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Student sues China's JD.com CEO Liu with allegation of rape

 Richard Liu
JD.com founder Richard Liu. [Photo, Courtesy]

A University of Minnesota student who said she was raped last August by Richard Liu, the chief executive officer of China’s e-commerce retailer JD.com Inc, filed a civil lawsuit against him in a Minneapolis court on Tuesday, nearly four months after prosecutors declined to press criminal charges.

Liu, through his lawyers, maintained his innocence throughout the law enforcement investigation, which ended in December.

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