{
  "id": 7354698,
  "title": "Crypto billionaire paid $4.5M 'bride price' to marry a movie star, now he wants it back",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/crypto-billionaire-paid-4-5m-bride-price-to-marry-a-movie-star-now-he",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-14T14:09:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/crypto-billionaire-takes-actress-to-court-over-4-5-million-bride-price-says-we-dated-with-marriage-in-mind-then/articleshow/134242601.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Crypto billionaire Justin Sun is suing Chinese actress Jing Tian and her parents for a bride price of $4.5 million after their marriage plans fell through. Sun, the founder of Tron, confirmed the lawsuit through his lawyer and expressed his disappointment that the marriage never materialized. The dispute came to light on August 27 when Sun posted a lengthy essay on social media, detailing his romantic relationship with Jing Tian and the money he wired to her family. He proposed in January and sent the money to Jing's parents the same day. However, contact was lost, and the engagement ultimately fizzled out. Sun claims that the other side demanded $50 million for the couple's planned surrogacy procedures in Southern California, which he refused. Jing Tian responded on August 28, asserting that she never sells love for money and expects fairness to prevail. The lawsuit has drawn attention to the crypto industry, given Sun's prominence and recent regulatory scrutiny surrounding crypto trading in China.",
  "summary": "Crypto billionaire Justin Sun is suing Chinese actress Jing Tian and her parents to recover a 30 million yuan bride price, about $4.5 million, after their marriage plans collapsed. The Tron founder laid out the relationship in a long X post, then called it fictional. Jing replied on Weibo that she would never sell love for money. A court has accepted the case, with no hearing date public.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}