Justin Lee Gets 14 Years Behind Bars For Drug Raping Celebrities
Justin Lee Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Drug Rape
Closure on Taiwanese socialite Justin Lee’s (李宗瑞) drug rape case, finally came in the form of a guilty verdict on October 19. Justin was sentenced to 14 years in prison, after he admitted to purchasing date rape drugs online, which he purportedly also used on his own stepmother!
The woman Justin’s father dated last year, who is now Justin’s stepmother, is also reportedly one of his drug-facilitated rape victims. According to Hong Kong news reports, Justin’s stepmother did not appear as a witness in court, but she helped the prosecutor in recovering physical evidence, which assisted in unraveling the case.
In the case, the crucial argument is whether Justin had planted drugs in the women’s drinks before engaging in sexual activities with them. Thirteen women pressed charges against Justin for drug rape and the unauthorized filming of the sexual activities. Based on the video evidence, the drugs recovered from Justin’s residence, and the victims’ testimonies, it clearly pointed to drug rape.
Justin Lee Admits Purchasing Date Rape Drugs Online
Throughout the trial, Justin’s defense was that the women in the video tapes had engaged in consensual sex with him. Faced with the witnesses’ testimonies and the mounting evidence–including retrieved samples of the date rape drugs found as his residence–Justin finally admitted the drugs were purchased online.
It was reported that Justin has videotaped 93 videos of his sexual activities with a total of 50 women, in which some of the women were taped taped on more than one occasion. Although the police were able to identify some of the victims, only 13 of them decided to press charges. The District Prosecutors’ Office urged more victims to come forward, if the video was shot without their knowledge or if they believe they were drugged.
Justin Lee Had a Fetish for Long Hair
Justin had raped several young models. His plan of action was usually getting the victim drunk at the bar, and then taking her home. If the victim was not drunk enough, he would create excuses to invite the woman to his place.
After slipping the drugs into water or liquor, they were tasteless, odorless, and colorless. Justin will then wait for the sexual assault opportunity.
Many of the victims were unconscious while being raped. Some women will wake up intermittently during the rape, and under the influence of alcohol and drugs, would slip back into unconsciousness. The process was captured in Justin’s video camera, in which he showed the footage to his friends.
The police also discovered Justin’s affinity for pretty women with long hair, as almost all the victims have long hair. Sometimes if the victims were in a prolonged state of unconsciousness, Justin had a habit of taping the sexual activities on his cell phone camera, in addition to the concurrent camcorder taping.
The Origins of Justin Lee’s Drug Rape Case
In July 2011, two sisters filed a complaint against Justin Lee for drug rape and unauthorized video recording of the sexual assault. Justin denied the women’s claims and counter-filed charges in return, insisting that the women had consensual sex with him. After further investigation, the police unearthed Justin’s pornographic collection with close to 50 celebrities and models in them.
Many actions were extremely explicit, and most videos were shot without the knowledge of the victims. Justin also categorized the videos based on the themes and methodically filed them in different folders. The victims’ names were used for the movie files.
After a year of investigation, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office issued a warrant for Justin’s arrest in August 2012. After playing fugitive for 23 days, Justin surrendered himself at the police station on August 23. Based on his hiding from the police and the severity of the crime, the District Attorney convinced the judge to deny bail.
Final Verdict
After a well publicized trial, the Justin Lee drug rape case finally concluded with a guilty verdict. Initially denying of the crime, Lee finally admitted he bought the date drugs online. Justin Lee was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Rich heir Justin Lee, who is accused of drugging and raping several starlets and other women and filming the acts, turned himself in Thursday after 23 days on the run.
The scandal has created a huge uproar in society. The truth, however, may not necessarily be cleared up in the end and justice may not be upheld.
Lee claimed he did not drug the women and that the acts were consensual. This means that unless the victims come forward and file complaints, Lee will not face any criminal charges. Also, unless the victims had received tests immediately after the acts, there would be no evidence to prove they had been drugged.
An investigation should nevertheless be launched to probe the leak of the explicit photos and videos, as investigators and prosecutors are suspected of being involved.
The worst sufferers in the case are those women who have dated Lee or been sexually assaulted by him because they will have to live under the scandal's shadow, having no idea when or if their images will be exposed on the Internet.
Meanwhile, certain media outlets have become the biggest beneficiaries. In the heat of the scandal, they were using various relevant and irrelevant photos of parties involved to sensationalize the case in a bid to boost sales. Some pundits also managed to steal some of the spotlight by sharing gossip on TV.
The case demonstrates that the regulations on Internet content in Taiwan are too lax. Images of sexual assault, molestation and other criminal acts should not be allowed to spread freely on the Internet. (Editorial abstract -- Aug. 25, 2012)
(By Y.F. Low)
Recently, news about Justin Lee (李宗瑞) and incoming tropical storms has been occupying every local news channel and newspaper. This phenomenon is now being subject to increasing criticism on the Internet, bringing back the old discussion as to what kind of content journalists should provide.
Journalists in Taiwan do not currently enjoy what might be described as a good reputation. Typically, journalists in Taiwan are viewed as biased along the same lines as their outlets' political affiliations, lack background knowledge about stories they report on and prefer to cover “news” such as celebrity sex and scandals instead of issues that truly affect people's daily lives.
Journalists in Taiwan have not always been thought of as such petty creatures. Before democratization, the government was not known for freely divulging information. Some journalists thus became “muckrakers”; digging out the hidden truth for the public.
Taiwan has a long history of compulsory military service for every able-bodied man. According to law, soldiers, as well as every citizen, have the right to vote, and this was true even when this was not yet a democratic country. Rumors were that the old Kuomintang (KMT), which controlled the Army at that time, offered soldiers opportunity to leave their camps for a holiday to vote, so long as they voted for KMT candidates.
Allegedly, to make sure soldiers voted for the KMT, officers secretly gave each a ballot slip with a vote stamp already on boxes for KMT candidates when they left their camps. Soldiers were instructed to go to their polling places and collect their new ballot tickets as usual, but to put the tickets that officers gave them into the ballot boxes. When they returned to their camps, soldiers had to give the blank ballot tickets to their superiors.
Were it not for the work of journalists, this practice would have remained a mere allegation. One day before an election took place, a photo appeared on the front page of a local newspaper — The Commons Daily (民眾日報) — creating a political firestorm. The photo showed a ballot ticket, before the election took place, with the post-voting KMT stamp.
The public should be more critical of the core business model of the local news media while showing more understanding toward reporters, who now often do not have the final say on how the information they gather is presented. The more the public can encourage and reward innovative journalists like Kevin Lee who chase truth instead of ratings, the greater the chance that such professionals can gain influence in the industry.
Justin Lee, the son of a wealthy Taiwan businessman, surrendered to Taiwan authorities on Thursday; 23 days after the Taiwan police issued a warrant for his arrest.
The police had put him on the wanted list after he repeatedly failed to turn up for questioning over allegations that he had drugged, raped and secretly took racy photos as well as videos of about 60 women, including a number of models and celebrities, reported Taiwan media.
Dressed in a T-shirt and jeans, the 27-year-old walked into the Taipei District Prosecutors' Office on Thursday night, and later told authorities that he had been staying at a female friend's home these past days.
Lee said he decided to turn himself in after he heard that the police have been questioning his friends and family members.
However, he denied the allegations against him and insisted that everything which transpired had happened between consenting adults.
Speculation has been rife over which celebrities and models were involved in the scandal, after a few of the racy photos were published by Taiwan tabloids in recent weeks.
Taiwan authorities have been investigating ten police officers over how the photos, which are part of a larger collection of footage and photographs recovered from Lee's apartment by the police, made their way into the pages of the tabloids.
Lee's collection of racy photos and footage has become highly sought-after among Taiwan netizens, with many of them labelling Lee as "Taiwan's Edison Chen".
No new photos have surfaced so far.
Taiwan model-actress Maggie Wu has also been embroiled in the case, after a Taiwan news programme reported that she had admitted to being one of the women Lee photographed, citing a SMS they claim Wu had sent, but Wu later said she had never sent such an SMS to the media.
-CNA/ha
The China Post/Asia News Network
TAIWAN - Justin Lee's father has denied that he has been blackmailed by a police officer over the son's date rape case, investigators said yesterday.
Apple Daily claimed in a report that the officer, surnamed Chen, from Taipei's criminal investigation department blackmailed the father, Lee Yueh-chang, threatening to leak his son's sex photos and videos to the public.
But Huang Chao-ming, head of the department, said they had already verified the report with the senior Lee, who replied that the alleged reports of blackmail never happened.
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He also promised to come forward to clarify the allegations if necessary, Huang said.
Senior Taipei prosecutor Tai Tung-li was also cited by the Central News Agency as disclosing that Justin Lee's testimony concurred with his father's concerning the alleged blackmail.
Another senior Taipei prosecutor, Huang Mou-hsin, said the prosecution has opened a related probe into blackmail allegations concerning the case, but so far no specific suspects have been singled out.
The Apple Daily report claimed that the Lee family had been blackmailed by members of the criminal world and the police force who had obtained copies of the sex photos and videos.
According to the newspaper, the family had paid millions of Taiwan dollars before deciding that they had had enough and stopped paying the blackmailers in May this year.
Soon afterward, Justin's sex photos and videos were disseminated on the Internet.
Investigators then renewed a probe and when they came in to arrest Justin on July 31; but by then he had already gone into hiding. He surrendered to prosecutors on Thursday and was remanded into custody.
The newspaper claimed that the police officer who engaged in blackmail, surnamed Chen, actually alerted Justin Lee to the prosecutor's imminent action to allow him a chance to escape. But Huang, the head of Taipei's criminal investigation department, said Chen only met the younger Lee once on July 27, 2011 when the suspect was questioned over date rape charges.
Chen does not know Lee's father or other family members, and have never contacted any of them, Huang said.
It was impossible for Chen to alert the family about the prosecutors' action, Huang said.
He stressed that internal investigation has ruled out the possibility that the sex photos and videos were leaked from the police force. Prosecutors are investigating the leak, he added.
Prosecutors first investigated Lee last July in the wake of date rape charges brought against him by two women. They later closed the case without pressing charges after finding no substantial evidence.
But they reopened the probe following the dissemination of the sex photos on the Internet this summer.
Lee has denied all date rape charges. He has also claimed that he took the sex photos and videos with the women's permission.
Investigators reportedly discovered scores of explicit videos involving more than 40 women on a computer seized at his home.
Prosecutors have said they are looking to determine whether there are accomplices to the suspect's alleged crimes, and how many female victims there are.
Son of Taiwanese tycoon denies drug-rape charges
Police links to Justin Lee sex videos probed"You mean to tell me Cops are uploading pooooorn ?"
Taipei prosecutors yesterday said they are investigating whether Taipei police officers were involved in distributing sex photographs and videos allegedly taken by Justin Lee (李宗瑞), who has been accused of committing sexual crimes.
Lee, a socialite wanted for allegedly drugging and raping several celebrities and other women and filming the acts, turned himself in to prosecutors on Thursday evening after spending more than three weeks on the run.
He was taken into custody following a hearing at the Taipei District Court.
Some of the photographs, believed to be stills taken from the videos, were found posted on the Internet shortly after Lee went on the run.
The Chinese-language Apple Daily reported yesterday that prosecutors have discovered that a Taipei police officer surnamed Chen (陳), who was on the task force dealing with Lee’s case, allegedly went to Lee’s father, former Yuanta Financial Holdings board member Lee Yueh-tsang (李岳蒼), and attempted to blackmail him with the photographs and videos.
Because Lee Yueh-tsang rejected the blackmail, the materials were then posted on the Internet, the Apple Daily reported.
Huang Ming-chao (黃明昭), chief of the Taipei City Police Department’s criminal police section, said yesterday he made a phone call to Lee Yueh-tsang in which the latter denied the media report that police officers had tried to blackmail him.
Meanwhile, Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office spokesman Huang Mo-hsin (黃謀信) said he has no comment on the Apple Daily story, adding only that prosecutors are investigating the case.
During the district court hearing, 27-year-old Justin Lee denied the accusations made against him, saying his sexual activities had all been consensual and that he did not secretly film the acts or circulate any photographs and videos of him engaging in sexual acts with women.
The woman Justin’s father dated last year, who is now Justin’s stepmother, is also reportedly one of his drug-facilitated rape victims. According to Hong Kong news reports, Justin’s stepmother did not appear as a witness in court, but she helped the prosecutor in recovering physical evidence, which assisted in unraveling the case.
In the case, the crucial argument is whether Justin had planted drugs in the women’s drinks before engaging in sexual activities with them. Thirteen women pressed charges against Justin for drug rape and the unauthorized filming of the sexual activities. Based on the video evidence, the drugs recovered from Justin’s residence, and the victims’ testimonies, it clearly pointed to drug rape.
Justin Lee Admits Purchasing Date Rape Drugs Online
Throughout the trial, Justin’s defense was that the women in the video tapes had engaged in consensual sex with him. Faced with the witnesses’ testimonies and the mounting evidence–including retrieved samples of the date rape drugs found as his residence–Justin finally admitted the drugs were purchased online.
It was reported that Justin has videotaped 93 videos of his sexual activities with a total of 50 women, in which some of the women were taped taped on more than one occasion. Although the police were able to identify some of the victims, only 13 of them decided to press charges. The District Prosecutors’ Office urged more victims to come forward, if the video was shot without their knowledge or if they believe they were drugged.
Justin Lee Had a Fetish for Long Hair
Justin had raped several young models. His plan of action was usually getting the victim drunk at the bar, and then taking her home. If the victim was not drunk enough, he would create excuses to invite the woman to his place.
After slipping the drugs into water or liquor, they were tasteless, odorless, and colorless. Justin will then wait for the sexual assault opportunity.
Many of the victims were unconscious while being raped. Some women will wake up intermittently during the rape, and under the influence of alcohol and drugs, would slip back into unconsciousness. The process was captured in Justin’s video camera, in which he showed the footage to his friends.
The police also discovered Justin’s affinity for pretty women with long hair, as almost all the victims have long hair. Sometimes if the victims were in a prolonged state of unconsciousness, Justin had a habit of taping the sexual activities on his cell phone camera, in addition to the concurrent camcorder taping.
The Origins of Justin Lee’s Drug Rape Case
In July 2011, two sisters filed a complaint against Justin Lee for drug rape and unauthorized video recording of the sexual assault. Justin denied the women’s claims and counter-filed charges in return, insisting that the women had consensual sex with him. After further investigation, the police unearthed Justin’s pornographic collection with close to 50 celebrities and models in them.
Many actions were extremely explicit, and most videos were shot without the knowledge of the victims. Justin also categorized the videos based on the themes and methodically filed them in different folders. The victims’ names were used for the movie files.
After a year of investigation, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office issued a warrant for Justin’s arrest in August 2012. After playing fugitive for 23 days, Justin surrendered himself at the police station on August 23. Based on his hiding from the police and the severity of the crime, the District Attorney convinced the judge to deny bail.
Final Verdict
After a well publicized trial, the Justin Lee drug rape case finally concluded with a guilty verdict. Initially denying of the crime, Lee finally admitted he bought the date drugs online. Justin Lee was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
TV News Coverage on Justin Lee’s Case
Source: QQ.com
Maggie Wu - Justin Lee's Most Celebrated Ex-Girlfriend/Victim
China Times: Sex scandal sparks gossip frenzy
The scandal has created a huge uproar in society. The truth, however, may not necessarily be cleared up in the end and justice may not be upheld.
Lee claimed he did not drug the women and that the acts were consensual. This means that unless the victims come forward and file complaints, Lee will not face any criminal charges. Also, unless the victims had received tests immediately after the acts, there would be no evidence to prove they had been drugged.
An investigation should nevertheless be launched to probe the leak of the explicit photos and videos, as investigators and prosecutors are suspected of being involved.
The worst sufferers in the case are those women who have dated Lee or been sexually assaulted by him because they will have to live under the scandal's shadow, having no idea when or if their images will be exposed on the Internet.
Meanwhile, certain media outlets have become the biggest beneficiaries. In the heat of the scandal, they were using various relevant and irrelevant photos of parties involved to sensationalize the case in a bid to boost sales. Some pundits also managed to steal some of the spotlight by sharing gossip on TV.
The case demonstrates that the regulations on Internet content in Taiwan are too lax. Images of sexual assault, molestation and other criminal acts should not be allowed to spread freely on the Internet. (Editorial abstract -- Aug. 25, 2012)
(By Y.F. Low)
Recently, news about Justin Lee (李宗瑞) and incoming tropical storms has been occupying every local news channel and newspaper. This phenomenon is now being subject to increasing criticism on the Internet, bringing back the old discussion as to what kind of content journalists should provide.
“Can journalists in Taiwan be at least a little bit more professional? I really care nothing about Lee's misconduct. Please use your brains to provide us some real news,” an angry Web user wrote.
Journalists in Taiwan do not currently enjoy what might be described as a good reputation. Typically, journalists in Taiwan are viewed as biased along the same lines as their outlets' political affiliations, lack background knowledge about stories they report on and prefer to cover “news” such as celebrity sex and scandals instead of issues that truly affect people's daily lives.
Journalists in Taiwan have not always been thought of as such petty creatures. Before democratization, the government was not known for freely divulging information. Some journalists thus became “muckrakers”; digging out the hidden truth for the public.
Taiwan has a long history of compulsory military service for every able-bodied man. According to law, soldiers, as well as every citizen, have the right to vote, and this was true even when this was not yet a democratic country. Rumors were that the old Kuomintang (KMT), which controlled the Army at that time, offered soldiers opportunity to leave their camps for a holiday to vote, so long as they voted for KMT candidates.
Allegedly, to make sure soldiers voted for the KMT, officers secretly gave each a ballot slip with a vote stamp already on boxes for KMT candidates when they left their camps. Soldiers were instructed to go to their polling places and collect their new ballot tickets as usual, but to put the tickets that officers gave them into the ballot boxes. When they returned to their camps, soldiers had to give the blank ballot tickets to their superiors.
Were it not for the work of journalists, this practice would have remained a mere allegation. One day before an election took place, a photo appeared on the front page of a local newspaper — The Commons Daily (民眾日報) — creating a political firestorm. The photo showed a ballot ticket, before the election took place, with the post-voting KMT stamp.
Justin's Victim Debbie 苏子贤
Fortunately for journalists in Taiwan who want to save their beleaguered reputations, the spirit of “muckrakers” came to life again when Kevin Lee (李惠仁) made his award-winning documentary — “The Secret that Cannot be Poked At” (不能戳的秘密), which toppled the director-general of the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine for his covering up of the H5N1 influenza outbreak. The public began to notice that a group of people still exists which is dedicated to the fundamentals of journalism.
Unfortunately if one looks at Lee's work from another perspective, it becomes necessary to point out that the documentary director is technically outside the local news media circle. Allegedly for this reason, several cable channels refused to air “The Secret” before it went viral.
Industry folk will often try to justify sensational news shows by invoking the demand-oriented rationale: “The channels make them only because the viewers want them. If people really don't like gossip and soft news they could switch channels and the networks would get the message.” Such reasoning, however, doesn't hold water in Taiwan where the cartel-like media have become “masters” of cheap, low-quality news. Like classic business cartels, the unvoiced understanding among competing media outlets to provide similar easy-to-make content reduces the costs and risks that come with innovation.
The public needs to be more proactive in voicing their wishes than just voting with their remotes or wallets. They have to actively alert news companies of their discontent and demand the right to truly be informed. The Internet is one venue where such demands can be effectively articulated. For now though, it is crowded with over-generalized criticism of Taiwanese journalism, and reporters in particular.
Unfortunately if one looks at Lee's work from another perspective, it becomes necessary to point out that the documentary director is technically outside the local news media circle. Allegedly for this reason, several cable channels refused to air “The Secret” before it went viral.
Industry folk will often try to justify sensational news shows by invoking the demand-oriented rationale: “The channels make them only because the viewers want them. If people really don't like gossip and soft news they could switch channels and the networks would get the message.” Such reasoning, however, doesn't hold water in Taiwan where the cartel-like media have become “masters” of cheap, low-quality news. Like classic business cartels, the unvoiced understanding among competing media outlets to provide similar easy-to-make content reduces the costs and risks that come with innovation.
The public needs to be more proactive in voicing their wishes than just voting with their remotes or wallets. They have to actively alert news companies of their discontent and demand the right to truly be informed. The Internet is one venue where such demands can be effectively articulated. For now though, it is crowded with over-generalized criticism of Taiwanese journalism, and reporters in particular.
Maggie Wu: "That Justin Lee ..." ?
The police had put him on the wanted list after he repeatedly failed to turn up for questioning over allegations that he had drugged, raped and secretly took racy photos as well as videos of about 60 women, including a number of models and celebrities, reported Taiwan media.
Dressed in a T-shirt and jeans, the 27-year-old walked into the Taipei District Prosecutors' Office on Thursday night, and later told authorities that he had been staying at a female friend's home these past days.
Lee said he decided to turn himself in after he heard that the police have been questioning his friends and family members.
However, he denied the allegations against him and insisted that everything which transpired had happened between consenting adults.
Speculation has been rife over which celebrities and models were involved in the scandal, after a few of the racy photos were published by Taiwan tabloids in recent weeks.
Taiwan authorities have been investigating ten police officers over how the photos, which are part of a larger collection of footage and photographs recovered from Lee's apartment by the police, made their way into the pages of the tabloids.
Lee's collection of racy photos and footage has become highly sought-after among Taiwan netizens, with many of them labelling Lee as "Taiwan's Edison Chen".
No new photos have surfaced so far.
Taiwan model-actress Maggie Wu has also been embroiled in the case, after a Taiwan news programme reported that she had admitted to being one of the women Lee photographed, citing a SMS they claim Wu had sent, but Wu later said she had never sent such an SMS to the media.
-CNA/ha
TAIWAN - Justin Lee's father has denied that he has been blackmailed by a police officer over the son's date rape case, investigators said yesterday.
Apple Daily claimed in a report that the officer, surnamed Chen, from Taipei's criminal investigation department blackmailed the father, Lee Yueh-chang, threatening to leak his son's sex photos and videos to the public.
But Huang Chao-ming, head of the department, said they had already verified the report with the senior Lee, who replied that the alleged reports of blackmail never happened.
Chinese Beauties Are Feeling Relieved That Sex Predator Justin Lee Is Now In Custody
He also promised to come forward to clarify the allegations if necessary, Huang said.
Senior Taipei prosecutor Tai Tung-li was also cited by the Central News Agency as disclosing that Justin Lee's testimony concurred with his father's concerning the alleged blackmail.
Another senior Taipei prosecutor, Huang Mou-hsin, said the prosecution has opened a related probe into blackmail allegations concerning the case, but so far no specific suspects have been singled out.
The Apple Daily report claimed that the Lee family had been blackmailed by members of the criminal world and the police force who had obtained copies of the sex photos and videos.
According to the newspaper, the family had paid millions of Taiwan dollars before deciding that they had had enough and stopped paying the blackmailers in May this year.
Soon afterward, Justin's sex photos and videos were disseminated on the Internet.
Investigators then renewed a probe and when they came in to arrest Justin on July 31; but by then he had already gone into hiding. He surrendered to prosecutors on Thursday and was remanded into custody.
The newspaper claimed that the police officer who engaged in blackmail, surnamed Chen, actually alerted Justin Lee to the prosecutor's imminent action to allow him a chance to escape. But Huang, the head of Taipei's criminal investigation department, said Chen only met the younger Lee once on July 27, 2011 when the suspect was questioned over date rape charges.
Chen does not know Lee's father or other family members, and have never contacted any of them, Huang said.
It was impossible for Chen to alert the family about the prosecutors' action, Huang said.
He stressed that internal investigation has ruled out the possibility that the sex photos and videos were leaked from the police force. Prosecutors are investigating the leak, he added.
Prosecutors first investigated Lee last July in the wake of date rape charges brought against him by two women. They later closed the case without pressing charges after finding no substantial evidence.
But they reopened the probe following the dissemination of the sex photos on the Internet this summer.
Lee has denied all date rape charges. He has also claimed that he took the sex photos and videos with the women's permission.
Investigators reportedly discovered scores of explicit videos involving more than 40 women on a computer seized at his home.
Prosecutors have said they are looking to determine whether there are accomplices to the suspect's alleged crimes, and how many female victims there are.
Justin Lee was taken into custody after turning himself in Thursday, but has so far denied all date rape charges, Taipei prosecutors said yesterday.
The Taipei District Court ordered Lee, 27, to be detained but still allowed him to have visitors, rejecting prosecutors' request that the suspect be held incommunicado. The High Court later decided to hold Lee incommunicado,
Lee, who turned himself in Thursday night, has been charged with drugging and raping several celebrities and other women, as well as filming the acts.
But the socialite claimed that he had consensual sex with the women and that he did not secretly film the acts or circulate sexual photographs or videos.
Chen Mei-lan, who admitted to having helped Lee hide during the 23-day manhunt for the suspect, was released after posting a NT$120,000 bond.
Prosecutors said Lee had been hiding in Chen's apartment in Changhua.
Taipei District Prosecutors Office spokesman Huang Mou-hsin said that investigators are looking to determine whether there are accomplices to the suspect's alleged crimes, how many women were victimized and whether Lee distributed the sex photos.
Lee, the son of former Yuanta Financial Holding Co. board member Lee Yueh-chang, was first accused last July of taking a woman home, drugging and then raping her. He allegedly taped the entire act.
Prosecutors questioned him but released him over of a lack of substantial evidence.
As more allegations emerged against him this year, prosecutors placed him on a wanted list Aug. 1 after he repeatedly failed to show up for questioning.
Investigators reportedly discovered scores of explicit videos, involving more than 40 women, on a computer seized at his home. Some photos believed to have been captured from the videos were later found posted on the Internet.
Lee's surrender has ended days of media speculation over the identities of the women in the photos.
Lee faces at least seven years in prison if found guilty of drugging and raping the women, according to lawyers. Secretly filming sexual acts carries a maximum imprisonment of three years.
Lee turned himself in to the Taipei District Prosecutors Office in the company of three lawyers at about 8:35 p.m on Thursday.
According to prosecutors, he was questioned for a few hours before being taken to the court for a bail hearing at about 3 a.m. The court granted prosecutors' request to have him detained at around 4 a.m.
He arrived at the Taipei Detention Center shortly after 6 a.m., and was allowed to rest, the Central News Agency said.
Chen, the woman charged with hiding the suspect, turned herself in separately to the Taichung District Prosecutors Office Thursday night. She was then transferred to Taipei for questioning.
The CNA cited her neighbors in Changhua as expressing surprise that Lee had been hiding in her apartment.
-The China Post/Asia News Network
Justin Lee denies rape charges: prosecutors
The China Post news staff--Justin Lee was taken into custody after turning himself in Thursday, but has so far denied all date rape charges, Taipei prosecutors said yesterday.
The Taipei District Court ordered Lee, 27, to be detained but still allowed him to have visitors, rejecting prosecutors' request that the suspect be held incommunicado. The High Court later decided to hold Lee incommunicado,
Lee, who turned himself in Thursday night, has been charged with drugging and raping several celebrities and other women, as well as filming the acts.
But the socialite claimed that he had consensual sex with the women and that he did not secretly film the acts or circulate sexual photographs or videos.
Chen Mei-lan, who admitted to having helped Lee hide during the 23-day manhunt for the suspect, was released after posting a NT$120,000 bond.
Prosecutors said Lee had been hiding in Chen's apartment in Changhua.
Taipei District Prosecutors Office spokesman Huang Mou-hsin said that investigators are looking to determine whether there are accomplices to the suspect's alleged crimes, how many women were victimized and whether Lee distributed the sex photos.
Lee, the son of former Yuanta Financial Holding Co. board member Lee Yueh-chang, was first accused last July of taking a woman home, drugging and then raping her. He allegedly taped the entire act.
Prosecutors questioned him but released him over of a lack of substantial evidence.
As more allegations emerged against him this year, prosecutors placed him on a wanted list Aug. 1 after he repeatedly failed to show up for questioning.
Investigators reportedly discovered scores of explicit videos, involving more than 40 women, on a computer seized at his home. Some photos believed to have been captured from the videos were later found posted on the Internet.
Lee's surrender has ended days of media speculation over the identities of the women in the photos.
Lee faces at least seven years in prison if found guilty of drugging and raping the women, according to lawyers. Secretly filming sexual acts carries a maximum imprisonment of three years.
Lee turned himself in to the Taipei District Prosecutors Office in the company of three lawyers at about 8:35 p.m on Thursday.
According to prosecutors, he was questioned for a few hours before being taken to the court for a bail hearing at about 3 a.m. The court granted prosecutors' request to have him detained at around 4 a.m.
He arrived at the Taipei Detention Center shortly after 6 a.m., and was allowed to rest, the Central News Agency said.
Chen, the woman charged with hiding the suspect, turned herself in separately to the Taichung District Prosecutors Office Thursday night. She was then transferred to Taipei for questioning.
The CNA cited her neighbors in Changhua as expressing surprise that Lee had been hiding in her apartment.
The China Post news staff--Justin Lee was taken into custody after turning himself in Thursday, but has so far denied all date rape charges, Taipei prosecutors said yesterday.
The Taipei District Court ordered Lee, 27, to be detained but still allowed him to have visitors, rejecting prosecutors' request that the suspect be held incommunicado. The High Court later decided to hold Lee incommunicado,
Lee, who turned himself in Thursday night, has been charged with drugging and raping several celebrities and other women, as well as filming the acts.
But the socialite claimed that he had consensual sex with the women and that he did not secretly film the acts or circulate sexual photographs or videos.
Chen Mei-lan, who admitted to having helped Lee hide during the 23-day manhunt for the suspect, was released after posting a NT$120,000 bond.
Prosecutors said Lee had been hiding in Chen's apartment in Changhua.
Taipei District Prosecutors Office spokesman Huang Mou-hsin said that investigators are looking to determine whether there are accomplices to the suspect's alleged crimes, how many women were victimized and whether Lee distributed the sex photos.
Lee, the son of former Yuanta Financial Holding Co. board member Lee Yueh-chang, was first accused last July of taking a woman home, drugging and then raping her. He allegedly taped the entire act.
Prosecutors questioned him but released him over of a lack of substantial evidence.
As more allegations emerged against him this year, prosecutors placed him on a wanted list Aug. 1 after he repeatedly failed to show up for questioning.
Investigators reportedly discovered scores of explicit videos, involving more than 40 women, on a computer seized at his home. Some photos believed to have been captured from the videos were later found posted on the Internet.
Lee's surrender has ended days of media speculation over the identities of the women in the photos.
Lee faces at least seven years in prison if found guilty of drugging and raping the women, according to lawyers. Secretly filming sexual acts carries a maximum imprisonment of three years.
Lee turned himself in to the Taipei District Prosecutors Office in the company of three lawyers at about 8:35 p.m on Thursday.
According to prosecutors, he was questioned for a few hours before being taken to the court for a bail hearing at about 3 a.m. The court granted prosecutors' request to have him detained at around 4 a.m.
He arrived at the Taipei Detention Center shortly after 6 a.m., and was allowed to rest, the Central News Agency said.
Chen, the woman charged with hiding the suspect, turned herself in separately to the Taichung District Prosecutors Office Thursday night. She was then transferred to Taipei for questioning.
The CNA cited her neighbors in Changhua as expressing surprise that Lee had been hiding in her apartment.
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Lee, a socialite wanted for allegedly drugging and raping several celebrities and other women and filming the acts, turned himself in to prosecutors on Thursday evening after spending more than three weeks on the run.
He was taken into custody following a hearing at the Taipei District Court.
Some of the photographs, believed to be stills taken from the videos, were found posted on the Internet shortly after Lee went on the run.
The Chinese-language Apple Daily reported yesterday that prosecutors have discovered that a Taipei police officer surnamed Chen (陳), who was on the task force dealing with Lee’s case, allegedly went to Lee’s father, former Yuanta Financial Holdings board member Lee Yueh-tsang (李岳蒼), and attempted to blackmail him with the photographs and videos.
Because Lee Yueh-tsang rejected the blackmail, the materials were then posted on the Internet, the Apple Daily reported.
Huang Ming-chao (黃明昭), chief of the Taipei City Police Department’s criminal police section, said yesterday he made a phone call to Lee Yueh-tsang in which the latter denied the media report that police officers had tried to blackmail him.
Meanwhile, Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office spokesman Huang Mo-hsin (黃謀信) said he has no comment on the Apple Daily story, adding only that prosecutors are investigating the case.
During the district court hearing, 27-year-old Justin Lee denied the accusations made against him, saying his sexual activities had all been consensual and that he did not secretly film the acts or circulate any photographs and videos of him engaging in sexual acts with women.
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