US seeks US$100 million bail each for Chinese-born couple in surrogacy child abuse case
Los Angeles County prosecutors are seeking bail of US$100 million each for a Chinese-born couple charged on Tuesday with conspiring to abuse young children who were born through surrogacy and raised in their California mansion. Guojun Xuan, 66, and Silvia Zhang, 39, allegedly directed nannies to physically punish the children, watched the beatings through an extensive surveillance system and…
In a case involving surrogacy and child abuse, Los Angeles County prosecutors are seeking extremely high bail amounts for a Chinese-born couple accused of physically abusing children born through the process. Guojun Xuan, 66, and Silvia Zhang, 39, are charged with conspiring to abuse the young children, who were raised in their California mansion.
The felony complaint alleges that at least 14 surrogate-born children, some as young as two months old, were subjected to repeated physical abuse over a period of time. The couple is accused of directing nannies to beat the children, monitoring the beatings through a surveillance system, and coaching the children before police arrived to deny the abuse.
At least 15 out of 16 children living in the home were allegedly subjected to the alleged horrific abuse. Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman described the number of children involved as unprecedented. Both defendants face prison sentences ranging from 11 to 17 years if convicted as charged.
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