China conservationist Li Quan and husband 'abused tiger charity cash'
Conservationist from China wants more out of her divorce, saying her husband tricked her into thinking donations were theirs
A Chinese conservationist and her American banker husband set up an animal charity to save Chinese tigers - and then used donations to fund their luxury lifestyle, a divorce court in London has heard.
Li Quan claimed money collected for Save China's Tigers - which counts Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan as an "ambassador" - was used by her and her estranged husband, Stuart Bray, to pay for their extravagant tastes.
The details of how the charity was used as a personal account were described by Li to the High Court during what has become a bitter feud over the couple's immense wealth.
I did not regard it as fraud … my husband told me it was one and the same
Li claims she is entitled to more of the couple's reported £50 million assets than Bray is prepared to give her following the breakdown of their marriage.
She claims the fortune acquired during their relationship was put into the Mauritius-based Chinese Tiger South Africa Trust fund set up by Bray.
The trust paid for the start-up of the charity founded by Li in 2000. She says her husband used it as a tax structure to cheat her out of her share of their wealth.
She claimed to the court he had access to the trust via a "back door" and that the charity funded their personal expenditure.