongdoing.
The Star then analyzed text messages that the victim had sent to others from his apartment near the school.
"I was forced. I want to run away, "she texted another friend in Chinese, adding that Liu Qiangdong was sleeping in her bed now," but I couldn't. I don't know if Liu Qiangdong will come to me. I'm just an ordinary girl. Nor do I envy the rich. I have repeatedly begged him not to touch me. "
"I told him not to."
In 2017, Carlson College partnered with Tsinghua University in Beijing to launch a four-year doctoral program for Chinese executives. To date, 236 executives have taken part in the program, with an average age of 50 and an average of 20 years of work experience. Most of the courses are taught at Tsinghua University, but a small number of summer courses take place in Minneapolis. In late August, Liu Qiangdong was attending the summer course in Minneapolis. In addition to the course, the University of Minnesota held other activities. On August 30, the Ph.D. Students took a lesson in the morning and then visited General.
Mills. The university then arranged for their first rugby match of the season, followed by a buffet dinner.
But Liu, through his assistant, booked a dinner for himself and 15 other students at Origami, a local Japanese restaurant, according to sources.
The victim, along with 10 other volunteer students, was invited to dinner that night, according to the source. The victim told the victim that the dinner was held to thank the volunteer students. She agreed, but in the end she found that she was the only invited volunteer. After discussion, she brought another male friend to the dinner.
There were about 20 people at the dinner, including Liu Qiangdong, the victim, the girl's friend, and Liu Qiangdong's three female assistants. The victim was sitting on the edge of Liu Qiangdong, while the assistant and her friend sat at another table.
Flynn confirmed that the victims attended a dinner party with a large number of alcohol drinks. "the executive repeatedly persuaded my client to drink," Flynn said. "she said she couldn't refuse, and she was getting a little drunk."
On two occasions, said Flynn, an assistant to Liu Qiangdong asked her male friend to accompany her out and buy some red wine. Nearby boutiques also billed the Star, showing that they bought 32 bottles of red wine that night for $3600.
After that, a male friend of the victim received a call asking him to pick up another Chinese executive to attend the dinner, the source said. The executive was about an hour's drive from Origami. Then the male friend left the dinner.
After the dinner, sources said the victim wanted to go home and asked Liu Qiangdong's assistant to call a taxi for her. As she walked out of the restaurant, Liu Qiangdong's driver pulled her into a black SUV. She didn't think much about it at first when she thought it was a taxi called by her assistant. Later, the source said, Liu Qiangdong also got on the car.
Liu Qiangdong's assistant sat in the front row and the driver took them to a mansion in southern Minneapolis, sources said. After getting out of the car, the victim found that she did not know the place, and then again proposed that she wanted to go home and refused to enter the mansion. Soon they returned to the car.
"he pulled him into the car," she later texted to her friend. "in the car, he started to do something about me. I told him to stop. He wouldn't listen."
At about 11:00 in the evening, the driver took them to the girl's apartment. After she got out of the car, Liu Qiangdong followed and told the driver and assistant that he would be back in a minute. The girl opened the apartment door, Liu Qiangdong followed in.
The victim told police that in the apartment, he tried to take off her coat despite her resistance. Liu Qiangdong told her that she could be a woman like Wendi Deng, she said.
"I kept telling him not to," she told the police. She also said that Liu Qiangdong forced off her underwear and pushed her down on the bed.
"I struggled in bed for a long time, and finally got away from him and ran into the living room and put on his clothes," she said. "in the end, he pushed me down on the bed and pressed on me. He was heavy. I tried to push him away, but he was too heavy, and then. He just. "
After that, the victim told her friends what had happened on social app. "Liu Qiangdong is in my bed," she wrote around 2 a.m. on Friday. "he forced me to sleep last night and I couldn't escape," she added. "I didn't volunteer, I resisted."
"try and call the police, see what he can do?" A friend suggested.
"he's rich and powerful. Don't underestimate him," replied the victim. "Don't call the police."
The 21-year-old female victim also told her about sexual invasion with her male friends who accompanied her that night, according to sources. Then he came to her apartment and called the police outside.
At 3 a.m., the police arrived at the apartment, but the victim said she did not want the police to intervene in the investigation. As a result, police took Liu Qiangdong and sent him back to the hotel.
The girl's friends persuaded her to go to the hospital for an sexual invasion check-up and accompanied her to the hospital, the source said. Flynn said university doctorate staff subsequently learned of the sexual invasion incident and called the police. On Friday night, they found the girl victim at school, who told the story.
Just that night, Liu Qiangdong was taken away by the police waiting for him.
The source said the girl victims were still very worried about fear, not willing to investigate further. Liu Qiangdong was released on Saturday. But on Saturday night, after further persuasion from her friends, she finally decided to sue Liu Qiangdong and recontact the police. The next day, Liu Qiangdong returned to China.
Wait for a ruling
A spokesman for the University of Minnesota declined to discuss the allegations. Liu Qiangdong's lawyers have also repeatedly reiterated that the case cannot be discussed at present. Minneapolis police spokesman also declined to comment.
The Henneping County Attorney's Office did not set a deadline for the ruling. "We are investigating this case," a spokesman said. When we make our ruling, we will publish it as soon as possible. "