Chinese actress that starred in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Memoirs of a Geisha” and “Rush Hour 2″ angrily denied selling herself for s*xual favors to a disgraced official of the ruling Chinese Communist Party for $1 million per night.
A story in the tabloids in Hong Kong newspaperApple Daily said Zhang Ziyi provided s*xual services in exchange for about $1 million U.S. dollars a night with former Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai and other customers.
The Apple Daily, the second most sold paper in Hong Kong and a frequent critic of the Chinese regime also claimed that Ziyi had earned $110 million over four years through prostitution.
Ziyi, whose absence from last week’s premiere in Cannes for her latest film, “Dangerous Liaisons” was reported by the news media, has issued a heated denial of the charges.
According to Apple Daily, the main client was Zhang Ziyi, Bo Xilai, who allegedly had s*x with her 11 times between 2007 and 2011. The report alleges Ziyi accumulated $110 million from these customers and more appointments arranged by a prominent billionaire businessman, Xu Ming.
On Tuesday, a law firm representing Hong Kong, Zhang Ziyi, dismissed the report.