Me! A disgraced celebrity! Starting by seeking justice for impoverished students.

With Tao Yi's explanation, Jiang Chen understood the whole story.

The process of this case was quite simple.

Tao Wanwan is currently a freshman at a university in Xuzhou. A month ago, while attending a department reunion, she was drugged by a male student, taken to a hotel, and then forced to have sex with him.

After Tao Yi learned about this, she immediately rushed to the school.

Naturally, they also sued the boy.

This is similar to cases where a woman is drugged and then forcibly assaulted; these are the types of cases where a lawsuit is almost always successful.

In these situations, women are at a disadvantage, especially when they are drunk and out of their mind.

As the perpetrator, the other party has absolutely no chance to deny it.

The case is also easy to handle.

However, for some reason...

Just in the last two days, Tao Wanwan suddenly signed a letter of criminal leniency with the other party.

Furthermore, the letter of understanding stated that she willingly initiated the relationship with the defendant and chose not to pursue legal action against him.

This puzzled Tao Yi, who was the younger sister-in-law.

She was clearly in such a state of emotional collapse at the time, so why did she completely recover in just a few days?

She even changed her story and said it was voluntary.

"Has Tao Wanwan been under your care since you began preparing to prosecute that boy?"

Jiang Chen frowned slightly, as if he had sensed something was wrong.

"We visit her most of the time, but because of this incident, she doesn't want to have much contact with other people."

Tao Yi shook her head.

"Recently, we applied for leave for her studies, and she is staying in a hotel by herself."

"If we get hungry, we can order takeout ourselves. We can only go to the hotel to see her with her permission."

Hearing this, Jiang Chen nodded, seemingly lost in thought.

Then, he looked at Tao Yi.

"So... how has she been these past few days?"

Tao Yi shook her head: "No, it's always been bad!"

"Every time I went to see her at the hotel, she was hiding under the covers by herself and looked listless."

When asked how she had been spending her days, she said she had been playing games and watching videos.

Jiang Chen took a deep breath, his eyes showing a hint of seriousness.

"This is probably a post-traumatic stress disorder; he can only do other things to distract himself."

Clearly, Jiang Chen's analysis was correct.

Viewers in the live stream couldn't hold back any longer and began to condemn the situation.

Holy crap, how could a young girl possibly sign a letter of understanding after suffering such deep psychological trauma?!

There's definitely something fishy going on here. The victim has been alone in the hotel these past few days; who knows if the assailant might come over!

[It sounds utterly hopeless; a young girl has already suffered this kind of persecution, even constant harassment!]

[Damn it, let's open an account for that kid now and get that helpful guy to crack his skull open!]

Calm down! Cracking someone's head open is illegal!

How heartbroken would the victim's parents be if they were still alive and knew what had happened?

"Attorney Jiang, we had already hired a defense lawyer and collected enough evidence to put that boy in jail for several years!"

"But for some reason, Wanwan suddenly signed this agreement, and the defense lawyer also wants to terminate the cooperation!"

"If this continues, that boy will definitely be acquitted when the trial begins!"

Tao Yi's tone carried a hint of resentment.

"I've consulted many lawyers these past few days, and they all agree: if she truly did it willingly, there's nothing we can do!"

"Furthermore, with this criminal leniency agreement signed, everyone felt it was a case they were destined to lose, and nobody wanted to take it on!"

"I don't know what happened, and Wanwan won't say a word about what's been going on these past few days!"

"I'm not reconciled! I'm not reconciled to letting Wanwan swallow this insult. The whole school knows about this; her innocence has been ruined. How can I let the other party get away with it!"

"I watched your live stream before and know that you moved to Xuzhou, so I wanted to come here for advice to see if there's anything I could do..."

Tao Yi's tone became increasingly agitated; Tao Wanwan was not only her relative.

After Tao Yi's brother passed away, she has come to regard Tao Wanwan as her own daughter.

How could she possibly swallow this insult when her own daughter was being persecuted like this!

That's why she went to Jiang Chen to ask him if he had any ideas.

Jiang Chen did not answer directly, but fell into deep thought.

After a moment, he slowly spoke.

"Ms. Tao, please don't worry."

According to Article 236 of the Criminal Law, the crime of rape refers to the act of forcing a woman to have sexual intercourse against her will by means of violence, coercion, or other methods.

"His core idea is that conviction depends solely on whether the woman consented at the time of the sexual act, not on her attitude afterwards."

Upon hearing this, Tao Yi was taken aback.

"First of all, women have the right to sexual autonomy, and rape is a public prosecution case, the right to prosecute belongs to the state, and the victim has no right to withdraw the case."

"Therefore, if they try to manipulate things, they can only get the plaintiff to issue a letter of understanding stating that it was voluntary at the time; this cannot directly deny the fact of rape, nor can it exonerate the victim!"

Tao Yi's mind raced, and then she pointed to the criminal leniency letter.

"But... a letter of understanding has already been issued, indicating that it was done voluntarily at the time."

"If it was consensual, why call it rape?"

Jiang Chen smiled and stretched his right index finger upwards.

"This is what we need to explore: why the victim would voluntarily sign this criminal leniency agreement."

"Even if a letter of understanding is signed, acknowledging that one is acting voluntarily, it does not mean that the person was truly acting voluntarily at that moment."

"When the court examines the case, it will prioritize the comprehensive consideration of all objective evidence, such as whether the victim had any physical injuries, the surveillance footage at the time, the chat logs between the two individuals, and the testimonies of witnesses."

"If the victim's statements are contradictory, the judge will examine the motive for changing their story, whether it was due to receiving compensation, being coerced or induced, or reaching a private settlement."

Tao Yi was deeply shocked.

Unexpectedly, even after signing this letter of criminal leniency, acknowledging that it was voluntary, they still signed it.

It also cannot completely exonerate the perpetrators.

"Of course, there is another situation."

Jiang Chen's tone gradually relaxed.

"If there is no objective evidence other than the victim's statement, resulting in a break in the chain of evidence and making it impossible to prove the perpetrator's rape, then it is possible that the perpetrator cannot be convicted due to insufficient evidence."

"But this situation also indicates that the victim initiated the relationship."

Do you think... she did it willingly?

Tao Yi finally realized that if the other party wanted to get away with this criminal leniency letter, they needed to have facts to back it up!

That means... Tao Wanwan must have done it willingly!

If Tao Wanwan was not acting voluntarily, there would definitely be plenty of evidence!

It will be very difficult for the other party to escape punishment!

"No, she absolutely isn't!"