A Chinese woman has been shoved by antagonistic bystanders as she headed to court in one of the few remaining MeToo cases from a tamped-down movement whose legacy remains uncertain.
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“I'm very thankful for everyone, whether we win or lose, I'm very honored to have experienced these last three years,” Zhou said to reporters outside the court, as unidentified men and women came up and tried to push her along. The hearing was the final one in a lawsuit brought by Zhou against CCTV host Zhu Jun, whom she accuses of groping and forcibly kissing her in 2014. She is asking for a public apology as well as 50,000 yuan in damages.
“These incidents are a part of #MeToo, without a doubt,” said Lu Pin, the founder of Feminist Voices, an online publication that was shut down by censors in 2018. “Without #MeToo, it’s impossible to imagine these types of things coming out.” Zhou's case lingered in the dockets for two years before a Beijing court agreed to hear it last December. The second part of the hearing, originally scheduled for May, was canceled on the day by the court.
Throughout, Zhou has pushed to make the court hearing a matter of public record and requested the court order Zhu Jun to appear, citing basic court procedures.
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