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JD.com Founder Reaches Out-Of-Court Settlement Over Rape Allegations

JD.com Founder Reaches Out-Of-Court Settlement Over Rape Allegations

京东集团-SW创始人就强奸指控达成庭外和解
Benzinga Real-time News ·  2022/10/03 08:38
  • JD.com, Inc (NASDAQ:JD) founder Richard Liu had settled with Liu Jingyao, the Minnesota student, for alleged rape charges in 2018, ending a civil suit less than 48 hours before a trial was likely to begin.
  • "The incident between Ms. Jingyao Liu and Mr. Richard Liu in Minnesota in 2018 resulted in a misunderstanding that has consumed substantial public attention and brought profound suffering to the parties and their families," the parties said.
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  • Jingyao sought at least $50,000 in damages, plus additional punitive damages in the lawsuit, Bloomberg reports.
  • The terms of the settlement remained undisclosed.
  • News of the alleged assault wiped $10 billion off the company's value, but Liu remained among the 150 wealthiest people in the world, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index.
  • China's domestic legal system made it hard for women to seek recourse for sexual misconduct by men.
  • On September 16, Richard Liu relinquished 45% of his equity interests in two JD.com affiliates to Qin Miao, the VP of JD Group, to boost the administration efficiency.
  • Liu stepped down as CEO of JD.com in April. JD.com President Xu Lei succeeded Liu.
  • Liu resigned from the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, citing "personal reasons."
  • JD.com topped the 500 private Chinese enterprises list, beating Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) with 951.59 billion yuan ($136.46 billion) of revenue in 2021.
  • Price Action: JD shares traded lower by 1.63% at $49.48 in the premarket on the last check Monday.
  • 京东集团-SW股份有限公司纳斯达克(JD：JD)创始人刘强东于2018年与明尼苏达州学生刘静瑶就强奸指控达成和解，结束了一场民事诉讼，距离审判可能开始不到48小时。
  • 双方表示，2018年明尼苏达州刘静瑶女士和刘强东先生之间的事件导致了误会，引起了公众的极大关注，给当事人及其家人带来了深刻的痛苦。
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  • 据彭博社报道，精耀在诉讼中要求至少5万美元的损害赔偿，外加额外的惩罚性赔偿。
  • 和解的条款仍未披露。
  • 据彭博社亿万富翁指数显示，刘强东的身家蒸发了100亿美元，但刘强东仍跻身于全球最富有的150人之列。
  • 中国国内的法律体系使得女性很难为男性的性行为不端行为寻求追索。
  • 9月16日，刘强东将其在两家京东集团-SW关联公司的45%股权让给京东集团副总裁秦淼，以提高行政效率。
  • 刘强东于今年4月辞去京东集团-SW首席执行官一职。京东集团-SW、总裁、许雷接替刘。
  • 刘以“个人原因”为由辞去了政协委员的职务。
  • 京东集团-SW荣登中国民营企业500强榜首阿里巴巴-SW集团控股有限公司(纽约证券交易所股票代码：阿里巴巴)2021年营收为9515.9亿元人民币(1364.6亿美元)。
  • 价格行动：周一，京东股价在盘前交易中下跌1.63%，至49.48美元。
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