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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

京東集團-SW創始人就強姦指控達成庭外和解
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.
  • 京東集團-SW股份有限公司納斯達克(JD：JD)創始人劉強東於2018年與明尼蘇達州學生劉靜瑤就強姦指控達成和解，結束了一場民事訴訟，距離審判可能開始不到48小時。
  • 雙方表示，2018年明尼蘇達州劉靜瑤女士和劉強東先生之間的事件導致了誤會，引起了公眾的極大關注，給當事人及其家人帶來了深刻的痛苦。
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  • 據彭博社報道，精耀在訴訟中要求至少5萬美元的損害賠償，外加額外的懲罰性賠償。
  • 和解的條款仍未披露。
  • 據彭博社億萬富翁指數顯示，劉強東的身家蒸發了100億美元，但劉強東仍躋身於全球最富有的150人之列。
  • 中國國內的法律體系使得女性很難為男性的性行為不端行為尋求追索。
  • 9月16日，劉強東將其在兩家京東集團-SW關聯公司的45%股權讓給京東集團副總裁秦淼，以提高行政效率。
  • 劉強東於今年4月辭去京東集團-SW首席執行官一職。京東集團-SW、總裁、許雷接替劉。
  • 劉以“個人原因”為由辭去了政協委員的職務。
  • 京東集團-SW榮登中國民營企業500強榜首阿里巴巴-SW集團控股有限公司(紐約證券交易所股票代碼：阿里巴巴)2021年營收為9515.9億元人民幣(1364.6億美元)。
  • 價格行動：週一，京東股價在盤前交易中下跌1.63%，至49.48美元。
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