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JD.com's Billionaire CEO Was Arrested On Allegation of Rape (bloomberg.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the under-investigation dept.

JD.com's billionaire founder, Liu Qiangdong, is under investigation for a suspected rape in a weekend incident that led to his arrest in Minnesota. He was reportedly in Minneapolis for his studies since he is a doctoral student at the University of Minnesota. According to the Financial Times and Star-Tribune, the case involves a Chinese student at the college. Bloomberg reports: Liu was brought in at 11:32 p.m. Aug. 31 on an accusation of "criminal sexual conduct" and released just more than 16 hours later, according to arrest records. Minneapolis Police Department spokesman John Elder said the case is being investigated as a rape, but authorities decided not to keep Liu in custody and haven't imposed any travel restrictions while conducting their investigation. Police responded to a location Friday night, found Liu and another individual, took photos and arrested the CEO, Elder said. Liu, 45, returned to China after his release and was at work Tuesday at JD.com, the country's largest e-commerce company after Alibaba.

2 of 116 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Be careful if you are rich/powerful visitor in by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Look at what happened to Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

    His career was destroyed and then the charges were dropped. So he was punished despite being convicted of nothing. So much for "presumption of innocence".

    Meanwhile I heard that Harvey Weinstein is still out on bail.

    As he should be. He hasn't been convicted of anything (yet).

    We should not complain when rich people are treated fairly. We should complain when people, rich or poor, are treated unfairly.

  2. Re:Not the first time by Luckyo · · Score: 3, Informative

    Straight from the story:

    >Earlier this year, a guest at a party Liu hosted in downtown Sydney was convicted of sexually assaulting a fellow guest after the event. There was no accusation of any misconduct by Liu. The billionaire lost a legal attempt to keep his name out of the records. Over the weekend, JD said it will take legal action against the publishing of untrue reports or rumors.

    Good to see that spreading false rumours that are clearly debunked in the linked story still gets happily modded up on slashdot as "insightful".