Original title: Gao Yunxiang and Wang Jing's sexual assault case in Australia lasted two years and was finally sentenced: acquitted of all charges
On March 19, according to Australia today, the Australian media, the nearly two-year-old Gao Yunxiang case was finally sentenced, and the two suspects Gao Yunxiang and Wang Jing in the Gao Yunxiang sexual assault case were acquitted of all charges. The judge acquitted Gao Yunxiang and Wang Jing of all the charges in court. Gao Yunxiang put his hands together and put them on his chest. Wang Jing burst into tears and bowed deeply to the jury.
Case review
Reviewing the whole process of Gao Yunxiang's case can be said to be very complicated.
In March 2018, Gao Yunxiang and Dong Xuan had been filming Anaya romance in Sydney. Dong Xuan returned to China after filming his own part. The film was shot on March 26, and Gao Yunxiang was suspected of sexual assault on the same day.
On March 29, 2018, a 36 year old Chinese woman in Australia complained to the police that she was sexually assaulted by Chinese actor Gao Yunxiang and producer Wang Jing in a Shangri La Hotel in Sydney on March 26. Then they were arrested by the police and charged with sexual assault. After the incident broke out, Dong Xuan, Gao Yunxiang's wife and actor at that time, said to the outside world, 'I'm sorry to worry you, I believe him', and personally went to Sydney to help Gao Yunxiang deal with the case.
Since then, Gao Yunxiang and Wang Jing have fallen into a long lawsuit. Over the past two years, Gao Yunxiang and Wang Jing have completely lost their personal freedom and are unable to return home. In the face of great public opinion pressure and psychological pressure, the case has experienced twists and turns and experienced multiple stages.
This also broke the marriage between Gao Yunxiang and Dong Xuan. They were originally model couples in the circle. They got married in 2011 and gave birth to their daughter in 2016. In July 2019, the media revealed that Dong Xuan and Gao Yunxiang divorced.
Trial review
On April 10, 2018, Gao Yunxiang's case was held for the first time. This time, Gao Yunxiang's request for bail was rejected, which Gao Yunxiang expressed regret. Later, after Gao Yunxiang's ex-wife Dong Xuan and his family moved to Australia and paid a huge bail, Gao Yunxiang was released from prison on July 5 of the same year and left Yinshui prison.
On January 25, 2019, Gao Yunxiang's case was tried again. According to the prosecution's new charges, Gao Yunxiang was involved in two serious indecency crimes and five crimes of colluding with serious sexual assault and deprivation of personal freedom, with a maximum sentence of up to life. Gao Yunxiang pleaded not guilty to seven charges against him, and Wang Jing pleaded not guilty to 11 charges. The next step will be to enter the hearing stage. The trial of the case will be postponed to October 2019, which is expected to last for six weeks.
On October 21, 2019, the final trial procedure of Gao Yunxiang case was officially launched, and the litigation lasted for nearly two months. The female client and her husband testified in court by video and were cross examined by lawyers. During this period, she was unable to justify herself for many times. She asked questions that might be unfavorable to herself, such as' asked Wang Jing for a Ferrari sports car ', answered' I don't remember ', and was questioned' selective amnesia '.
On December 4, the local judge announced the dissolution of the jury after thanking the jury members for their six weeks of efforts. The reason is that the members of the jury must agree. Most of the members agreed that Gao Yunxiang was innocent, but they could not reach an agreement and could not reach the required number of votes. Therefore, the jury was declared dissolved. This move means that the jury will be re selected and the case will be retried. The case was postponed to a retrial in February this year.
On February 24 this year, the retrial of Gao Yunxiang's case began. Except for the weekend and the day when the jury was absent, the case was tried for a total of 18 days. During the retrial, the woman and her husband do not need to testify in court, and the woman's testimony is presented to the jury by video; In addition, the defense testimony is also read by the defense, which greatly saves time and makes the retrial faster than the first instance.
During this period, Gao Yunxiang and Wang Jing's lawyers used many conclusions to break the logical loopholes of the female client and analyzed the female client's testimony sentence by sentence, mainly focusing on the evidence such as the woman's false accusations, the woman's lies, the dialogue between the woman and her husband and the Key Videos on the day of the incident; The prosecution, on behalf of the female party, said in its closing statement that there were many uncertainties mentioned in the female party's testimony. The jury did not believe every word and sentence, but should focus on the evidence provided by the prosecution. This statement was also questioned by netizens as guilty.
On March 17, the judge sorted out the case and explained the relevant laws involved in the case to the jury. The judge read the three page 'ruling guidance' and analyzed the case in simple terms, hoping that the jury could bring the relevant testimony into the situation. But on that day, the jury still failed to reach an agreement. The judge announced that the trial would continue tomorrow until the jury had the final result. It is also worrying whether the case will again fall into the dilemma of fruitless deliberation by the jury, and whether the jury will again have the result of dissolution and retrial.
Fortunately, on March 19, the verdict finally came out, including colluding in serious sexual assault and depriving the victims of their freedom. Gao Yunxiang and Wang Jing were not convicted of all crimes. Both of them were very excited in the court. Gao Yunxiang put his hands together and put them on his chest. Wang Jing burst into tears. They bowed deeply to the jury.
Impact review
In the process of waiting for the trial of Gao Yunxiang's case, there were constant storms around Gao Yunxiang. On January 4, 2019, according to the ruling issued by China judicial documents network, Tang De film and television, the investor of Ba Qingchuan, requested the court to take preservation measures for the property with a total value of 63.824 million yuan under the names of Gao Yunxiang and Beijing Yixuan cultural brokerage Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Beijing Yixuan"). After examination, the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's court ruled to seal up, detain or freeze the property worth 63.824 million yuan under the names of Gao Yunxiang and Beijing Yixuan.
On April 4, the first intermediate people's Court of Beijing announced that it accepted the case of Zhejiang Tangde film and Television Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Tangde film and television") suing Gao Yunxiang and Beijing Yixuan for performance contract disputes. On the same day, Gao Yunxiang's microblog spoke about the incident, saying that Tang De film and television sued himself and had nothing to do with Dong Xuan. In addition, he apologized to the public for his' sexual assault storm 'in recent years. He said he had been actively cooperating with the handling and did not want 'relatives and innocent people to be implicated again'.
On October 9, the case of Tang De film and television suing Gao Yunxiang opened in Beijing. During the trial, Tang Defang admitted that Gao Yunxiang had completed the filming work, but on the grounds that Gao Yunxiang could not complete the negative effects such as dubbing, sexual assault and divorce in Australia and the "four never uses" of radio and television, he asked Gao Yunxiang to return all expenses incurred by him, including loss fees, contract liquidated damages, relevant interest and litigation costs, which are about 60 million, and the amount may increase later.
In the case of Tang De v. Gao Yunxiang, Gao Yunxiang's' house selling event 'was once involved. Tangde company applied to the court to freeze a luxury house under Gao Yunxiang's name. The luxury house is worth more than 40 million and is located in Jinmao Mansion. In fact, the luxury house does not belong to Gao Yunxiang. After the case, Gao Yunxiang sold the house. However, because the buyer did not pay the full amount and has not completed the transfer procedures, the current head of household is Gao Yunxiang. The court finally decided to preserve and seal up the disputed property.
Tencent News frontline found through tianyancha that Gao Yunxiang was involved in more than this economic dispute in 2019. According to the ruling issued on June 21, 2019, on February 1, Shandong film and television production Co., Ltd. applied to Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's court for pre litigation property preservation, requesting to seal up, detain or freeze the property of 130 million yuan of Shanghai gaoyunxiang film and television culture studio, Beijing Hairun times performance economics Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Heru film and television culture studio. The court ruled on February 13 that the assets of the three companies totalling 130 million yuan were sealed up, seized or frozen, of which Gao Yunxiang himself was the investor of Shanghai gaoyunxiang film and television culture studio.
In addition to being deeply involved in economic disputes, Gao Yunxiang also suffered a breakdown of his marriage. In March 2019, Gao Yunxiang and Dong Xuan divorced, but the news was not exposed. The divorce method is quite novel. Gao Yunxiang did not attend, but made a video call 'cloud Divorce' in Australia. Their divorce lawyer is Zhang Qihuai, the lawyer for the divorce of Wang Baoqiang and Ma Rong. On July 16, the Beijing News learned from people familiar with the matter that Gao Yunxiang and Dong Xuan, who were detained in Australia on suspicion of sexual assault, had completed their divorce proceedings in the court, and the man did not appear in court. But Zhang Qihuai, a divorce lawyer, did not disclose other details. As for whether their divorce will affect the performance contract dispute between Tangde film and television v. Gao Yunxiang and Yixuan culture, there is no relevant information so far.
Source: Chinanet