Beijing: Beijing court on Tuesday ruled against the plaintiff in the case of high profile Chinese sexual abuse, saying there was no sufficient evidence to support his claim, decisions that tend to handle the #Metoo China movement.
Zhou Xiaoxuan, 28, in a series of social media posts in 2018 Zhu Jun’s television accusation at the State Broadcasting CCTV groped and forcibly kissed him in 2014 when he was an apprentice working for him, he denied he denied.
Zhou’s accusation quickly became a viral and he sued Zhu because of the damage three years ago, although the first hearing of the case was not held until December 2020 behind the door closed.
The second hearing on Tuesday was also held behind a closed door.
People’s Court Haidian said in an assessment that only identified Zhou and Zhu with their family name delivered by evidence was “inadequate” to prove sexual harassment.
It was not clear whether Zhu was present in court on Tuesday.
A lawyer for Zhu cannot be contacted.
Zhou told a small group of supporters after the court’s decision that after three years pushed his case, he felt “exhausted” and “disappointed” heard the verdict.
In his view, he said, he was not given the opportunity to give the right account about what happened.
“I don’t know if I still have the courage to keep doing it for three years, so I don’t know if this time it will be a separation.” However, then in a statement, Zhou said his team would apply for a verdict.
“We will definitely appeal, because in this case we don’t see one of the core facts at all, it’s all video supervision.” The #Metoo China movement took off in 2018 when a student in Beijing openly accused the professor of sexual harassment.
This spreads to NGOs, media and other industries.
The discussion about #Metoo was then surrounded, but the vast coverage was recently in China, without a clear sensor, a sexual attack scandal involving Alibaba technology giants and celebrities Kris Wu had re-ignited the topic.