Chinese Casanova who dated 17 women at the same time leaves hospital with police escort
Mother takes him home, but now he is under suspicion of defrauding as much as 500,000 yuan from his victims
The young man who made headlines last week for dating at least 17 girlfriends at the same time has been taken home early from hospital by his mother – with a police escort – the Xiaoxiang Chen Bao reports.
The man, surnamed Yuan, returned to his hometown of Fulin, near the provincial capital Changsha, on Thursday. Yuan is suspected of fraud in his dealings with the women, the report said.
The latter-day Lothario’s multifaceted love life began to unravel after a traffic accident – in a car believed to have been borrowed from a girlfriend – put him in hospital on March 24. When doctors contacted his relatives, one girlfriend after another started turning up at the hospital at the same time.
The news spread rapidly in conventional media and on social media, where it drew thousands of comments.
The hospital said Yuan left the hospital in a hurry before fully recovering from his injury, according to the newspaper.
“The hospital did not recommend that he should leave. The request was made his mother,” a doctor was quoted as saying.