As a woman and usually sympathetic about women’s causes, I must confess that I agree with the Dr. Dennis Law family’s attitude to press the issues of Moon Lee’s guilt and personal failings unless she accepts responsibility for her actions or until she relents on furthering her popularity or flaunting her false innocence on her Chinese blog.
We knew that, at the time of the infamous “Closet Affair” scandal, the Chinese media was robust in covering all the news and gossip because Moon Lee was indeed a media darling of the past. Despite overwhelming publicity about this incredible story of lust and betrayal, the English-speaking world on the US side where Moon lived at that time was conspicuously kept in the dark. When I did some research, it became clear that Dr. Law would be in more legal jeopardy with his divorce proceedings if he had made public statements about the facts of the sexual scandal. Colorado divorce laws, as in many other states in the US, are “no-fault” by statute. Therefore, any attempt by any side to make statements about sexual indiscretion of the other party would not only be irrelevant by law but may infuriate the judge for inflaming the opposing party without receiving any legal advantage. That would explain the need for total silence in the English-speaking world in North America.
At this later date, I agree that it is meaningful to set the record straight in the English-speaking world regardless of the magnitude of interest, large or small. Moon Lee had for the longest time continued a subtle campaign to flaunt her “good side” on the Chinese web. That is her right! But it is also our right to make the truth behind one of the most spectacular sex scandals of Chinese modern history become an indelible record in cyberspace for the purpose of historical archiving. It is grossly unfair for Moon Lee to plead her innocence without any contestation.
All over the Chinese web, there are still weekly new essays by website pundits that repeatedly portray this celebrity scandal of historic proportions. Some simply write about the truth. Some accuse Dr. Law of blaming Moon’s absurd extra-marital affair on her strong sex drive – an accusation that was fictitious and invented by a Hong Kong magazine because de facto, Dr. Law would never have been stupid enough to make any self-deprecating statement about her sexual drive or inclination. Some writers would write about the nasty divorce where both sides accuse each other of affairs but no one could ever know the truth. Even though the last assertion itself is factually true, we all know that the real truth exists. Dr. Law knows it; his wife knows it; his daughter knows it; all members of his company know it; and I know it too well too after all the interviews and research.
I am a woman, and I cannot accept her piety. Moon Lee’s sexual affair with her “adoptive” son was obscene and stupid. Her seduction of a minor (also an employee) was probably illegal even in China. Her denial of the truth was incredible. Her attempts to rob her husband and the Law family during the divorce were devious and immoral. Her flaunting of her clean life and her wholesomeness after the divorce is disingenuous and deceitful. Her active blog writings fuel a celebrity status that just invites more nuisance and proliferation of lies.
So if Moon Lee continues to indulge in her “goodness” on her blog in order to keep her “celebrity” alive, it is necessary for us to sustain a campaign of the truth in the more sane English-speaking world. The fact of the matter is that I will be ordered to stop this campaign only if Moon Lee either admits her misconduct or stops publicizing her image. It is just that simple!
Natalia Khan Daniel
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