California Couple Arrested on Child Abuse Charges in Surrogacy Investigation, Police Say
- 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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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.
In California, the police arrest a man and a woman. Nurseries were encouraged by the couple to discipline 14 children - including babies - by force. According to investigators, footage shows how the young victims are beaten with sticks.
In the so - called "House of Grey" in Los Angeles, 14 children and babies are said to have been abused.
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