A Chinese tennis star's explosive MeToo allegation against a former state leader has been muffled by blanket censorship, with authorities racing to wipe out any mention of a politically sensitive scandal that has reverberated across the Chinese internet.
Peng Shuai, 35, a former Wimbledon and French Open doubles champion, on Tuesday accused retired Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of pressuring her into having sex, according to screenshots of a since-deleted post from Peng's verified account on Weibo, China's Twitter-like social media platform.
His company said it was pursuing legal action against his accuser, calling the accusations"malicious rumors."Soon afterward, the government unleashed a sweeping crackdown on the entertainment industry, canceling a host of"misbehaving celebrities." The allegationsPeng claimed in her post that she first had sex with Zhang more than 10 years ago, when Zhang served as the Communist Party boss of Tianjin, a coastal city to the southeast of Beijing.
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