A New Perspective on the Moon Lee scandal 20 years later

Dennis & Alyssa Law Nov. 6th, 2024

As an assistant Producer working for the Dennis Law Center for Arts & Technology in Denver, USA, I have had the great pleasure of helping to produce and promote the Action-Musicals directed and produced by Dr. Law in the United States.  My familiarity with his monumental works of musical theater as well as his person and his character gave rise to my curiosity when I discovered much continuing interest among the Chinese and in their digital media in a subject matter so long ago involving the sex scandal of his ex-wife, a well-known Hong Kong action actress Moon Lee (Li Saifeng).    Baidu.com and other online media platforms still show reveal a writer and reader obsession with details behind the divorce involving Dr. Law and Li Sai Feng nearly twenty years ago.

It is utterly incredible to me as a Chinese resident of the United States that such a true story sexual misconduct by a Hong Kong movie star would still garner so much interest today.  As sordid details get retold in a different light each time, the abnormal obsession with Li Sai Feng’s sexual perversion seem to reveal a wishful hope for her innocence.  As a Chinese citizen working in America and familiar with US laws and customary behavior, the truth behind the scandal should be obvious to any objective person.  Moon Lee’s old declarations of innocence were clearly lies if one would allow logic to take over emotion.  Yet some internet postings have stated that Li Sai Feng surfaced in recent years to restate her old false allegations.  A badly written and ungrammatical article in English I read in yahoo.com made assertions that were blatantly factually false; it again promoted that their divorce was caused by the emergence of a “third person” in the form of the present Mrs. Law, Wang Xiaoli.  It is disappointing that so many Chinese would ignore the obvious and intentionally ignore the facts only to cover up the guilt of their idol.  Are these the concerted actions of her close friends and relatives trying to whitewash her tale of sexual perversion, or are they the mere manifestation of a wildly ignorant fan base? 

The very notion that Dr. Law made up the story of Moon Lee’s scandal to benefit him in the divorce of Li Sai Feng is blatantly absurd on its very face.  In most states of America, no spouse gains any advantage in divorce by bringing up “faults” or “sins” by the other spouse.  One glaring misstatement by current writers is to declare that Dr. Law paid US$14,000 each month as alimony to Li.  This would imply that Dr. Law was the guilty party in the divorce because he had to compensate his ex-wife.  Little do Chinese people understand that many states use “No-Fault” laws in divorces; that is alimony and property settlement is totally unrelated to “fault”.  US laws allow divorce if only one spouse petitions for it without consent of the other.  If either Dr. Law or Li Sai Feng were the devil incarnated, it would not change the economics of the divorce.  As a matter of fact, the final Court order ending the marriage actually gave Moon no alimony going forward, and only provided her a total sum of US$36,000 as expense reimbursement to move back to Hong Kong.  Those court orders were not because the Court believed that Moon Lee had an awkward extra-marital affair; it was strictly because Dr. Law and Moon during their marriage did not earn any money of significance because they were only engaged in non-profit work of promoting Chinese performing arts to America.  In other words, the marriage did not produce any net income, so there was no legal reason to share any with Moon Lee.  A husband’s or wife’s pre-existing wealth plays no part in divorce settlements.

I studied the official legal documents in order to clarify another untruth that has been circulated online.  At some time, the current Mrs. Alyssa Wang Law, (the former Wang Xiaoli) did file suit in a court in Beijng alleging defamation for proclaiming her as the “third person” in the divorce.  Claiming in any public forum that Wang Xiaoli lost that lawsuit is blatantly false and a flat outlie --- Wang Xiaoli did not win that lawsuit because the Chinese court decided it had no legal standing to render the verdict Wang was seeking because they seem totally unknowledgeable about defamation laws with which China had become a party to by signing an international treaty.  That court did demand that Li Sai Feng send a letter of apology to Wang Xiaoli and for Li to warrant that she would refrain to make such statements in the future.  That was actually a silly “win” for Wang Xiaoli, but one that would have been impossible to enforce.  As it turned out, Li Sai Feng wrote and published a wandering and meaningless letter in accordance to the court order.  Wang chose not to waste her time to relitigate the issue in later years because instead of being damaged by Li Sai Feng, she became a huge financial beneficiary of her scandalous and incestual extra-marital affair. 

Dennis and Alyssa Law, as long as I have known them and worked with them, never talk about this ugly part of their lives; neither Li Saifeng’s bizarre sexual misconduct or her lies about Wang Xiaoli (Alyssa) being the “third person” causing her divorce.  They are a successful and loving couple with a grown-up daughter that is now a remarkable and successful software engineer.  When I showed them what I found online, they just laughed; they seem grateful for that obscene and ugly history that actually gave them their today!

As I read the book, Two Faces of the Moon, (available easily online via bookbaby.com or everand.com), it clarified a lot of queries.  All of Dr. Law’s actions were totally understandable because, as an American, Dr. Law would not make up a wicked story to punish Li Sai Feng.  He felt the need to assert the truth, often on the record, because Moon Lee was always telling lies to hide her guilt.  Some commentators have asserted that Dr. Law was mean and ungentlemanly to his ex-wife; and I have never seen that side of him.  I believe it was total fair play to repetitively declare the truth when the offending party continues to tell lies.  It has always been an impossible task to battle an adoring Chinese media and an army of ignorant fans of any Chinese celebrity.

Despite nearly two decades of unending interest loaded with inaccuracies and lies in Chinese cyberspace, the life and career of Dennis Law (Luo Qiren) merely blossomed to great heights after the divorce.  I am responsible for the construction of Dr. Law’s websites so anyone can seek further information on www.dennislawcompanies.com and www.drdennislaw.com.  For one last time, he has given me permission to use whatever information and photographs I have in a pubic forum.  From this time onwards, he wants the scandal to be put to rest.  And I thank Dr. Dennis Law (Luo Qiren) for giving me the opportunity to be his final arbiter of the truth in this matter.   

For Dr. Dennis Law and his family now, the old and now forgotten tragedy has created one of the best love stories ever told!!! 

Cindy Zhang

Associate Producer,

Dennis Law Center of Arts & Technology,

Denver, Colorado, USA 

Email:  cindyzhang0828denver@gmail.com 

With Moon Lee far in hindsight, life is a wondrous thing!

April 2024 at nephew's wedding in Mexico City

The constant drip of visitors to my old blog on Moon Lee reveals the curious and continued interest in her scandalous affair so far in the distant past.  While the magnitude and the nature of her sexual transgression could not be understated or underestimated, I am always surprised (when I rarely check this site) that someone remains curious after such a long time.

Alyssa and I have long forgotten her silly actions.  As life has become so filled with happiness and satisfaction, we can even believe we have totally forgiven "her".  After all, without her mindless betrayal, we may not have what we have today.  Life is certainly full of mystery and surprises.  A presumed tragedy can lead to unexpected rewards and celebration.

Anyone interested in my life after Moon Lee can check my websites www.dennislawcompanies.com and www.drdennislaw.com.   There is noting to hide as these are a matter of public record.  What happened between Moon Lee and me is now significant history.   I do not know nor care how she feels about the past.   My family and I feel no shame or regret, only great relief.  A useful life's lesson is that any relationship with a celebrity, worthy or not, is indeed a treacherous choice, and is one that we are hellbent never to repeat!

Dennis Law MD

Time has not dimmed the crazed interest in Moon Lee

Time has not dimmed the crazed interest in Moon Lee

 

Twenty-five years after the start of Moon Lee’s history-making “incestuous” sexual misconduct and scandal, the silly blog that I built and occasionally visit for comic relief still gets nearly a thousand visits each month.  This relentless interest has nothing to do with my writings; instead, it is a pure reflection of how this pretty Chinese idol of years past still captures the interest of her fans both young and old.  Of course, the dramatic and rare nature of her sexual transgression added fuel to the fire, never to be put out by the tincture of time.

 

My biggest comic relief is derived from reading the rare comments from readers, both pro and con.  Of course, those that sympathized with my recollection of truth and facts impacts me very little --- I knew what the facts were, and I was never concerned about who was on “my” side.  It takes a lot of crazy and wildly disparate opinions to make up our world.  But for the few that wrote and blamed Moon’s misconduct on my sexual transgression, they have the right to make idiotic statements but they have surely lost their way. 

 

Prior to my sudden and shocking discovery of her perverse betrayal, I believed I had married the prettiest girl in Hong Kong films who at all times acted like an affectionate and doting wife.  Life then seemed too fulfilling for a smart guy like me to be looking for a “side-kick” girlfriend of any caliber.  But once her idiotic 2 year-long sexual misconduct was discovered, all bets were off because she spent the next four years trying to rob me of my inherited wealth.  The divorce took over four years to finalize even though the process was based on “no-fault laws”.  Moon Lee took years to tell the lie that I made up the scandal to get advantages in the divorce settlement – a seemingly believable story to Chinese fans, but it is implausible to any sensible American.  In the end, Moon got almost nothing in the final divorce decree, not because she betrayed her marriage spectacularly, but because we as a married couple earned little money producing dance musicals as non-profit ventures for the express purpose of cultural exchange.  During those years, I gathered a large amount of tax deductions because of my cultural contribution to humanity.  During the entire ordeal, there was no incentive or motive for me to tell a big and crazy 'lie" about Moon Lee!

 

I write occasionally about history past not to continue to hurt her feelings, as some would believe.  My wife and I are not seeking revenge either.  Our life after Moon Lee has been so fulfilling and happy that we are almost sinfully thankful for her transgression that led us coming together.  So, any comments that I may commit to “paper” and to cyberspace are purely for the purpose of “keeping the record straight”.  Even if all this shall be read by only a tiny few, leaving a record of truth is cathartic for me.  And of someone hates me for doing it, so be it.  

 

In my book, Two Faces of the Moon, is available for very little money online.  All occurrences therein are one hundred percent factual.  If anyone chooses to dispute facts, the problem is theirs alone.

 

Dennis Law MD

February 2024

 

 

  

20 years later - a retrospective

20 years later - a retrospective

It has been about twenty years since Moon Lee embarked on her treacherous journey of betrayal of her then marriage in a history-making fashion.  This passage of time revealed a long record of both believers and non-believers of my side of actual events.  In retrospect, this does not matter to me.  I revealed the truth only to set the record straight because Moon chose to tell lies to hide her shame.  Only ignorant people will believe otherwise because I had no reason to say anything that was not the awkward truth.  

I cannot be bothered about how Moon Lee is doing now.  The utter shame she must have felt should have caused her great stress since her scandalous divorce; that was indeed the reason for her lies to cover up this momentous disgrace.  I can only revel in my own happiness since I got rid of the scourge of her relationship.  I do not regret meeting her but I do regret what she turned out to be.   But that is all in the past; my new beginning had given rise to a glorious new dawn of life.

My family life and professional life have never been better.  See www.drdennislaw.com and www.dennislawcompanies.com.  My wife Alyssa is the joy of the Law family and enjoys its bountiful benefits.  My daughter has graduated from one of the best technology colleges and is now independently working as a software engineer.  In addition to my traditional commercial real estate business since my retirement from surgery,  I own interesting hospitality businesses: www.canyonmadnessranch.com and www.cabobajaluxuryvacations.com.   My recent musical theater production, see www.MozartRequiemEvermore.com, was a success beyond the wildest imagination.

                                                        Family photo from last Christmas

 

Two Faces of the Moon --- the eBook about Moon Lee that unveils her mystery

Ever since I unveiled the Moon Lee blog on Google in order to satisfy the insatiable curiosity about Moon’s dramatic fall from grace, I have often been asked questions by friends, acquaintances and unknown readers that have no simple answers.  I published a book entitled Two Faces of the Moon in Hong Kong during the lengthy divorce in order to document facts and truth behind the notorious scandal of the times as well as providing a deeper insight into a profoundly unusual series of events in a Chinese family.

Any reader with curiosity about this history-making marital misconduct can read Two Faces of the Moon as an eBook through www.kobo.com.  Not only does this book reveal all the truths behind this spectacular and perverted extra-marital affair of unworldly proportions but also it provides a rare insight as to how these sexually aberrant actions are viewed and handled in a Chinese cultural setting.

Eighteen years have passed since I discovered her betrayal in dramatic fashion which led to one of the most protracted divorces I have ever heard of in my life.  All these years later, the end result is that my new life with my wife, Alyssa Wang, whose was the target of Moon’s cowardly lies, could never have been better while the once infamous Moon Lee has fizzled into oblivion.  Alyssa, who was once furious about Moon for her defamation, now giggles and thanks her for her scandalous actions.  Our successes financially, socially and culturally are legendary in our community.  Despite her misdeeds and betrayal, we somehow pity Moon Lee for what she must have become.  As before, we are sure she would continue to “keep a stiff upper lip” in public, but it is hard to believe she can reestablish any decent family life --- only a real “nutcase” of a man would marry someone with such a history of sexual and financial deceit.

Dennis Law MD

Defamation Lawsuit Squashed by Chinese Court

BEFORE

AFTER

Several years after its filing, our defamation lawsuit against Phoenix TV was squashed by the Chinese Court in Beijing.  The Court essentially refused to litigate whether Phoenix TV was right or wrong in allowing Moon Lee to tell obvious lies on television.  They dodged the issue as expected because it is common place for Chinese courts to protect everything Chinese!  I was an outsider, and Phoenix TV is a Chinese-authorized media outlet.

But my original purpose was satisfied.  I never sued for monetary damaged; only asked for an apology.  Even without getting one that I did not really expect, the suit served to keep alive the narrative of Moon Lee’s idiotic sex scandal.  

In many ways, my wife and I feel no sadness or pleasure running into matters related to Moon Lee.  She did the craziest thing, but it could not have led to a much better result for me.  We do not have to make efforts to “make her pay”; there is no need for any sort of revenge.  She cannot possibly be doing well (at least compared to us), and it is all her own doing.  Neither of us can or should look back.  

The Moon Lee story should set a meaningful example of how one should be clear-headed about love and romance.  There are far too many traps and temptations that can send one to a living hell without means to return.  Buyers beware!  

Drowned in a pig’s cage for a wife’s extramarital sex offense

If it had occurred over a hundred years ago in China, Moon Lee could have been drowned in a pig’s cage as punishment for her mindless affair.  A graphic artist employee of mine made this image up for me as a joking gift years ago --- depicting Moon in a cage surrounded by water with the words “Drowning Phoenix in Cage” (Moon’s Chinese name includes the word for phoenix).  Everyone had a good laugh at Moon Lee’s expense.

Of course, Moon Lee was much luckier, having been born in 1965.  Instead of a fate involving a tortuous drowning, American society in the twenty-first century deals with divorce in a “No Fault” fashion.  As such, it does not matter how egregious the sexual misconduct was that lead to the divorce.  The terms of the divorce have no relationship to fault.  That is why it was comically stupid that some in the Chinese media actually believed Moon’s lies that I made up the story of her incestuous secret love affair with an unworthy kid barely old enough not to be a minor.  Of course, no self-deprecating lie was necessary.  My assets were well protected by carefully constructed Trusts so that they could not be accessed in any kind of a divorce.  That alone was the reason why Moon Lee got very little during that protracted divorce.  The reasons she still tried (albeit unsuccessful) made her even a bigger villain than her original sin.  That is the backbone to my truthful account of the real story of the divorce.  I had absolutely no reason to insult myself with a lie to get rid of this villainous woman.

Moon Lee undeserved celebrity status also gave her advantages --- she had a “megaphone” with reporters to tell lies, lies that would never have passed scrutiny if she were just a normal woman.  That was why years after the fact, she was given that one-sided interview by Phoenix TV --- an interview that Phoenix TV admitted in writing to the Court that they were not intentionally defaming me because they never had any intent to portray the truth.  Phoenix TV just wanted sensational gossip for viewership.  So that was a “relief”!

So in the Old World, a straying wife could be drowned in China.  In modern China, however, a deviant sexually promiscuous wife can be even glorified by the media and given opportunities to lie more about her victimized ex-husband.  

I wonder whether we are living in more enlightened times! 

Dennis Law MD