California Couple Arrested on Child Abuse Charges in Surrogacy Investigation, Police Say
Prosecutors say the couple ran a surrogacy company and used cameras to monitor daily beatings of children by nannies.
- On Tuesday, Guojun Xuan, 65, and Sylvia Zhang, 38, were arrested at their Arcadia mansion on suspicion of conspiracy to commit child abuse, with authorities finding more than 20 children born through surrogates living under constant surveillance.
- A yearlong probe began after police searched the West Camino Real Avenue residence, focusing on the home after Zhang brought their 2-month-old son to a hospital with a head injury earlier this year.
- Police described the mansion as a "home school type atmosphere," with 25 cameras monitoring the rooms, while prosecutors allege nannies carried out physical abuse that the couple failed to intercede in.
- Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman and County Sheriff Robert Luna scheduled a news conference for 11 a.m. Tuesday to discuss the case, while the 21 children remain in custody of the Los Angeles County Department.
- Defense attorney Mitchell Krems stated, "My client is innocent. It is the nanny," claiming Xuan is being targeted for exercising his constitutional right to a large family, as nanny Chunmei Li remains at large in China.
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In a villa near Los Angeles, nannies are said to have hit the minors. According to the prosecutor's office, the couple watched the abuse over dozens of cameras – laughing.
Arcadia mansion served as setting for beatings and witness intimidation, district attorney says
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A California couple has been charged with multiple counts of abuse of at least 14 surrogate babies, some as young as two months old, and they are accused of beating the children, including one so badly that he was hospitalized with a head injury.
The couple Guojun Xuan (66) and Silvia Zhang (39) in Arcadia, California, were arrested on suspicion of child abuse.
A couple in Los Angeles, U.S.A., reportedly abused at least 14 children, including babies. They were arrested on Tuesday (local time) at their villa in Arcadia. They had run a surrogate agency and kept numerous children for themselves.
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