JD.com's Billionaire CEO Will Not Be Charged With Sexual Assault (bbc.com)

Posted by BeauHD on Friday December 21, 2018 @11:30AM from the evidence-lacking dept.

In September, JD.com's billionaire founder, Richard Liu, was accused of rape nearly four months ago by a young Chinese student at the University of Minnesota. He was reportedly in Minneapolis for his studies since he is a doctoral student at the university. According to The New York Times, "the Hennepin County attorney's office said that it did not find enough evidence to pursue a sexual assault case against Mr. Liu (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source)." From the report: The office of the Hennepin County Attorney said that it did not find enough evidence to pursue a case against Mr. Liu, a 45-year-old internet tycoon who was arrested by Minneapolis police in the early morning of Sept. 1 but was released within hours and allowed to return to China. The decision could bring Mr. Liu, who founded and leads the e-commerce behemoth JD.com, back to a more visible role at the company. JD.com's stock has slumped since the accusations were revealed, and Mr. Liu, whose Chinese name is Liu Qiangdong, has skipped several public engagements.

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As the Archie Bunker character once put it... by Applehu+Akbar · 2018-12-21 11:54 · Score: -1, Troll

"The whole problem with the American justice system is that it requires evidence!"
This was a strategy problem. The charges were filed too early. That raft of new Democrats just elected will not even take office until January. It will take them months to push through law changes that remove the need for evidence in sex crime cases with a male defendant, even in Minnesota.
Even after this outcome, this could still be pursued as a civil case.