MINNEAPOLIS – Jury selection begins Thursday in a civil trial against Chinese billionaire and founder of the technology-drive company JD.com Richard Liu.
He is accused of raping a University of Minnesota student after a night of dinner and drinks in 2018. Liu has denied that he raped the woman after a social event with wealthy Chinese executives and prosecutors never filed charges in the case. He says there were “profound evidentiary problems.” But the victim sued Liu in 2019. She says she was coerced to drink before she was attacked.
The woman is not related to the billionaire.
