A university student who accused Chinese business tycoon Richard Liu of raping her last year has filed a civil lawsuit against him in a United States court, Reuters reported Wednesday.
The suit, filed in a court in Minnesota, claims that the chief executive of JD.com, one of China’s biggest e-commerce platforms, “used his superior size and strength to subdue and rape” Liu Jingyao, a Chinese national studying in the U.S. who is not related to the businessman, Reuters quoted the court document as saying. The amount sought in damages was not disclosed.
In August of last year, the woman accused the CEO of raping her after a dinner party. The tycoon was arrested but released the following day. Then in December, U.S. prosecutors said that, due to a lack of evidence, the billionaire would not be charged.
In September, three American law firms announced separately that they were organizing lawsuits on behalf of the Nasdaq-listed company’s shareholders, who suffered losses after the rape allegation caused JD.com’s stock price to fall. Contributing to the company’s woes, Richard Liu on Monday said that JD.com’s logistics arm had suffered its 12th consecutive year of losses.
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