Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, who was allegedly mired in a prostitution scandal with Bo Xilai, the former party secretary of Chongqing, China, has appeared at a film festival in Haicou, Hainan Province.
Apparently denying news reports that the actress was banned from leaving China due to investigations, she went to Haicou via Hong Kong.
Zhang flatly denied allegations that she provided sexual services for Bo were "completely untrue" and "extremely ridiculous."
She threatened to take legal actions against media companies which reported the allegations.
A news report on Wednesday said Zhang allegedly provided sexual services for Bo in exchange for money.
U.S.-based Chinese-language news Website Boxun was quoted by news reports as saying that Bo’s associate Xu Ming, founder and chairman of Dalian Shide Group, arranged secretive meetings for the two more than 10 times from 2007-2011.
The report said Zhang was paid about 46 million Taiwanese dollars ($1.55 million) per deal.
The meetings all occurred in Beijing, the report said.
The report also said that Xu not only introduced Zhang to two other “high-ranking Chinese government officials” for similar sexual services but had a secret relationship with the actress himself.
The Website in April reported that Xu introduced more than 100 women to Bo for sex and the women included household-name celebrities.
(From news reports)
