Lu was ordered to pay Shen C$8,500 (US$7,040) in damages, having defamed Shen by calling her “the most famous cheap woman of Shanghai”, “the most famous loser” and referring to her and her family as “garbage”, “the worst scum”, and “homeless dogs”, wrote Adair. Lu had also defamed Shen by saying she “sleeps around” .
Shen, meanwhile, was ordered to pay Lu C$9,000 (US$7,460) for defaming her by calling her a “liar, a slut and a bitch, and someone who deceives and swindles others”, ruled Adair. “[That] would tend to lower that person’s reputation in the eyes of a reasonable person,” the judge wrote.
In assessing the higher damages, Adair noted that Shen “was persistent in continuing to post on social media after this action was started”.
There the matter might have ended.
But the court battle resumed on March 25 when Shen decided to sue Lu for damages.
Lu countersued and said Shen had failed to pay the damages ordered by Adair; nor had she deleted her online posts, as required by the judge.
It was during a rare in-person court encounter between the women that Lu was stabbed this week. People taking part in proceedings and members of the public are not routinely searched for weapons at the downtown Vancouver court complex.
Chinese online feud spills into real life, as woman is stabbed inside Vancouver courtroom | South China Morning Post (scmp.com)
