Hazed Chinese bridegroom to sue friends after wedding day pranks go too far
- From wedded bliss to wedded blitz as groom, half blinded by eggs, beer and ink, hit by car as he flees boisterous friends
A bridegroom in southern China who was struck by a car as he fled wedding pranks plans to sue the friends who tormented him as part of the traditional and notorious male rite.
While most men put up with wedding day hazing, Ai Guangtao hired a lawyer after he was left with a fractured skull and a big financial headache, news website Btime.com said.
Ai, 24, ran across a motorway near his home in Zunyi, southern Guizhou province, on his big day in November to escape “tormenting” by his friends when the accident happened.
They had thrown eggs at him, poured beer and ink on him, tied him up with plastic tape to an electric power pole and thrashed him with bamboo, all in the name of creating a carnival atmosphere for his big day.
“I was so tortured on my wedding day that I got angry. They chased me, and I could barely see anything because there was ink all over,” Ai was quoted as saying.
“Somehow, I ran to the motorway – even after that one of them was still chasing me.”
