News of the messy legal battle between Taiwanese-American Mandopop star Wang Leehom and his ex-wife, Lee Jinglei, circulated online this week, making headlines once more.
Chinese media reported on July 7 that Lee, 36, was found guilty of contempt of court for not providing evidence of Wang’s, 46, infidelities.
A screenshot of what appears to be a motion detail from the New York State Unified Court System was also widely shared on Chinese microblogging website Weibo.
A few hours later, Lee’s legal team issued a statement on her Weibo account, denouncing any of the claims.
“Someone with motives” had spread word “through the media, official accounts and paid commenters” regarding Lee being found guilty of contempt of court, the statement reads.
Another false rumour was that Wang’s application for the enforcement of visitation rights had been granted.
“We’d like to clarify that both are untrue. The reality is that the New York court has rejected all of Wang’s requests and has granted all of Lee’s,” the statement continues.
Her team noted that they were aware of public opinion being “manipulated through the spread of false rumours.” Furthermore, the media spreading the false news had “violated the law and caused harm to Lee’s reputation through fabricating fake news.”
Lee’s team plan to take legal action against those who spread the “unverified false rumours.”
Meanwhile, Wang’s management declined to comment on the matter, noting the court’s ruling has yet to be made public. They plan to comply with the law and protect Wang’s children, reported Chinese language newspaper Lianhe Zaobao.
The pair has two daughters and one son who live with Lee. They announced their divorce in December last year following Lee’s accusations that Wang was a terrible husband.
Catch up on the highly public split of the couple and Wang taking Lee to court over their custody agreement below./TISG