{"id":"court_ctb_474_1","court":"CTB","case_no":"22-50073","doc_number":474,"sub_number":1,"doc_type":"EXHIBIT","filed_date":"2022-06-20","title":"Exhibit 1 Second Amended Complaint","summary_zh":null,"summary_en":null,"body_en":"# **Exhibit 1**\n\n## Second Amended Complaint\n\n*Guo v. Cheng* Eight Judicial District Court for Clark County, Nevada\n\n| | | Case 22-50073
Doc 474-1
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Electronically Filed
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CLERK OF THE COURT | | | | | |\n| | 2 | SACOM
L.
Christopher
Rose,
ESQ. | | | | | |\n| | 3 | Nevada
Bar
No.
7500
lcr@juwlaw.com | | | | | |\n| | 4 | Michael
R.
Ernst,
ESQ. | | | | | |\n| | 5 | Nevada
Bar
No.
11957
mre@juwlaw.com | | | | | |\n| | 6 | JOLLEY
URGA
WOODBURY
HOLTHUS
&
ROSE
330
S.
Rampart
Blvd.,
Suite
380 | | | | | |\n| | | Las
Vegas,
Nevada
89145 | | | | | |\n| | 7 | Attorneys
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states as follows: | | | | | |\n| | 20 | STATEMENT
OF
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CASE | | | | | |\n| | 21 | 1.
Plaintiff
brings
this
action
for
the
false,
misleading,
disparaging,
defamatory,
and | | | | | |\n| | 22 | physically
threatening
statements by
Defendants
regarding
Plaintiff. | | | | | |\n| | 23 | PARTIES | | | | | |\n| | 24 | 2.
Plaintiff
Wengui
Guo
a/k/a
Miles
Kwok
(hereinafter
\"Guo\"
or \"Plaintiff')
is,
and | | | | | |\n| | 25 | was at all
times
relevant
hereto,
an adult
resident
of
York,
New
New
York. | | | | | |\n| | 26 | 3.
Defendant
Logan
Cheng
f/k/a
Shuiyan
Cheng
(hereinafter
\"Cheng\")
is,
and
was | | | | | |\n| | 27 | at all
times
relevant
hereto,
an adult
resident
of
the
State
of
Nevada. | | | | | |\n| | 28 | | | | | | |\n| 748990 | | | | | | | |\n| | | | Page
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21 | | | | |\n\n. \"' • C ~ ~~ :s )~. ~~ ;::)0 :Pi:t:: \"\"< g~ Qvl ~~ \"' ~o ;Jl: >-< Itil ..-l ' ,...\n\n0\n\n.....,\n\n1 *2* 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 \"' -,- 10 \"' \"' > z,,-, 11 -< c;- 0\"' 12 \"'\"' > ;: ....l~ 13 ox t:g \"' 14 • °' i'.l\"' «:\"' 15 -< - >\"' \"'0 ....,~ 16 :i .. I- 0 «: :r: -< ;; 17 0.. ....l ::;: \"' -< b 18 «: \"' \"\" 19 20 21 *22* 23 24 25 26 27 28 748990 4. Defendant Fang Yong a/k/a Ma Ke (hereinafter \"Yong\") is, and was at all times relevant hereto, an adult resident of the State of Nevada. **FACTUAL BACKGROUND** 5. Plaintiff Guo is a Chinese political dissident living at 781 Fifth Avenue, in New York, New York. Since early 2015, Plaintiff regularly speaks on YouTube and Twitter about Chinese politics and human rights issues. 6. Guo is a pioneer of using Y ouTube and Twitter to fight for the rule of law, human rights, freedom and democracy in China. Guo has exposed widespread corruption in the Chinese Communist Party (\"CCP\"), multiple senior officials of the Chinese Government, and their family members. 7. Guo' s whistleblower actions have made an unprecedented impact on the international image and credibility of the Communist Party of China. Guo's disclosures not only show the ways the Chinese people are tortured under the kleptocracy but also the current unfavorable environment for the development of democracy and rule of law in China. 8. Guo's Twitter account, @KwokMiles, has approximately 475,000 followers at present. He has the largest number of supporters among all Chinese Twitter users. Guo regularly uses this account to engage with other Chinese dissidents. 9. In the past 70-year rule of the Communist Party, Guo is the one man who singlehandedly challenged the CCP and exposed the CCP' s building of an intelligence network in the United States and other countries. I 0. Guo has exposed the degree of China's cultural, political, economic and intelligence penetration in the United States and the West, which has sparked strong reaction in the world. Guo is a true advocate of democracy, freedom, and rule of law in China. 11. Defendant Cheng also holds himself out to the public as a Chinese pro-democracy activist. Cheng's Twitter account, @cheng1964526, has approximately 1,887 followers. Page **2** of **21**\n\n1 2 3 12. Upon information and belief, Cheng maintains the YouTube channel El E!:p=p§fil;z~~' which translates to \"Voice of Free China\" (hereinafter \"Free China\"). 1Free China has approximately 30,000 subscribers.\n\n4 5 13. Upon information and belief, Cheng also maintains a Twitter account for Free China, @freechinatv, which has approximately 5,234 followers.\n\n14. Like Cheng, Defendant Yong also holds himself out to the public as a Chinese pro-democracy activist. Yong's Twitter account, @Marco201109, has approximately 10,000 followers.\n\n15. As will be discussed herein, Defendants used ( and continue to use) their Twitter accounts to publish false, misleading, disparaging, and defamatory statements about Guo to Defendants' followers, which are then systematically \"retweeted\" by Defendants' followers tens of thousands of times, compounding and enhancing the harm to Guo and his family.\n\n16. Defendants' tweets have led Plaintiff and his family to suffer substantial mental anguish and economic loss.\n\n17. Specifically, from in and around July 2018 to the present, via Cheng's Twitter account, and via public comments to third parties, Cheng falsely and maliciously alleged that Guo had committed fraud, espionage, money laundering, forgery, intimidation, and is in collusion with China's president.\n\n\"' \"' 19 20 21 22 23 24 18. By way of specific examples, on or about July 16, 2018, Cheng, with malicious intent and knowing it to be false, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, published the following on Twitter: \"Guo and [China's President] Xi have made a huge deal and this makes Guo unlike any other business man. His huge fortune is all the result of collusion and extortion together with the CCP. He has made a massive deal with Xi, but this time the price of this sacrifice is paid with the lives and property of 1 .4 billion people. \"2\n\n25 26 19. On or about July 18, 2018, Cheng, with malicious intent and knowing it to be false, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, published the following on\n\n27 28 1 The Free China YouTube channel can be found at the following link: http 5 Xrg.\n\n2*See* http 964526/status/l 0 191130 I 0302816256.\n\n748990\n\n*ui* 0\n\n6\n\n7\n\n8\n\n9\n\n~ \" •\n\n..-l ..-l 0 i---,,\n\nPage **3 of 21**\n\n1 *2* 3 Twitter: \"Guo is a swindler who deceives and defrauds. Despite so many lawsuits against him, Guo grows more reckless. He has no respect of the laws in the W estem civilized countries, so one can only imagine how he has behaved in China.\"3\n\n20. On or about July 18, 2018, Cheng, with malicious intent and knowing it to be false, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, published the following on ,. Twitter: \"Guo fears nothing, he continues to fabricate an abundance of shameless lies. This is the greatest humiliation that must be faced by Chinese people living abroad.\"4\n\n21. On or about July 18, 2018, Cheng, with malicious intent and knowing it to be false, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, published the following on Twitter: \"Ifwe can't deal with Guo the swindler, how can we overthrow the evil CCP?\"5\n\n22. On or about July 21, 2018, Cheng, with malicious intent and knowing it to be false, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, published the following on Twitter: \"Guo confused a group of people, cheated on another group, attacked and intimidated yet other people. He also seriously divided people, causing them to harm each other. In a short period of time, the overseas Chinese democracy movement has been completely ruined and completely lost its effectiveness.\" 6\n\n23. On or about July 21, 2018, Cheng, with malicious intent and knowing it to be false, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, published the following statement: \"Guo deliberately forged a great number of vulgar lies and continues to make enemies. His purpose is to divert people's attention, divide and weaken the effectiveness of the Chinese democracy movement, in order to achieve the CCP's goal of maintaining an illusion of stability amongst Chinese people overseas. \"7\n\n- 24. Moreover, from August 13, 2018 to the present, via Yong's Twitter account, and via public comments to third parties, Yong falsely and maliciously characterized Guo as a rapist\n- 26 3 *See* http 964526/status/1019585526108545024?s=21.\n\t- 4 *See* http 1964526/status/l 0 **l** 9778829340954625?s=2 l.\n\t\t- 5*See* http 964526/status/10 **l** 9836689961824256?s=2 l.\n\t\t- 6*See* http 964526/status/l 020890882168328192?s=l2.\n\t- 7*See* http 1964526/status/1020879652972367872?s= 12.\n\n0\n\n\"' \"\"' 19\n\n20\n\n21\n\n*22*\n\n23\n\n24\n\n25\n\n27\n\n28\n\n748990\n\n4\n\n5\n\n6\n\n7\n\n8\n\n1 2 and falsely and maliciously made statements concemmg Guo' s sexual orientation and proclivities, among other things.\n\n3 4 5 6 7 8 9 25. By way of specific examples, on or about August 13, 2018, Yong, with malicious intent and knowing it to be false, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, published the following on Twitter: \"This is the web address to use to report Guo to US Attorney Jeff Sessions. Reporting him for using the CCP to fight against the kleptocrats within the Chinese Communist Party, and using the CCP to achieve his so-called Himalaya. Please also report him for repeatedly falsely claiming in public that he is a US Citizen. Let's report him together and send him to Herran Zhengzhou prison to get his so-called Himalaya.\" 8\n\n. \" • : ~ ; ~ (t< !il :>< \"-1 b:;Cll 0 ~~ *Q~* 0'J QCll ~ ;J :i:: <: 1-< Q..l ::40 ~:t :>< \"-1 ,..) ' ,\\_ 0 i-, \"' 10 ::; *°'* co > z.,, 11 *Cf)\"'* ·\"' -< ':- 0*°'* \"'°' 12 >'.:. 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From Fenshui to the Singapore model, from righteousness to using the CCP to reach his so-called Himalaya ... through all this nonsense, all he really wants is to protect his own money and life, nothing great about it. We should not overestimate his ability.\" 10\n\n22 23 24 25 28. On or about August 14, 2018, Yong, with malicious intent and knowing it to be false, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, published the following on Twitter: \"Do you still have any doubts? [Guo] is a gay man with a worm like dick, and likes to wear stockings and be buggered. In order to get the American Green Card he came out of the\n\n- 27 8*See* http\n\t- 9*See* http\n\t- 10*See* http\n- 748990\n\n26\n\n1 2 closet together with his famous American lawyer. He has a man's body, but with a woman's sensitive heart. You tell me, is he a man, or a woman?\" 11\n\n3 4 29. Cheng and Yong's actions against Guo enhance the official propaganda and false accusation by the CCP against Guo.\n\n5 6 30. Defendants' actions are similar to the alleged use of \"unrestricted warfare\" by the CCP.\n\n31. Defendants' actions have posed serious threats to Guo's mental and physical health, his business and family relationships, and his reputation and standing in the community.\n\n9 \"' ..,. 10 \"' > • Z,n 11 C 3: -\"' *E* .: CfJ\"' 32. Defendants' defamatory and malicious Twitter posts remain active on social media platforms and thus remain available to the public. As such, Defendants' defamation of Guo is ongoing .\n\n33. Defendants' false, defamatory, and malicious Twitter posts have damaged and will continue to damage Guo's reputation. As a result of Defendants' actions, Guo has been and continues to be substantially and irreparably harmed.\n\n#### **Guo's Childhood**\n\n34. Plaintiff Guo grew up very poor in the Northeast of China, where his parents were exiled by the CCP during the Cultural Revolution.\n\n;:,; \"\" 0 -< b 18 ,..., ,z \"' \"' 19 35. Because of his experience in the Cultural Revolution, Guo was opposed to the system of communism and hegemony when he was a boy.\n\n20 21 36. Guo, his seven brothers, and his parents lived in a harsh, austere, frigid and unjust social and political environment throughout Guo's childhood.\n\n22 23 24 25 3 7. Guo' s childhood conditions were so severe that, as a child, Guo would regularly check the communal water well to find his mother when he would lose sight of her because he believed he needed to make sure she did not commit suicide by jumping into the well to end the constant suffering.\n\n26 27\n\n7\n\n8\n\n*°'* w co\n\n-< ':- 0*°'* . ~ *\"'°'* 12 >'.:.\n\n*~w* CfJN -< 0 *c,'.(I)* ...., c; 13 ::iO ox\n\nootJ \"' 14 be ~o 0(/) ::, \"' \"'~ ~o -\"' :r: Cl°' ,z \"\" 15 ~ 0>--< >\"' \"'0 ~o ...., c; 16 ~:t ::, .. 0\"' \"'z ;:,., 1-0 '1l ,z ;r: 17 ....l -< :';;\n\np:)p:; ;;;~ 0':,l\n\n,-l a......,\n\n*ui* 0\n\n28\n\n11*See* http\n\n748990\n\nPage **6 of 21**\n\n1 2 3 38. As a teenager, Guo began his life as a businessman. He dropped out of middle school to focus on selling jeans, radios, and other electronics. He used his earnings to help poor people like him and to improve his family's living conditions.\n\n39. Due to the extreme poverty of his family and his precocity, Guo was opposed to traditional feudal marriage and paid more attention to family values.\n\n40. Guo met his wife in 1985 and married her in elopement. They have been lovingly married for 33 years and are still married today. They have a son and a daughter.\n\n\"' 10 ::; 41. To reach this level of success from such humble beginnings is a rare achievement among all the successful entrepreneurs at that time given the economic and political conditions in the several decades after the reform and \"opening-up\" of China.\n\n42. At the time Guo and his wife were married, China was in the full control of the CCP and no private business was allowed. As Guo constantly struggled to feed, clothe, and shelter his family, he cherished the poor and the downtrodden and understood their life. He became more unsatisfied with the autocratic system and the one-party system of the CCP. Despite his circumstances, Guo worked tirelessly as an entrepreneur and ultimately made his fortune and achieved great success.\n\n\"' \"' 19 20 21 43. On May 26, 1989, during the Tiananmen Square Massacre, Guo was arrested and sent to jail for two years because he sold his imported motorbike and donated the vast proceeds of the sale (RMB3,600, about US\\$500) to the protesting students in different places. When the police knew what Guo did, they arrested him for \"commercial fraud\" and \"illegal operation\" and imprisoned him for two years (1989 -1991).\n\n22 23 44. During his imprisonment, he was jailed together with many pro-democracy activists and political dissidents, when he began his life against the autocratic regime of the CCP.\n\n24 25 26 27 45. During the arrest on May 26, 1989, two drunken policemen raided Guo's office and fired their weapons directly at his young wife, who was holding his then-three-month-old baby daughter. Guo's younger brother, the 8th brother in his family, tried to protect Guo's wife and daughter and was shot twice in the altercation.\n\n28\n\n748990\n\n~\"' 00 \" > \\$ Z~\\$ -\"' ;~ *en* \"' -< \":- 0\"' \" ~ 12 \"'\"' >::'. ;><.µ *en* N -< 0 *;t* V) ...., c:;. ::iO 13 ox ::op:; ~~ 0Q~ \"' tg 14 o(Jj :::>\"' *en* ~ ~~ -*°'* i::i\"' 0,:\"' 15 -< 1-< -< - v~ >N \"'0 ~o ...., c:;. 16 ::i:r: :::> .. 0\"' >-< \"'5 \"-1 b ::C 17 0,: Os ..-l -< \"' ..-l Os...., ;:,; \"' 0 -< b .... 18 0,: oi 0\n\n4\n\n5\n\n6\n\n7\n\n8\n\n1 2 46. Guo's injured brother was subsequently rushed to the hospital, but the policemen who shot him instructed the doctors to refuse him any medical care and locked the door.\n\n3 4 47. As a result, Guo's brother, one week shy of 18 years old at that time, died two days later as a result of exsanguination caused by the gun shots.\n\n5 6 7 48. This incident intensified Guo's disdain towards the autocratic regime and social inequality and strengthened his conviction that China was in need of democracy, rule of law, and freedom.\n\n8 9 49. This incident is also a driving force for Guo to fight against autocracy for rule of law, democracy and freedom 29 years later.\n\n50. As a result of these tragic events, all of which flowed from his charitable and selfless donation to the Tiananrnen Square protesters, Guo vowed to become a persistent and brave advocate against the Chinese kleptocracy.\n\n51. During his two-year imprisonment, Guo made acquaintance with the imprisoned pro-democracy activists, who gave him the education of religion, rule of law and democracy, and planned for having strong fmancial capability to pay back his parents. He also hoped to become a man of influence in a certain field.\n\n52. According to his plan, after ensuring the welfare of his parents and seeing his children reach adulthood, Guo would start fighting for rule of law, democracy and freedom.\n\n**Guo's Family**\n\n20 21 53. As discussed above, Guo and his wife were married when he was 15 years old and his wife was 14 years old. They remain married today-more than 33 years later.\n\n22 23 54. Guo became a father to a son when he was 16 years old. Guo's son is now a very talented and successful investor.\n\n24 25 26 55. Guo became a father to a daughter when he was 18 years old. Guo's daughter lives with her parents in New York City. She graduated from New York University and is now a talented film director.\n\n27 28 56. Guo's daughter worked as the vice-director to Mr. Yimou Zhang in mainland China. Mr. Zhang is the director of many internationally acclaimed movies, including Crouching\n\nPage **8** of **21**\n\n0\n\n\"' \"' 19\n\n1 2 Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which was very-well received in the West. Guo's daughter also directed several short films related to public welfare issues.\n\n3 4 5 57. Guo's parents are in their eighties and still live in China. They are regularly threatened, persecuted, and intimidated by the CCP as a result of Guo's whistle blowing and political advocacy.\n\n58. Guo's parents (and, indeed all of Guo's family members who remain in China) are also under the control of the Special Task Force comprising of thousands of members from the police, CCDI and the State Security Department.\n\n9 \"' 10 ::; 59. Two of Guo's brothers are currently imprisoned in China as a result of Guo's whistle blowing and advocacy.\n\n60. Because of Guo's opposition of the CCP regime, his accusations of corruption against senior CCP officials, and his exposing Chinese intelligence agents hidden in the United States and elsewhere in the West, 18 members of Guo's family, including his brothers and brothers-in-law, his wife and his daughter have been detained by the CCP at one time or another.\n\n61. Two brothers and a niece of Guo were sentenced to imprisonment of three years, three years and five months, and two years and six months, respectively.\n\n62. Many of Guo' s family members who remained in mainland China have been ( and continue to be) detained, tortured, interrogated, and monitored by the Special Task Force.\n\n<') 19 20 63. Many of Guo's family members suffer from depression and suicidal tendencies as a result of the CCP's oppression and harassment.\n\n21\n\n24\n\n6\n\n7\n\n8\n\n64. Many of Guo's colleagues have disappeared and left no trace.\n\n22 23 65. Since his exile, the CCP has seized billions in cash and assets owned by Guo's family and himself.\n\n#### **Guo's business**\n\n25 26 27 28 66. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Guo ( and his family members) became involved in the real estate business in mainland China. Guo and his family established, among other things, several high-end commercial projects such as the Herran Yuda, the Pangu Plaza (the only privately owned commercial complex in the Beijing Olympic area), and the Zenith Plaza.\n\n. \" • =~ .e.:: 111 ra *;>-cW* i:i:: VJ 0 ~~ Q((j, 0 QVJ ~~ -4 ~o ;J::C >< >1-l ,.-l ,.-l 0 ;-, *°'* 00 > Zv, 11 *Cl)\"'* - \"' -<~ 0*°'* \"' *°'* 12 >:'.: CIJ N -\"' u,O ..., '.::: 16 ::, .. 0\"' \"'z f-<0 \"';,: -< [;; 17 0. ..., ;:;: \"' -< b \"' 18 *ui*\n\n> 0 <')\n\n> > 748990\n\nPage **9** of **21**\n\n#### Case 22-50073 Doc 474-1 Filed 06/20/22 Entered 06/20/22 13:31:16 Page 11 of\n\n22\n\n1 2 3 Guo credits his success with these projects, among others, to his spiritual and cultural growth while imprisoned, as well as to his strong will to revolutionize China's political and economic systems.\n\n4 5 6 67. Ultimately, however, disgusted with the level of corruption throughout the industry in China, Guo announced the withdrawal of all of his family's real estate investments, seeking instead to invest in Chinese securities and financial sectors.\n\n68. Throughout Guo's career as a real estate developer, his family never secured a single piece of land from the Chinese Government. Only private land and collectively-owned land were used in Guo's development projects.\n\n69. Indeed, Guo is a man of integrity and honesty, who is always prepared to fight for China's rule of law, democracy and freedom. It is also the fundamental reason why Guo has been subject to baseless investigation for a long time but has not been found guilty of any offenses since the arrest of Guo's family members and colleagues made by the Special Task Force (consisting of thousands of members from the CCDI, the Ministry of State Security and the Chinese police) in 2015. The Chinese Special Task Force arrested hundreds of employees who were working in Guo's family enterprises and 18 ofGuo's family members.\n\n70. The CCP also imposed controls on the mobility rights of numerous employees of Guo and the Guo family.\n\n\"' \"' 19 20 21 22 23 71. Furthermore, the Special Task Force conducted countless investigations of Guo, none leading to any credible evidence of criminal behavior on Guo' s part. In short, there is little doubt that the Chinese Government is worried about Guo' s disclosure of the corruption of its senior leaders. Therefore, the Chinese Government made a series of attempts to bribe, coerce and hunt down Guo.\n\n25 72. The Chinese Government also made use of its overseas intelligence network to discredit Guo and pose threats to his personal safety on an unprecedented scale.\n\n26 27 73. Cheng's actions as alleged herein are consistent with the Chinese Government's campaign to discredit Guo.\n\n. \" • : ~ ◊ • ~- ~!il ><»l b:( (/) ::iO P'.l~ 0~' 0 Qvl ~~ <;... (J ;...i ~o :J::C :>-< »l ,..-l ..-l 0 ,..., \"' co - > Z;: \"' lfJ N -< 0 ..... ~13 ox co -< c<\") P-< \"' 14 1-o ~o ::i\"' *lf)~* Q\"' • *°'* ~\"' 15 -<- >\"' \"'0 ..... ~16 ::i .. 0\"' \"'z I- 0 ~i: 17 -< P-< \"' ...., ;:;; \"' -< I- 18~\n\n*ui* 0\n\n7\n\n8\n\n9\n\n\"' ...- 10\n\n24\n\n748990\n\nPage **10** of **21**\n\n22\n\n1 2 3 4 74. Since the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Guo has become the premier political dissident of China who is one of the most influential and effective in challenging the Chinese political system and taking actions against the corruption of China's senior leaders.\n\n5\n\n6\n\n7\n\n8\n\n9\n\n#### **Guo's Emergence as a Preeminent Whistleblower and Critic of Corruption**\n\n75. Due to special political conditions, the Chinese Government generally controls, supervises and threatens all large enterprises. Guo's family enterprise was also supervised and was believed to be a potential pawn used by the Ministry of State Security of China for international issues.\n\n76. In 2006, Guo's family enterprise was blackmailed by the former Vice Mayor of Beijing, Liu Zhihua. After Guo reported it to the police, he became under the control of and befriended Ma Jian, the Vice Minister of State Security at the time.\n\n77. In or about December, 2014, the CCP, through Bruno Wu Zheng (\"Wu\"), called Guo.\n\n78. Wu requested that Guo cooperate with the CCP by being obedient and stop the disclosure of information about corruption by senior communist officials.\n\n«) 19 79. After several failed attempts of bribing, threatening and hunting down of Guo, Wu directed the CCDI and the Special Task Force to request Guo to cooperate with China and return the evidence showing the corruption of the senior leaders (including Wang Qishan, Meng Jianzhu and others) they believe Guo possessed.\n\n21 22 23 24 25 26 80. In return, Wu promised Guo the following: a. None of Guo's assets or properties will be seized by the CCP; b. All privileges will be returned to Guo and his family; c. Ma Jian will not be arrested; d. Guo' s family members will not be arrested; and e. Guo will not be physically threatened or killed. Guo would have to agree to be cooperative and hand over the information to the Communist Party. Furthermore, Guo could not be anti-communist or against the country.\n\n27 28 81. Guo refused to accept Wu's offer, which led to the persecution of Guo and his family since 2015.\n\n\"' .,,\\_ 10 . *°'* co >- > • z\"' 11 C 3\"\"' ~= *Cf)\"'* < ';- 0*°' ;'\\$* jtf *\"'°'* 12 >:::. ;,.;i.; *Cf)* N ~ ;:)0 13 ox ::Q~ co &lt;\"'u.. p~, \"' 0' 1 tg 14 o(J) *Cf)~* :i \"' ~~ Cl *\"°' °'* «: '° 15 <;.... <- (;l ;..i >\"' \"'0 ~o e-l~ 16 :J::C :i .. 0\"' \"'z :>-< 0 b :r: ill «: o.. 17 i--< <\"' ~ p., e-l ::a:\"' 0 .,:b .... 18 «: en\n\n> 0 «)\n\n> > 20\n\nPage **11** of **21**\n\n### Case 22-50073 Doc 474-1 Filed 06/20/22 Entered 06/20/22 13:31:16 Page 13 of\n\n22\n\n| | 1 | 82.
As a result, the CCP seized billions of dollars of Guo's family's assets and | | | | |\n|-------------|----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--|--|--|--|\n| | 2 | questioned and arrested 18 of Guo' s family members and arrested or detained hundreds of his | | | | |\n| | 3 | colleagues. Many of Guo' s colleagues have been restrained from leaving China. | | | | |\n| | 4 | 83.
As part of Guo's whistleblower actions, he disclosed the corruption of Hainan | | | | |\n| | 5 | Group (\"HNA\"), which was widely reported by media around the world. The information | | | | |\n| | 6 | disclosed by Guo was proven to be true. | | | | |\n| | 7 | 84.
Guo also disclosed the corruption of Wang Qishan and Meng Jianzhu, two of the | | | | |\n| | 8 | most powerful men in China. Again, his claims were proven to be true. | | | | |\n| | 9 | 85.
Guo is recognized as one of the most dangerous challengers to the Chinese | | | | |\n| \"' | 10 | Regime by the CCP. | | | | |\n| | | 86.
Guo's whistle blowing is regarded as one of the biggest political incidents in | | | | |\n| | | China since the Tiananmen Square Massacre. | | | | |\n| | | 87.
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Because of Guo's whistleblower actions, China blocked almost all social media | | | | |\n| | | platforms to prevent Guo from making any further disclosure and the truth he previously | | | | |\n| | | disclosed from being known in China. | | | | |\n| cri
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Guo is also supported by many outside of China. In May 2017, Guo's Twitter | | | | |\n| \"' \"' | 19 | account had more than 3. 8 million impressions. 12 | | | | |\n| | 20 | 90.
In another effort to silence Guo, in May of 2017, the CCP sent Liu Y anping and | | | | |\n| | 21 | three other agents to New York City to speak with Guo. 13 At the time, Liu Y anping | | | | |\n| | 22 | was Secretary of Commission for Discipline Inspection, Ministry ofNational Security of China. | | | | |\n| | 23 | 91.
Guo refused this threat as well, choosing instead to disclose the existence of a | | | | |\n| | 24 | broad network of CCP spies in the United States. 14 | | | | |\n| | 25 | 12 Put simply, in the context of social media, \"impressions\" are a metric used to measure the number of times a | | | | |\n| | 26 | user's content is displayed on another user's account. Generally speaking, more impressions means a bigger
audience. | | | | |\n| | 27 | 13 See http>caper-worthy-of-spy-thriller-1508717977.
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All of their electronic devices were taken\n\n\"Red Notices.\" One was issued just a couple of hours before Guo did VOA live interview in the\n\nend of April 2017; the second was issued just before Guo's disclosure of Wang Qishan and HNA\n\nin September of 2017. 15 The focus of the second interview was to reveal the corruptive\n\n22\n\naway by U.S. law enforcement agencies at the departure hall of JFK Airport.\n\nconnections between one of the most powerful officials in China, Wang Qishan and his family, and HNA, which involves trillions of renminbi-the official currency of China.\n\n94. The intervention of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the VOA interview has become an international media scandal. The CCP ordered the sudden termination of the VOA interview by diplomatic means such as visas and other illegal means (the use of its intelligence network) in the U.S.16\n\n95. The CCP also engaged in an unprecedented propaganda campaign against Guo. The CCP formed a team of more than 10,000 people, known as the \"50-cent troll army.\"\n\n96. Guo's appearance at Hudson Institute was postponed on short notice in October, 2017 (it was reported that the Institute was threatened by the CCP government).\n\n«'> 19 20 21 97. Merely supporting Guo became a crime in mainland China. One of Guo' s supporters, Dong Qi, was reportedly arrested and sent to jail for wearing a T-shirt with Guo's slogan \"Everything is just beginning\" on it.17 Guo is also informed and believes that many of Guo's followers have been questioned, restrained, reformed and intimidated.\n\n22 23 98. The CCP did not stop there. Upon information and belief, Guo's prev10us immigration law firm, Clark Hill, was hacked by China due to its representation of Guo.18 •\n\n- 24\n- 25 26\n\n27\n\n28\n\n15*See* http / oct/25/j eff-sessions-guo-wengui-deportation-to-china-woul/. 16 *See* http /www.wsj.com/articles/ chinese-govemments-battle-against- fugitive-guo-wengui-spills-intowashington-15 0726025 5. 17 *See* http\n\n18*See* http /www.wsj.com/articles/ chinese-govemments-battle-against-fugitive-guo-wengui-spills-intowashington-1507260255.\n\n748990\n\n0 «'>\n\n*,.r,* ,,,\\_ 10\n\n*C,*\n\n1\n\n2\n\n3\n\n4\n\n5\n\n6\n\n7\n\n8\n\n1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 \"' -.,- 10 -. 18 er: \"' \"' 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 99. Upon information and belief, Guo's security company, T &M Protection, was hacked by China as well, an unprecedented cyber-attack. 100. The personal mobile phone of Guo, the phones used by his family members, colleagues and friends were all under cyber- attack, harassment, threat and abuse. 101. The CCP believes Guo has evidence of widespread corruption, murder, hiding of illegally-gained money and building of a spy network in the West by high level CCP officials. It will stop at nothing to silence Guo. 102. Therefore, upon information and belief, the Chinese government sent individuals to request the United States government to repatriate Guo. To date, the United States government has refused these requests. 103. In or around October of 2017, right before China's 19th National Congress, Guo's Twitter, YouTube and Facebook accounts had been suspended without any reason. This became a major incident in the international social media community. 104. Meanwhile, many purported democracy activists initiated personal attacks and attempts at intimidation against Guo. In recent months, an anti-Guo campaign, involving the use of unrestricted warfare and smearing, was initiated by the Chinese authority. I 05. Upon information and belief, Cheng and Yong are among the activists paid by the Chinese government to destroy, defame, and otherwise oppose Guo. 106. Regardless of whether or not Cheng or Yong are paid activists of the CCP, Cheng and Yong's statements about Guo as alleged herein are false and defamatory. **Cheng and Yong's Background** 107. Defendant Cheng holds himself out to the public as a Chinese pro-democracy activist. Cheng's Twitter account, @cheng1964526, has approximately 1,887 followers. 108. Upon information and belief, Cheng owns and/or operates the Fortune Hotel & Suites, located at 325 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169 (the \"Fortune Hotel\"). 109. Upon information and belief, Yong resides at the Fortune Hotel and Yong and Cheng know each other personally.\n\n110. Neither Cheng nor Yong know Guo personally.\n\n*C,* . co \"' > • 11 z\"' C~ - \"' ~.: *U)* \"' < ~ *¥* - 0 *C,* ~r-! 12 w*C,* >;'.\\_ >N< 0 ii(/) ...,~ 13 :::50 o~X ::Q~ ;g 6: *Q~* w OQ t:g 14 0(/) ::i \"' *U)* ~~~ -c-, *C, C,* er: *'O* 15 <1-< <- c,;.:i >\"' µ,O ~o ...,~ 16 :::>~ ::i .. o\"' \"'z ;>-< I- 0 Ul er: ;i:: 17 ...l <~ ...l 0-, ..., ;:;;w 0 < I-\n\n> *ui* 0\n\n> > 748990\n\n28\n\nPage **14 of 21**\n\n111. Nevertheless, Cheng and Yong began a concerted campaign to defame and\n\n112. On or about July 16, 2018, Cheng, with malicious intent and knowing it to be\n\nimpugn Guo' s reputation. This course of conduct is similar to the strategy and techniques\n\nfalse, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, published the following on\n\n22\n\nTwitter: \"Guo and [China's President] Xi have made a huge deal and this makes Guo unlike any other business man. His huge fortune is all the result of collusion and extortion together with the CCP. He has made a massive deal with Xi, but this time the price of this sacrifice is paid with\n\n**Cheng and Yong's Campaign of Defamation**\n\nutilized by the CCP's \"50 Cent Army\". 19\n\n\"' 10 :': the lives and property of 1.4 billion people.\"20 113. On or about July 18, 2018, Cheng, with malicious intent and knowing it to be false, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, published the following on Twitter: \"Guo is a swindler who deceives and defrauds. Despite so many lawsuits against him,\n\nGuo grows more reckless. He has no respect of the laws in the Western civilized countries, so one can only imagine how he has behaved in China.\"21\n\n\"' \"' 19 114. On or about July 18, 2018, Cheng, with malicious intent and knowing it to be false, or, with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, published the following on Twitter: \"Guo fears nothing, he continues to fabricate an abundance of shameless lies. This is the greatest humiliation that must be faced by Chinese people living abroad.\"22\n\n20 21 22 115. On or about July 18, 2018, Cheng, with malicious intent and knowing it to be false, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, published the following on Twitter: \"Ifwe can't deal with Guo the swindler, how can we overthrow the evil CCP?\"23\n\n23 24 25 116. On or about July 21, 2018, Cheng, with malicious intent and knowing it to be false, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, published the following on Twitter: \"Guo confused a group of people, cheated on another group, attacked and intimidated\n\n-\n-\n\n*u;* 0\n\nC,\n\n1\n\n2\n\n3\n\n4\n\n5\n\n6\n\n7\n\n8\n\n9\n\n26 19*See* http 20 See http 21 *See* http 964526/status/1019585526108545024?s=2 l. 22 *See* http 1964526/status/10 l 9778829340954625?s=21. 23 *See* http l.\n\n27\n\n#### Case 22-50073 Doc 474-1 Filed 06/20/22 Entered 06/20/22 13:31:16 Page 17 of\n\n22\n\n1 2 3 yet other people. He also seriously divided people, causing them to harm each other. In a short period of time, the overseas Chinese democracy movement has been completely ruined and completely lost its effectiveness.\"24\n\n4 5 6 7 8 9 117. On or about July 21, 2018, Cheng, with malicious intent and knowing it to be false, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, published the following on Twitter: \"Guo deliberately forged a great number of vulgar lies and continues to make enemies. His purpose is to divert people's attention, divide and weaken the effectiveness of the Chinese democracy movement, in order to achieve the CCP' s goal of maintaining an illusion of stability amongst Chinese people overseas.\"25\n\n'-'\"' .,.. 10 118. On or about August 13, 2018, Yong, with malicious intent and knowing it to be false, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, published the following on Twitter: \"This is the web address to use to report Guo to US Attorney Jeff Sessions. Reporting him for using the CCP to fight against the klepocrats within the Chinese Communist Party, and using the CCP to achieve his so-called Himalaya. Please also report him for repeatedly falsely claiming in public that he is a US Citizen. Let's report him together and send him to Herran Zhengzhou prison to get his so-called Himalaya.\"26\n\n\"' 19 20 119. On or about August 14, 2018, Yong, with malicious intent and knowing it to be false, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, published the following on Twitter: \"Guo, the rapist, is currently the biggest roadblock and threat to the Chinese democracy and freedom movement.\" 27\n\n21 22 23 24 25 120. On or about August 14, 2018, Yong, with malicious intent and knowing it to be false, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, published the following on Twitter: \"Can't you see that the very people who have been criticized by Guo have actually been promoted (like Fu, Meng, and Hang)? Whoever he has praised has fallen from grace. All he does is boast, curse, and swear endlessly. From Fenshui to the Singapore model, from\n\n26\n\n27\n\n28\n\n- 26*See* http\n- 27*See* http\n\n0 «)\n\n24*See* http 020890882 l 68328 l 92?s=l2.\n\n25*See* http\n\n#### Case 22-50073 Doc 474-1 Filed 06/20/22 Entered 06/20/22 13:31:16 Page 18 of\n\n22\n\noverestimate his ability.\"28 121. On or about August 14, 2018, Yong, with malicious intent and knowing it to be false, or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, published the following on\n\nTwitter: \"Do you still have any doubts? [Guo] is a gay man with a worm like dick, and likes to wear stockings and be buggered. In order to get the American Green Card he came out of the closet together with his famous American lawyer. He has a man's body, but with a woman's sensitive heart. You tell me, is he a man, or a woman?\"29\n\nrighteousness to using the CCP to reach his so-called Himalaya ... through all this nonsense, all\n\nhe really wants is to protect his own money and life, nothing great about it. We should not\n\n\"' -.,- 10 co °' 122. Each of the statements made by Defendants Cheng and Yong, and possibly additional statements that Guo is currently not aware of, are false and were made with actual malice, with knowledge of its falsity and/or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, and Guo' s reputation has been harmed as a result.\n\n123. All of the above-referenced statements by Cheng and Yong, published on Twitter, are false and made with the purpose of destroying Guo' s personal and professional reputation.\n\n124. The above-referenced defamatory statements have harmed Guo. On information and belief, hundreds of thousands of people have viewed these false and defamatory statements and, thus, have been misled about Guo and been given a falsely unfavorable view of Guo.\n\n\"' \"' 19 20 21 125. Cheng and Yong published the above referenced defamatory statements with the purpose of harming Guo' s reputation, both within the Chinese activist community and in society at large and causing Guo (and his family) severe emotional distress and fear for their safety.\n\n#### **FIRST CLAIM FOR RELIEF (DEFAMATION)**\n\n126. The allegations contained in paragraphs \"1\" through \"125\" are hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.\n\n28*See* http 29*See* http 029570349866790913.\n\n748990\n\n\"' • C 3 ~ ~ . \" ,><'1-1 l'.i *V)* 0 ~~ /'\\~·' 1--< or'll' QVl ~~ <;... c,;...i iZO ::>~ >, ~ ..-l ..-l 0 > Zvi 11 -\"' *U\")\"'* <<-;- 0\"' 12 \"' >;'. \"' VJN \"' \"'0 ...., c:: 16 ;:J .• o\"' \"'6 ~:,: < t;; 17 P. ...., ::;, \"' < 1-- 18~\n\nu:i 0\n\n22\n\n23\n\n24\n\n25\n\n26\n\n27\n\n28\n\n1\n\n2\n\n3\n\n4\n\n5\n\n6\n\n7\n\n8\n\n9\n\nw\n\ni-.\n\n**Page17of21**\n\n1 2 3 127. Defendants published the above-listed false, malicious, defamatory, and materially misleading statements regarding Plaintiff on Twitter, a public forum where Defendants have thousands of followers.\n\n5 128. Upon information and belief, Defendants knew of the falsity of these statements at the time they made them or were reckless and indifferent as to the falsity of these statements.\n\n129. Upon information and belief, Defendants made these knowingly false statements with actual malice, hatred, and personal animosity towards Plaintiff, with the intention of damaging Plaintiff's reputation.\n\n9 \"' .... 10 130. Defendants' false statements constitute common law libel, slander, and defamation against Plaintiff, entitling Plaintiff to exemplary damages.\n\n#### **SECOND CLAIM FOR RELIEF (DEFAMATION PER SE)**\n\n131. The allegations contained in paragraphs \"l\" through \"130\" are hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.\n\n132. Cheng's false statements that, *inter alia,* Plaintiff is a fraudster, a forger, a swindler, a \"fabricator of shameless lies\", as well as Cheng's false statement that Plaintiff is guilty of collusion and extortion, are statements that charge Plaintiff with underhanded dealings and incapacity. Cheng's statements involve the imputation of both a crime and Plaintiffs lack of fitness in his trade, profession, or business.\n\n133. Yong's false statements that, *inter alia,* Plaintiff is a rapist and a homosexual, as well as Yong's false statements regarding Plaintiff's penchant for engaging in sexual conduct with members of the same sex, involve the imputation of a crime and a want of chastity and expose Plaintiff to public hatred, contempt or ridicule.\n\n134. Defendants' statements enumerated herein are false and were false at the time they were made.\n\n26 28 135. Upon information and belief, Defendants knew of the falsity of their statements at the time they were made or were reckless and indifferent as to the falsity of these statements at the time they made them.\n\n0\n\n\"' \"' 19\n\n20\n\n21\n\n22\n\n23\n\n24\n\n25\n\n4\n\n6\n\n7\n\n1 2 3 136. Upon information and belief, Defendants made these knowingly false statements with actual malice, hatred, and personal animosity towards Plaintiff, with the intention of damaging Plaintiffs reputation.\n\n4 5 137. The injurious character of Defendants' false statements is a self-evident fact of common knowledge which need not be pleaded or proved.\n\n6 7 138. As such, Defendants' false statements are actionable without proof of special damage.\n\n#### **TIDRD CLAIM FOR RELIEF (INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS)**\n\n139. The allegations contained in paragraphs \"1\" through \"138\" are hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.\n\n140. Cheng's false statements that, *inter alia,* Plaintiff is a fraudster, a forger, a swindler, a \"fabricator of shameless lies\", as well as Cheng's false statement that Plaintiff is guilty of collusion and extortion, were made intentionally with a desire to harm Plaintiff.\n\n141. Yong's false statements that, *inter alia,* Plaintiff is a rapist and a homosexual, as well as Yong's false statements regarding Plaintiffs penchant for engaging in sexual conduct with members of the same sex, were made intentionally with a desire to harm Plaintiff\n\n18 19 142. Defendants' making these statements, both the statements themselves and the manner by which Defendants broadly disseminated these statements, to thousands of people, was extreme and outrageous.\n\n143. As a result of Defendants' past and continuing wrongful acts, including those enumerated herein, Plaintiff has suffered severe emotional distress.\n\n21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Ill Ill II I II *I* II *I* II I\n\n748990\n\n28\n\n0 \"' \"' \"'\n\n\"' ..,. *°'* ~ 00 >- > • z.,, *C*~ 8\n\n9\n\n10\n\n11\n\n12\n\n13\n\n14\n\n15\n\n16\n\n17\n\n| | | Case 22-50073 | Doc 474-1
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Attorneys for Plaintiff | |\n| | 23 | | | | |\n| | 24 | | | | |\n| | 25 | | | | |\n| | 26 | | | | |\n| | 27 | | | | |\n| 748990 | 28 | | | | |\n| | | | | | Page 20 of 21 |\n\n| | 22 |\n|--|----|\n| | |\n\n| | 1 | CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE |\n|--------------|----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| | 2 | |\n| | 3 | I hereby certify that I am employed in the County of Clark, State of Nevada, am over the |\n| | 4 | age of 18 years and not a party to this action. My business address is Jolley Urga Woodbury |\n| | 5 | Holthus & Rose, 330 S. Rampart Blvd., Ste. 380, Las Vegas, Nevada 89145. |\n| | 6 | On the 18th day of April, 2019, I served the foregoing SECOND AMENDED |\n| | 7 | COMPLAINT in this action or proceeding electronically with the Clerk of the Court via the |\n| | 8 | Odyssey E-File and Serve System, which will cause this document to be served upon the |\n| | 9 | following counsel of record: |\n| | 10 | R. Duane Frizell, Esq |\n| | 11 | Frizell Law Firm
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Shuiyan (Logan) Cheng |\n| | 14 | |\n| | 15 | I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct, and that I |\n| | 16 | executed this Certificate of Service on April 18, 2019 at Las Vegas, Nevada. |\n| | 17 | |\n| | 18 | |\n| | 19 | An Emploee
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HOLTHUS & ROSE |\n| | 20 | |\n| | 21 | |\n| | 22 | |\n| | 23 | |\n| | 24 | |\n| | 25 | |\n| | 26 | |\n| | 27 | |\n| | 28 | |\n| 748990 | | |\n\nvi 0 \"' \"'\n\nPage **21 of 21**","body_zh":"证物1\n\n第二次修正起诉状\n\nGuo v. Cheng，内华达州克拉克县第八司法区法院\n\n案号：22-50073\n文件编号：474-1\n提交日期：06/20/22　录入日期：06/20/22 13:31:16\n\n电子提交\n4/18/2019 2:28 PM\n\nSteven D. Grierson\n法院书记官\nSACOM\nL. Christopher Rose，律师\n内华达州律师执照编号：\n\nlcr@juwlaw.com\nMichael R. Ernst，律师\n内华达州律师执照编号：\n\nmre@juwlaw.com\nJOLLEY URGA WOODBURY HOLTHUS & ROSE 律师事务所\nS. Rampart Blvd., Suite\nLas Vegas, Nevada\n\n原告代理律师\n\n地区法院\n\n内华达州克拉克县\n\nWENGUI GUO（郭文贵），又名 MILES KWOK（郭文贵），　案号 A-18-779172-C\n　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　部门编号：\n\n原告，\n\n诉　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　第二次修正起诉状\n\nLOGAN CHENG（罗根·程），原名 SHUIYAN CHENG（程水燕）；\nFANG YONG（方勇），又名 MA KE（马克），　　　　　仲裁豁免：争议金额\n　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　超过 $50,000\n\n被告。\n\n原告 Wengui Guo（郭文贵）通过其代理律师 Jolley Urga Woodbury Holthus & Rose 律师事务所，就其针对被告 Logan Cheng（罗根·程）及 Fang Yong（方勇）的起诉状，特此主张并陈述如下：\n\n案件陈述\n\n1. 原告提起本诉，系因被告就原告作出的虚假、误导性、贬损性、诽谤性及具有身体威胁性质的陈述。\n\n当事人\n\n2. 原告 Wengui Guo（郭文贵），又名 Miles Kwok（郭文贵）（以下称“Guo”或“原告”），现为且在与本案相关的所有期间内均为居住于纽约州纽约市的成年居民。\n\n3. 被告 Logan Cheng（罗根·程），原名 Shuiyan Cheng（程水燕）（以下称“Cheng”），现为且在与本案相关的所有期间内均为内华达州的成年居民。\n\n第1页，共21页\n\n4. 被告 Fang Yong（方勇），又名 Ma Ke（马克）（以下称“Yong”），现为且在与本案相关的所有期间内均为内华达州的成年居民。\n\n事实背景\n\n5. 原告 Guo 是一名居住于纽约州纽约市 781 Fifth Avenue 的中国政治异议人士。自 2015 年初以来，原告经常在 YouTube 和 Twitter 上谈论中国政治及人权问题。\n\n6. Guo 是利用 YouTube 和 Twitter 为中国的法治、人权、自由和民主而斗争的先驱。Guo 揭露了中国共产党（“CCP”）、多名中国政府高级官员及其家庭成员中普遍存在的腐败问题。\n\n7. Guo 的吹哨人行动对中国共产党的国际形象和信誉产生了前所未有的影响。Guo 的披露不仅显示了中国人民在盗贼统治下遭受酷刑的方式，也显示了当前中国民主和法治发展的不利环境。\n\n8. Guo 的 Twitter 账户 @KwokMiles 目前约有 475,000 名关注者。他在所有中国 Twitter 用户中拥有最多的支持者。Guo 经常使用该账户与其他中国异议人士互动。\n\n9. 在中国共产党过去 70 年的统治中，Guo 是唯一一名凭一己之力挑战 CCP 并揭露 CCP 在美国及其他国家建立情报网络的人。\n\n10. Guo 揭露了中国在美国及西方国家的文化、政治、经济和情报渗透程度，这在世界范围内引发强烈反应。Guo 是中国民主、自由和法治的真正倡导者。\n\n11. 被告 Cheng 亦向公众宣称自己是一名中国亲民主活动人士。Cheng 的 Twitter 账户 @cheng1964526 约有 1,887 名关注者。\n\n第2页，共21页\n\n12. 根据所知及相信，Cheng 运营 YouTube 频道 El E!:p=p§fil;z~~'，其译为“自由中国之声”（以下称“自由中国”）。自由中国约有 30,000 名订阅者。\n\n13. 根据所知及相信，Cheng 还运营自由中国的 Twitter 账户 @freechinatv，该账户约有 5,234 名关注者。\n\n14. 与 Cheng 一样，被告 Yong 亦向公众宣称自己是一名中国亲民主活动人士。Yong 的 Twitter 账户 @Marco201109 约有 10,000 名关注者。\n\n15. 如本诉状下文所述，被告使用（并持续使用）其 Twitter 账户，向被告的关注者发布有关 Guo 的虚假、误导性、贬损性及诽谤性陈述；随后，被告的关注者系统性地将该等陈述“转推”数万次，加剧并扩大了对 Guo 及其家人的损害。\n\n16. 被告的推文已导致原告及其家人遭受重大精神痛苦及经济损失。\n\n17. 具体而言，自 2018 年 7 月前后至今，Cheng 通过其 Twitter 账户及向第三方发表公开评论，虚假且恶意地指称 Guo 实施了欺诈、间谍活动、洗钱、伪造及恐吓，并与中国国家主席相互勾结。\n\n18. 作为具体示例，于 2018 年 7 月 16 日前后，Cheng 出于恶意，明知该陈述为虚假，或者罔顾其是否虚假，在 Twitter 上发布如下内容：“Guo 和 [中国国家主席] Xi 达成了一项巨大的交易，这使得 Guo 与其他任何商人都不同。他的巨额财富全都是与 CCP 勾结和勒索的结果。他与 Xi 达成了一项重大交易，但这一次，这种牺牲的代价是由 14 亿人的生命和财产来支付的。”2\n\n19. 于 2018 年 7 月 18 日前后，Cheng 出于恶意，明知该陈述为虚假，或者罔顾其是否虚假，在 Twitter 上发布如下内容：“Guo 是一个欺骗和诈骗他人的骗子。尽管有如此多针对他的诉讼，Guo 却愈发肆无忌惮。他不尊重西方文明国家的法律，因此，人们只能想象他在中国的行为。”3\n\n20. 于 2018 年 7 月 18 日前后，Cheng 出于恶意，明知该陈述为虚假，或者罔顾其是否虚假，在 Twitter 上发布如下内容：“Guo 无所畏惧，他继续编造大量无耻的谎言。这是生活在海外的中国人必须面对的最大耻辱。”4\n\n21. 于 2018 年 7 月 18 日前后，Cheng 出于恶意，明知该陈述为虚假，或者罔顾其是否虚假，在 Twitter 上发布如下内容：“如果我们无法对付骗子 Guo，我们又如何能够推翻邪恶的 CCP？”5\n\n22. 于 2018 年 7 月 21 日前后，Cheng 出于恶意，明知该陈述为虚假，或者罔顾其是否虚假，在 Twitter 上发布如下内容：“Guo 使一群人困惑，欺骗了另一群人，攻击和恐吓了其他人。他还严重分化人们，致使他们相互伤害。在短时间内，海外华人民主运动已被彻底毁坏，并完全失去了效力。”6\n\n23. 于 2018 年 7 月 21 日前后，Cheng 出于恶意，明知该陈述为虚假，或者罔顾其是否虚假，发表如下陈述：“Guo 故意伪造了大量低俗谎言，并继续树敌。他的目的是转移人们的注意力，分化并削弱中国民主运动的效力，以实现 CCP 在海外华人中维持稳定假象的目标。”7\n\n24. 此外，自 2018 年 8 月 13 日至今，Yong 通过其 Twitter 账户及向第三方发表公开评论，虚假且恶意地将 Guo 描述为强奸犯，并虚假且恶意地就 Guo 的性取向和性偏好等事项发表陈述。\n\n25. 作为具体示例，于 2018 年 8 月 13 日前后，Yong 出于恶意，明知该陈述为虚假，或者罔顾其是否虚假，在 Twitter 上发布如下内容：“这是用于向美国司法部长 Jeff Sessions 举报 Guo 的网址。举报他利用 CCP 对抗中国共产党内部的盗贼统治者，并利用 CCP 实现其所谓的喜马拉雅。还请举报他多次公开虚假声称其为美国公民。让我们一起举报他，并把他送到郑州海然监狱，让他得到其所谓的喜马拉雅。”8\n\n26. 于 2018 年 8 月 14 日前后，Yong 出于恶意，明知该陈述为虚假，或者罔顾其是否虚假，在 Twitter 上发布如下内容：“强奸犯 Guo 目前是中国民主和自由运动的最大障碍和威胁。”9\n\n27. 于 2018 年 8 月 14 日前后，Yong 出于恶意，明知该陈述为虚假，或者罔顾其是否虚假，在 Twitter 上发布如下内容：“你看不出那些受到 Guo 批评的人实际上都获得了提拔吗（如 Fu、Meng 和 Hang）？凡是他称赞的人都失势了。他所做的只是无休止地吹嘘、咒骂和说脏话。从汾水到新加坡模式，从正义到利用 CCP 实现其所谓的喜马拉雅……在所有这些胡言乱语中，他真正想要的只是保护自己的金钱和生命，并没有什么伟大之处。我们不应高估他的能力。”10\n\n28. 于 2018 年 8 月 14 日前后，Yong 出于恶意，明知该陈述为虚假，或者罔顾其是否虚假，在 Twitter 上发布如下内容：“你仍有任何怀疑吗？[Guo] 是一名同性恋男子，阴茎像虫子一样，并且喜欢穿丝袜和被鸡奸。为了获得美国绿卡，他与其著名的美国律师一同公开出柜。他有男性的身体，却有女性敏感的心。你告诉我，他是男人，还是女人？”11\n\n29. Cheng 和 Yong 针对 Guo 的行为强化了 CCP 对 Guo 进行的官方宣传和虚假指控。\n\n30. 被告的行为类似于 CCP 被指控使用的“超限战”。\n\n31. 被告的行为已对 Guo 的身心健康、其商业及家庭关系，以及其在社区中的声誉和地位构成严重威胁。\n\n32. 被告诽谤性和恶意的 Twitter 帖文仍在社交媒体平台上处于活跃状态，因此仍可供公众查阅。因此，被告对 Guo 的诽谤仍在持续。\n\n33. 被告人在 Twitter 上发布的虚假、诽谤性及恶意帖文已经并将继续损害 Guo（郭文贵）的声誉。由于被告人的行为，Guo 已经并将继续遭受重大且不可弥补的损害。\n\nGuo 的童年\n\n34. 原告 Guo 在中国东北地区贫困地长大；其父母在文化大革命期间被 CCP（中国共产党）流放至该地。\n\n35. 由于其在文化大革命期间的经历，Guo 在少年时期便反对共产主义和霸权主义制度。\n\n36. 在 Guo 的整个童年时期，Guo、其七个兄弟及其父母一直生活在严酷、艰苦、寒冷且不公正的社会和政治环境中。\n\n37. Guo 的童年生活条件极其严酷，以至于他年幼时一旦看不见母亲，便经常到公共水井旁寻找她，因为他认为自己必须确保母亲不会跳井自杀，以结束持续不断的苦难。\n\n38. 十几岁时，Guo 开始经商。他从中学辍学，专注于销售牛仔裤、收音机及其他电子产品。他将收入用于帮助像他一样的穷人，并改善其家庭的生活条件。\n\n39. 由于其家庭极度贫困以及他早熟的心智，Guo 反对传统封建婚姻，并更加重视家庭价值观。\n\n40. Guo 于 1985 年认识其妻，并与其私奔结婚。他们恩爱结婚已有 33 年，至今仍维持婚姻关系。他们育有一子一女。\n\n41. 考虑到中国改革开放后数十年间的经济和政治条件，从如此卑微的起点达到这一成功程度，在当时所有成功企业家中都是罕见成就。\n\n42. Guo 与其妻结婚时，中国完全处于 CCP 的控制之下，且不允许私营企业存在。Guo 持续艰难地为家人提供食物、衣物和住所，因此他珍视贫困者和受压迫者，并理解他们的生活。他对 CCP 的专制制度和一党制度愈发不满。尽管处境艰难，Guo 仍作为企业家不懈努力，最终积累财富并取得巨大成功。\n\n43. 1989 年 5 月 26 日，在天安门广场大屠杀期间，Guo 因出售其进口摩托车，并将出售所得的大部分款项（RMB3,600, about US$500）在不同地点捐赠给抗议学生，而被逮捕并入狱两年。警方得知 Guo 所为后，以“商业欺诈”和“非法经营”罪名逮捕他，并将其监禁两年（1989 -1991）。\n\n44. 在其被监禁期间，他与许多支持民主的活动人士和政治异见人士同监，彼时他开始了反对 CCP 专制政权的人生。\n\n45. 在 1989 年 5 月 26 日的逮捕行动中，两名醉酒警察突袭 Guo 的办公室，并直接向其年轻妻子开枪；当时其妻正抱着他们当时三个月大的女婴。Guo 的弟弟，即家中第八个儿子，试图保护 Guo 的妻子和女儿，并在冲突中两次中枪。\n\n46. Guo 受伤的弟弟随后被紧急送往医院，但向其开枪的警察指示医生拒绝向他提供任何医疗救治，并锁上了门。\n\n47. 因此，Guo 的弟弟当时距离 18 岁生日尚差一周，于两日后因枪伤导致失血死亡。\n\n48. 该事件加深了 Guo 对专制政权和社会不平等的蔑视，并强化了其认为中国需要民主、法治和自由的信念。\n\n49. 该事件也是 29 年后促使 Guo 为法治、民主和自由而反对专制的动力。\n\n50. 由于这些悲剧事件——所有事件均源于他对天安门广场抗议者作出的慈善且无私的捐赠——Guo 誓言成为反对中国盗贼统治的坚定勇敢倡导者。\n\n51. 在两年监禁期间，Guo 结识了被囚禁的支持民主活动人士，他们向他传授宗教、法治和民主知识，并计划获得强大的经济能力以报答父母。他还希望成为某一领域有影响力的人。\n\n52. 根据其计划，在确保父母福祉并看到子女成年后，Guo 将开始为法治、民主和自由而斗争。\n\nGuo 的家庭\n\n53. 如上所述，Guo 与其妻结婚时，他 15 岁，其妻 14 岁。33 多年后的今天，他们仍维持婚姻关系。\n\n54. Guo 在 16 岁时成为一名儿子的父亲。Guo 的儿子现为一名极具才华且成功的投资者。\n\n55. Guo 在 18 岁时成为一名女儿的父亲。Guo 的女儿与其父母居住在 New York City（纽约市）。她毕业于 New York University（纽约大学），现为一名有才华的电影导演。\n\n56. Guo 的女儿曾在中国大陆担任 Yimou Zhang（张艺谋）先生的副导演。张先生执导过多部获得国际赞誉的电影，包括在西方广受好评的《Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon（卧虎藏龙）》。Guo 的女儿还执导了数部与公共福利议题有关的短片。\n\n57. Guo 的父母已八十多岁，仍居住在中国。由于 Guo 的举报和政治倡导，他们经常受到 CCP 的威胁、迫害和恐吓。\n\n58. Guo 的父母（以及事实上所有仍留在中国的 Guo 家庭成员）也受到由来自警察、CCDI（中国共产党中央纪律检查委员会）和 State Security Department（国家安全部）的数千名成员组成的特别工作组控制。\n\n59. 由于 Guo 的举报和倡导，其两名兄弟目前被监禁在中国。\n\n60. 由于 Guo 反对 CCP 政权、指控 CCP 高级官员腐败，以及揭露藏匿于美国和西方其他地区的中国情报人员，Guo 的 18 名家庭成员，包括其兄弟、姻亲兄弟、妻子和女儿，曾在不同时间被 CCP 拘留。\n\n61. Guo 的两名兄弟和一名侄女分别被判处三年、三年五个月和两年六个月监禁。\n\n62. 许多仍留在中国大陆的 Guo 家庭成员一直并仍然受到特别工作组的拘留、酷刑、讯问和监控。\n\n63. 由于 CCP 的压迫和骚扰，Guo 的许多家庭成员患有抑郁症并有自杀倾向。\n\n64. Guo 的许多同事已失踪且杳无踪迹。\n\n65. 自其流亡以来，CCP 已没收 Guo 及其家庭拥有的数十亿现金和资产。\n\nGuo 的商业活动\n\n66. 在整个 1990 年代和 2000 年代，Guo（及其家庭成员）参与了中国大陆的房地产业。Guo 及其家人设立了多个高端商业项目，其中包括 Herran Yuda、Pangu Plaza（北京奥运区域内唯一的私有商业综合体）和 Zenith Plaza。Guo 将其在这些项目及其他项目中的成功归功于其在监禁期间的精神和文化成长，以及其改革中国政治和经济制度的坚定意志。\n\n67. 然而最终，Guo 对中国整个行业的腐败程度感到厌恶，宣布撤出其家族的全部房地产投资，转而寻求投资于中国证券和金融领域。\n\n68. 在 Guo 作为房地产开发商的整个职业生涯中，其家人从未从中国政府取得过任何一块土地。Guo 的开发项目仅使用私人土地和集体所有土地。\n\n69. 事实上，Guo 是一名正直诚实的人，始终准备为中国的法治、民主和自由而斗争。这也是 Guo 自 2015 年由特别工作组——该工作组由来自 CCDI、Ministry of State Security（国家安全部）和中国警察的数千名成员组成——逮捕其家庭成员和同事以来，长期遭受毫无根据的调查却未被认定犯有任何罪行的根本原因。中国特别工作组逮捕了数百名在 Guo 家族企业工作的员工以及 Guo 的 18 名家庭成员。\n\n70. CCP 还对 Guo 及 Guo 家族众多员工的行动自由权施加限制。\n\n71. 此外，特别工作组对 Guo 进行了无数次调查，但没有一次形成任何有关 Guo 犯罪行为的可信证据。简言之，几乎毫无疑问，中国政府担心 Guo 披露其高级领导人的腐败。因此，中国政府作出了一系列企图贿赂、胁迫和追捕 Guo 的行为。\n\n72. 中国政府还利用其海外情报网络，以空前规模诋毁 Guo 并威胁其人身安全。\n\n73. 本文所称 Cheng 的行为与中国政府诋毁 Guo 的行动一致。\n\n74. 自中华人民共和国成立以来，Guo 已成为中国首要的政治异见人士，是在挑战中国政治制度以及针对中国高级领导人腐败采取行动方面最具影响力和最有效的人士之一。\n\nGuo 作为杰出举报人和腐败批评者的崛起\n\n75. 由于特殊的政治条件，中国政府通常控制、监督并威胁所有大型企业。Guo 的家族企业也受到监督，并被认为可能成为中国国家安全部用于国际事务的一枚潜在棋子。\n\n76. 2006 年，Guo 的家族企业遭到北京市前副市长 Liu Zhihua（刘志华）的敲诈。Guo 向警方举报后，受到当时的国家安全部副部长 Ma Jian（马建）控制，并与其成为朋友。\n\n77. 大约在 2014 年 12 月，CCP 通过 Bruno Wu Zheng（吴征，“Wu”）致电 Guo。\n\n78. Wu 要求 Guo 与 CCP 合作，服从其要求，并停止披露共产党高级官员腐败的信息。\n\n79. 在数次行贿、威胁和追捕 Guo（郭）未果后，Wu（吴）指示 CCDI（中国共产党中央纪律检查委员会）和 Special Task Force（特别工作组）要求 Guo 与中国合作，并交出他们认为 Guo 掌握的、显示高级领导人（包括 Wang Qishan（王岐山）、Meng Jianzhu（孟建柱）等人）腐败情况的证据。\n\n80. 作为交换，Wu 向 Guo 承诺如下：a. 中国共产党（CCP）不会没收 Guo 的任何资产或财产；b. Guo 及其家人的所有特权将获恢复；c. Ma Jian（马建）不会被逮捕；d. Guo 的家人不会被逮捕；以及 e. Guo 不会受到人身威胁或被杀害。Guo 必须同意合作，并将该等信息交给共产党。此外，Guo 不得反共或反对国家。\n\n81. Guo 拒绝接受 Wu 的提议，这导致自 2015 年起对 Guo 及其家人的迫害。\n\n82. 因此，CCP 没收了 Guo 家族数十亿美元的资产，对 Guo 的 18 名家人进行了讯问并予以逮捕，并逮捕或拘留了其数百名同事。Guo 的许多同事被限制离开中国。\n\n83. 作为 Guo 举报行动的一部分，他披露了 Hainan Group（HNA，海航集团）的腐败情况，该情况被世界各地媒体广泛报道。Guo 披露的信息被证明是真实的。\n\n84. Guo 还披露了 Wang Qishan 和 Meng Jianzhu 的腐败情况；二人是中国最有权势的人物之一。其主张再次被证明是真实的。\n\n85. Guo 被 CCP 视为对中国政权最危险的挑战者之一。\n\n86. Guo 的举报被视为自 Tiananmen Square Massacre（天安门广场大屠杀）以来中国最大的政治事件之一。\n\n87. 尽管 Guo 的言论（以及为支持 Guo 而发表的言论）经常遭到 CCP 审查，Guo 仍获得中国大陆数百万人的支持。\n\n88. 由于 Guo 的举报行动，中国封锁了几乎所有社交媒体平台，以防止 Guo 作出进一步披露，并防止其此前披露的真相在中国为人所知。\n\n89. Guo 也获得许多中国境外人士的支持。2017 年 5 月，Guo 的 Twitter（推特）账户获得超过 3.8 million 次展示。12\n\n90. 为了让 Guo 噤声，CCP 又作出一次努力：2017 年 5 月，CCP 派遣 Liu Yanping（刘彦平）及另外三名特工前往 New York City（纽约市）与 Guo 会谈。13 当时，Liu Yanping 为中国国家安全部纪律检查委员会书记。\n\n91. Guo 同样拒绝了这一威胁，转而披露 CCP 在美国广泛间谍网络的存在。14\n\n12 简而言之，在社交媒体语境中，“impressions（展示次数）”是用于衡量某一用户内容在另一用户账户上被展示次数的指标。一般而言，展示次数越多，受众越大。\n\n13 见 http>caper-worthy-of-spy-thriller-1508717977。\n\n14 见 htt officers/。\n\n92. CCP 派遣的四名官员（包括 Liu Yanping）的签证因其在美国的非法行为而被取消。其所有电子设备均在 JFK Airport（约翰·F·肯尼迪机场）离境大厅被美国执法机构带走。\n\n93. CCP 采取了另一种使 Guo 噤声的方法。CCP 通过 Interpol（国际刑警组织）签发了 2 份“Red Notices（红色通报）”。其中一份在 Guo 于 2017 年 4 月底接受 VOA（美国之音）直播采访前仅数小时签发；第二份在 Guo 于 2017 年 9 月披露 Wang Qishan 和 HNA 的情况之前签发。15 第二次采访的重点是揭露中国最有权势的官员之一 Wang Qishan 及其家人与 HNA 之间的腐败关联，其中涉及数万亿元人民币——中国的法定货币。\n\n94. 中国外交部对 VOA 采访的干预已成为国际媒体丑闻。CCP 通过签证等外交手段及其他非法手段（在美国动用其情报网络）命令突然终止 VOA 采访。16\n\n95. CCP 还针对 Guo 开展了一场前所未有的宣传运动。CCP 组建了一支由超过 10,000 人构成的团队，被称为“50-cent troll army（五毛水军）”。\n\n96. Guo 原定于 2017 年 10 月在 Hudson Institute（哈德逊研究所）出席的活动被临时推迟（据报道，该研究所受到 CCP 政府威胁）。\n\n97. 仅仅支持 Guo 在中国大陆就成为犯罪。据报道，Guo 的一名支持者 Dong Qi（董琦）因穿着印有 Guo 口号“Everything is just beginning（一切才刚刚开始）”的 T 恤而被逮捕并投入监狱。17 Guo 还获悉并相信，Guo 的许多追随者遭到讯问、限制、改造和恐吓。\n\n98. CCP 并未止步于此。根据所知信息及相信，Guo 先前的移民法律事务所 Clark Hill（克拉克·希尔律师事务所）因代理 Guo 而遭到中国黑客攻击。18\n\n15 见 http / oct/25/j eff-sessions-guo-wengui-deportation-to-china-woul/。\n\n16 见 http /www.wsj.com/articles/ chinese-govemments-battle-against- fugitive-guo-wengui-spills-intowashington-15 0726025 5。\n\n17 见 http。\n\n18 见 http /www.wsj.com/articles/ chinese-govemments-battle-against-fugitive-guo-wengui-spills-intowashington-1507260255。\n\n99. 根据所知信息及相信，Guo 的安保公司 T &M Protection（T &M Protection 安保公司）也遭到中国黑客攻击，这是一场前所未有的网络攻击。\n\n100. Guo 的个人手机、其家人、同事和朋友使用的手机，均遭受网络攻击、骚扰、威胁和侵害。\n\n101. CCP 相信 Guo 掌握有关 CCP 高级官员广泛腐败、谋杀、藏匿非法所得资金以及在西方建立间谍网络的证据。其将不惜一切代价让 Guo 噤声。\n\n102. 因此，根据所知信息及相信，中国政府派人请求美国政府将 Guo 遣返回国。迄今，美国政府已拒绝这些请求。\n\n103. 约在 2017 年 10 月、即中国第 19 次全国代表大会之前，Guo 的 Twitter、YouTube（优兔）和 Facebook（脸书）账户无故被暂停。这成为国际社交媒体界的一起重大事件。\n\n104. 与此同时，许多自称民主活动人士的人对 Guo 发起人身攻击和恐吓企图。近几个月来，中国当局发起了一场反 Guo 运动，涉及使用无限制战争和抹黑手段。\n\n105. 根据所知信息及相信，Cheng（程）和 Yong（勇）属于受中国政府资助、意图摧毁、诽谤及以其他方式反对 Guo 的活动人士。\n\n106. 无论 Cheng 或 Yong 是否为 CCP 受资助的活动人士，如本案所述 Cheng 和 Yong 关于 Guo 的陈述均为虚假且构成诽谤。\n\nCheng 和 Yong 的背景\n\n107. 被告 Cheng 向公众宣称自己是中国亲民主活动人士。Cheng 的 Twitter 账户 @cheng1964526 约有 1,887 名追随者。\n\n108. 根据所知信息及相信，Cheng 拥有和／或经营位于 325 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89169 的 Fortune Hotel & Suites（财富酒店及套房）（以下简称“Fortune Hotel”）。\n\n109. 根据所知信息及相信，Yong 居住在 Fortune Hotel，且 Yong 和 Cheng 相互认识。\n\n110. Cheng 和 Yong 均不认识 Guo 本人。\n\nCheng 和 Yong 的诽谤活动\n\n111. 尽管如此，Cheng 和 Yong 开始协调一致地开展诽谤及损害 Guo 名誉的活动。该行为方式类似于 CCP“50 Cent Army（五毛水军）”所使用的策略和手段。19\n\n112. 大约在 2018 年 7 月 16 日，Cheng 出于恶意，明知其为虚假，或不顾其是否虚假而轻率行事，在 Twitter 上发布如下内容：“Guo 和 [China's President] Xi（中国国家主席习近平）达成了一项巨大的交易，这使 Guo 与任何其他商人都不同。他的巨额财富全都是与 CCP 勾结并共同敲诈的结果。他与 Xi 达成了一项巨大的交易，但这一次，这种牺牲的代价由 1.4 billion 人的生命和财产承担。”20\n\n113. 大约在 2018 年 7 月 18 日，Cheng 出于恶意，明知其为虚假，或不顾其是否虚假而轻率行事，在 Twitter 上发布如下内容：“Guo 是一个欺骗和诈骗的骗子。尽管有如此多针对他的诉讼，Guo 仍愈发肆无忌惮。他不尊重西方文明国家的法律，因此人们只能想象他在中国是如何行事的。”21\n\n114. 大约在 2018 年 7 月 18 日，Cheng 出于恶意，明知其为虚假，或不顾其是否虚假而轻率行事，在 Twitter 上发布如下内容：“Guo 无所畏惧，他继续编造大量无耻谎言。这是海外华人必须面对的最大耻辱。”22\n\n115. 大约在 2018 年 7 月 18 日，Cheng 出于恶意，明知其为虚假，或不顾其是否虚假而轻率行事，在 Twitter 上发布如下内容：“如果我们无法对付骗子 Guo，我们又如何能够推翻邪恶的 CCP？”23\n\n116. 大约在 2018 年 7 月 21 日，Cheng 出于恶意，明知其为虚假，或不顾其是否虚假而轻率行事，在 Twitter 上发布如下内容：“Guo 迷惑了一群人，欺骗了另一群人，攻击并恐吓了另外一些人。他还严重分化人们，导致他们彼此伤害。在短时间内，海外华人民主运动已被彻底毁掉，并完全失去效力。”24\n\n117. 大约在 2018 年 7 月 21 日，Cheng 出于恶意，明知其为虚假，或不顾其是否虚假而轻率行事，在 Twitter 上发布如下内容：“Guo 故意伪造了大量粗俗谎言，并继续树敌。他的目的是转移人们的注意力，分化并削弱中国民主运动的效力，以实现 CCP 在海外华人中维持稳定假象的目标。”25\n\n118. 大约在 2018 年 8 月 13 日，Yong 出于恶意，明知其为虚假，或不顾其是否虚假而轻率行事，在 Twitter 上发布如下内容：“这是用于向美国司法部长 Jeff Sessions（杰夫·塞申斯）举报 Guo 的网址。举报他利用 CCP 打击中国共产党内部的盗贼统治者，并利用 CCP 实现他所谓的 Himalaya（喜马拉雅）。也请举报他反复在公开场合虚假宣称自己是美国公民。让我们一起举报他，把他送进 Herran Zhengzhou prison（郑州海然监狱），去实现他所谓的 Himalaya。”26\n\n119. 约于 2018年8月14日，Yong 怀有恶意，且明知该内容为虚假，或者鲁莽地不顾其是否虚假，在 Twitter 上发布了以下内容：“强奸犯郭文贵（Guo）目前是中国民主和自由运动最大的障碍和威胁。”27\n\n120. 约于 2018年8月14日，Yong 怀有恶意，且明知该内容为虚假，或者鲁莽地不顾其是否虚假，在 Twitter 上发布了以下内容：“难道你看不出来，恰恰是那些受到郭文贵批评的人实际上得到了提拔（如傅、孟和杭）吗？凡是他赞扬过的人都失势了。他所做的一切就是无休止地吹嘘、咒骂和发誓。从汾水到新加坡模式，从正义到利用中共实现他所谓的喜马拉雅……在所有这些无稽之谈中，他真正想要的只是保护自己的钱财和生命，并没有什么伟大之处。我们不应高估他的能力。”28\n\n121. 约于 2018年8月14日，Yong 怀有恶意，且明知该内容为虚假，或者鲁莽地不顾其是否虚假，在 Twitter 上发布了以下内容：“你还有任何疑问吗？[郭文贵] 是一名同性恋者，阴茎像虫子一样小，喜欢穿长袜并被鸡奸。为了获得美国绿卡，他与其著名的美国律师一同公开出柜。他有男人的身体，却有女人敏感的心。你告诉我，他是男人，还是女人？”29\n\n122. 被告 Cheng（程）和 Yong 所作的每一项陈述，以及郭文贵目前可能尚未知悉的其他陈述，均属虚假，且系以实际恶意作出，即明知其虚假和／或鲁莽地不顾其是否虚假；郭文贵的声誉因此受到损害。\n\n123. Cheng 和 Yong 在 Twitter 上发布的上述所有陈述均属虚假，且作出该等陈述的目的在于毁损郭文贵的个人和职业声誉。\n\n124. 上述诽谤性陈述已对郭文贵造成损害。根据所获信息及确信，数十万人已阅览这些虚假且诽谤性的陈述，因而对郭文贵产生误解，并对郭文贵形成虚假的负面看法。\n\n125. Cheng 和 Yong 发布上述诽谤性陈述，目的在于损害郭文贵在中国活动人士社群及整个社会中的声誉，并使郭文贵（及其家人）遭受严重精神痛苦和对自身安全的恐惧。\n\n第一项救济请求（诽谤）\n\n126. 兹通过援引将第“1”至“125”段所载的指控并入，如同在此完整载明。\n\n127. 被告在 Twitter——一个被告拥有数千名关注者的公共论坛——上发布了关于原告的上述虚假、恶意、诽谤性及实质性误导性陈述。\n\n128. 根据所获信息及确信，被告在作出该等陈述时知道其虚假，或者对该等陈述是否虚假鲁莽且漠不关心。\n\n129. 根据所获信息及确信，被告出于对原告的实际恶意、仇恨和个人敌意，故意作出这些虚假陈述，意图损害原告的声誉。\n\n130. 被告的虚假陈述构成对原告的普通法文字诽谤、口头诽谤及诽谤，使原告有权获得惩罚性赔偿。\n\n第二项救济请求（当然诽谤）\n\n131. 兹通过援引将第“1”至“130”段所载的指控并入，如同在此完整载明。\n\n132. Cheng 作出的虚假陈述，包括但不限于原告是骗子、伪造者、诈欺者、“无耻谎言的编造者”，以及 Cheng 关于原告犯有串通和敲诈罪的虚假陈述，均指称原告从事不正当交易并且无能力。Cheng 的陈述既归责原告犯有罪行，也归责原告不适合从事其行业、职业或业务。\n\n133. Yong 作出的虚假陈述，包括但不限于原告是强奸犯和同性恋者，以及 Yong 关于原告偏好与同性成员发生性行为的虚假陈述，均归责原告犯有罪行和不贞，并使原告遭受公众的憎恨、蔑视或嘲笑。\n\n134. 本文所列举的被告陈述均属虚假，且在作出时即属虚假。\n\n135. 根据所获信息及确信，被告在作出其陈述时知道其虚假，或者在作出该等陈述时对其是否虚假鲁莽且漠不关心。\n\n136. 根据所获信息及确信，被告出于对原告的实际恶意、仇恨和个人敌意，故意作出这些虚假陈述，意图损害原告的声誉。\n\n137. 被告虚假陈述的损害性质属于无需主张或证明的众所周知、自明的事实。\n\n138. 因此，被告的虚假陈述无需证明特别损害即可提起诉讼。\n\n第三项救济请求（故意造成精神痛苦）\n\n139. 兹通过援引将第“1”至“138”段所载的指控并入，如同在此完整载明。\n\n140. Cheng 作出的虚假陈述，包括但不限于原告是骗子、伪造者、诈欺者、“无耻谎言的编造者”，以及 Cheng 关于原告犯有串通和敲诈罪的虚假陈述，均系故意作出，意在损害原告。\n\n141. Yong 作出的虚假陈述，包括但不限于原告是强奸犯和同性恋者，以及 Yong 关于原告偏好与同性成员发生性行为的虚假陈述，均系故意作出，意在损害原告。\n\n142. 被告作出这些陈述的行为——包括该等陈述本身及被告向数千人广泛传播该等陈述的方式——属于极端和骇人听闻的行为。\n\n143. 由于被告过去及持续实施的不法行为，包括本文所列举的行为，原告已遭受严重精神痛苦。\n\n案号 22-50073　文件 474-1\n提交日期 06/20/22\n录入日期 06/20/22 13:31:16　第 21 页\n\n救济请求\n\n因此，原告请求法院作出有利于原告并不利于被告的判决如下：\n\n(a) 判给超过 $15,000.00 的金钱赔偿；\n\n(b) 判给足以惩罚并遏制本文所申诉行为的惩罚性赔偿；\n\n(c) 发布禁令，禁止被告及其各自的代理人、雇员、工作人员、高级职员和受让人，以及所有与被告积极协同或参与的人，进一步发表任何关于原告的虚假、恶意、诽谤性或实质性误导性评论；\n\n(d) 要求被告就所有关于郭文贵的陈述在社交媒体上公开道歉并撤回；\n\n(e) 判给本案律师费和诉讼费用；\n\n(f) 判给本文所判给全部金额的判决前及判决后利息；以及\n\n(g) 判给本院认为公正和适当的其他及进一步救济。\n\n日期：2019年4月 /k-}/4t 日。\n\nJOLLEY URGA WOODBURY HOLTHUS & ROSE\n\nL. CHRISTOPHER ROSE, ESQ.\n\nMICHAEL R. ERNST, ESQ.\n\n330 S. Rampart Boulevard, Suite 380\n\nLas Vegas, Nevada 89145\n\n原告代理律师\n\n送达证明\n\n本人特此证明，本人受雇于内华达州克拉克县，年满 18 岁，且并非本诉讼的当事人。本人营业地址为 Jolley Urga Woodbury Holthus & Rose, 330 S. Rampart Blvd., Ste. 380, Las Vegas, Nevada 89145。\n\n于 2019年4月18日，本人通过 Odyssey E-File and Serve System 向法院书记员以电子方式送达本诉讼或程序中的前述第二次修订起诉状，该系统将使本文件送达给以下登记在案的律师：\n\nR. Duane Frizell, Esq\n\nFrizell Law Firm\n\n400 N. Stephanie St., Suite 265\n\nHenderson, NV 89014\n\n被告 Shuiyan (Logan) Cheng 的代理律师\n\n本人在伪证罪处罚下证明，上述内容真实、准确；本人于 2019年4月18日在内华达州拉斯维加斯签署本送达证明。\n\n一名雇员\n\nJOLLEY URGA WOODBURY HOLTHUS & ROSE","key_entities":["Guo","CCP","Je","Himalaya","Kwok","Chinese Communist Party","CIPA"],"ecf_references":[],"word_count":8807,"status":"published","published_at":"2022-06-20 00:00:00","created_at":"2022-06-20","updated_at":"2026-08-23 21:16:16"}