Taiwanese socialite Justin Lee faces claims he drug-raped 60 women
Models and celebrities among alleged victims of banker's son said to have picked up victims in clubs, drugged them and filmed his assaults
A Taiwanese socialite was taken into custody yesterday for allegedly drugging and raping more than 60 models and actresses and even videotaping the assaults.
Justin Lee, 27, the heir to one of Taiwan's richest men and a frequent patron of the island's nightclubs, was taken to a detention house in Taipei pending further investigation of his alleged crimes, prosecutors said.
Lee, also known as Li Zongrui, was accused in July last year of drugging a young female model in a nightclub, taking her home, raping her and videotaping the entire act. But he was not arrested due to a lack of concrete evidence.
As more accusations emerged against him this year, prosecutors said police searched his apartment and found explicit video files on his computer and cell phone involving more than 60 women, at least 40 of them models and celebrities. Prosecutors then summoned Lee for questioning, and placed him on a wanted list on August 1 after he repeatedly failed to show up to help the investigation, they said.
On Thursday, Lee, the son of former Yuanta Financial Holding board member Lee Yue-chang, turned himself in to police after being on the run for 23 days, prosecutors said.
"We have asked that the suspect be placed in the detention house on the grounds that he could flee abroad," Taipei District Prosecutors Office spokesman Huang Mou-hsin said.