Tragic plunge death of China toddler descends into bitter legal battle as nanny counter-sues grieving parents for defamation
- Girl, 2, plunged 23 floors to her death in 2020 after being left alone
- Parents are still awaiting apology from negligent childcarer
Relatives of a nanny in China whose negligence led to the death of a toddler have filed a defamation lawsuit against the grieving family of the dead child.
The move is the latest twist in a bitter feud between two families involved in the tragic death of a two-year-old girl who plunged from the 23rd floor of a residential building three years ago.
In 2020, the nanny, surnamed Liang, was employed by a woman called Xie to look after her daughter, Mili, in the eastern province of Zhejiang,
The tragedy unfolded on December 15 the same year when Xie was at work and Liang took Mili to visit her own daughter, Zuo, who lived in a flat on the 23rd floor of a residential building.
Liang left Mili in a room and the child somehow managed to fall out of a window.
Grieving mother Xie said she has been left upset by the fact that instead of apologising for the death of her daughter, the Liang family has decided to sue her for defamation.
