Lawyer: Send the Judge to Prison

Gu Chen continued, "Wang Xiaoru extorted a total of over 700,000 yuan, which falls under the category of extraordinarily large amounts. According to Article 1 of the ’Interpretation of the Supreme People’s Court on Several Issues Concerning the Handling of Criminal Cases involving Extortion and Blackmail,’ extorting or blackmailing public or private property worth between 300,000 and 500,000 yuan or more should be recognized as an extraordinarily large amount as stipulated in Article 274 of the Criminal Law."

"Article 274 of the Criminal Law clearly stipulates that in cases involving extraordinarily large amounts or other serious circumstances, the penalty is imprisonment of over ten years and a fine."

In Gu Chen’s opinion, what Wang Xiaoru did was extortion.

These days, even spreading rumors has a cost, let alone extortion?

Because Wang Xiaoru was pregnant, she began asking everyone she had relationships with for money indiscriminately.

She would try to get money out of anyone she had been involved with.

Moreover, Wang Xiaoru would judge by their financial status, asking more from those who had money.

Take Wang Haidi, for example, who used to be a male model.

Being exposed like that wouldn’t sound very good.

Wang Xiaoru happened to have the contact information of Wang Haidi’s family...

So Wang Xiaoru demanded 200,000 yuan from Wang Haidi, threatening to inform his family about his work if he refused.

She even threatened to write long essays and expose them online about Wang Haidi.

Wang Haidi cared about his reputation; he would frequently see various scandals online.

There were often essays turned into presentations and exposed online...

This was equivalent to social death.

Especially because Wang Haidi was already in the wrong, as he was responsible for Wang Xiaoru’s previous pregnancy, for which she did not ask him for money.

As a result, this time Wang Xiaoru threatened to write an essay to expose him, leading to his social death.

With no other choice, Wang Haidi transferred 200,000 yuan to Wang Xiaoru, hoping to settle things peacefully.

The key issue was that at the time, Wang Haidi really believed the child Wang Xiaoru was carrying was his...

Who could have imagined that Wang Xiaoru also had an ex-boyfriend?

Besides the ex-boyfriend, Wang Xiaoru also had a male friend...

Wang Haidi couldn’t be certain the child wasn’t his, and he didn’t want to see Wang Xiaoru causing trouble, so he paid the 200,000 yuan.

But still, it was 200,000 yuan, a significant amount, which was painful to part with.

Later, when he met Gu Chen, Wang Haidi had a change of heart.

Reputation?

Is reputation important?

Besides, the child wasn’t even his!

Why should he pay 200,000 yuan for a child that wasn’t his?

Is so-called reputation more important than 200,000 yuan?

After all, making 200,000 yuan wasn’t easy for Wang Haidi.

So he decided to go to court, seeking to recover the money.

...

It was the same case for Zhang Ruihua.

Wang Xiaoru asked Zhang Ruihua for 500,000 yuan, which was essentially no different from extortion.

Zhang Ruihua was willing to give money to Wang Xiaoru because he believed the child was his.

The key is that Wang Xiaoru told Zhang Ruihua to give her 500,000 yuan.

If he refused, she would accuse him of rape.

Even after a few months, such an accusation could still be pursued!

Wang Xiaoru collected evidence in the hotel...

Fortunately, everything has now come to light, and all the evidence has been found.

Wang Xiaoru used this to demand 500,000 yuan from Zhang Ruihua.

But at the time, Zhang Ruihua had only won 500,000 yuan in the lottery...

After taxes, he was left with only 400,000 yuan.

What else could Zhang Ruihua do? He took out 100,000 yuan from his own pocket to give to Wang Xiaoru.

Otherwise, he was genuinely afraid of ending up in jail.

Over time, the more Zhang Ruihua thought about it, the angrier he became.

Why should he?

Winning 500,000 yuan in the lottery might be his only stroke of luck in a lifetime, and it ended up being handed over to Wang Xiaoru.

Zhang Ruihua couldn’t accept this.

Fortunately, Gu Chen approached him and helped him gather evidence.

With evidence, Zhang Ruihua no longer feared imprisonment.

Back then, Wang Xiaoru had set up a trap for the purpose of extorting 500,000 yuan from Zhang Ruihua.

Now, the truth was clear, and everything had been revealed.

Zhang Ruihua just wanted Wang Xiaoru incarcerated, sentenced, so she could no longer harass him.

Of course, he also wanted Wang Xiaoru to return the money.

500,000 yuan, not a penny less.

Everyone turned their gaze to Gu Chen.

So did the audience in the live broadcast room.

This is Gu Chen... Gu Chen was ready to send Wang Xiaoru away immediately.

For extorting 700,000 yuan, a sentence of more than ten years was possible.

If Wang Xiaoru was willing to return the 700,000 yuan, her penalty could be mitigated.

Provided Wang Xiaoru truly intends to return it, and the act wasn’t particularly heinous or caused severe consequences, the penalty could be lessened.

...

Presiding Judge Shen Jiarui looked at Wang Xiaoru.

Shen Jiarui said, "Does the defendant wish to return 200,000 yuan to Wang Haidi and 500,000 yuan to Zhang Ruihua?"

After all, claiming that the money was for an abortion fee wasn’t reasonable either.

Because Wang Xiaoru’s abortion had nothing to do with Zhang Ruihua or Wang Haidi.

The child wasn’t theirs in the first place.

The child was that of Wang Xiaoru’s male friend.

Whoever got Wang Xiaoru pregnant should be the one responsible.

As long as Wang Xiaoru is proactive in repaying her debts and obtains letters of forgiveness from Zhang Ruihua and Wang Haidi, the case could be judged with leniency.

In essence, this case is somewhat unique and isn’t as malicious as common types of scams.

Wang Xiaoru was just a bit greedy and didn’t cause very serious consequences.