Police Release Files on Rape Allegations Against China Billionaire
- Victim told police she wanted money after alleged rape
- JD founder Richard Liu is being sued by victim in the U.S.
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Minneapolis police have released more details on their investigation into the alleged rape of a student by Chinese internet billionaire Richard Liu, drawing attention to conflicting accounts from the parties involved.
The files shed new light on a case that transfixed China. Liu, founder of giant online retailer JD.com Inc., was arrested in August last year and accused of raping a 21-year-old female Chinese undergraduate. U.S. prosecutors subsequently decided not to press charges against the billionaire, who was participating in a University of Minnesota executive program at the time.