Zhao Zhichao, as the presiding judge, will surely handle the case fairly.

Looking at the case, basically, there's no hope for anyone to help Cai Qian.

After all, Cai Qian raped the girl, and he even admitted it himself, who could help defend that?

Even if Gu Chen is nicknamed Lawless Madman, there's no way out in this case, right?

Unless Gu Chen can find new evidence.

Judge Wang Penglong said: "Then there's no chance, the evidence in this case is conclusive, it's hard to find new evidence, whoever fights the case won't make a difference, the conclusion is basically set, Gu Chen at most can only help get a reduced sentence."

No matter what crime the defendant has committed, there will always be a lawyer to help with the defense.

It's just that many times, unlike with Wang Yongqiang, where a not guilty defense can be made, lawyers will help with mitigation once they take the case.

In Cai Qian's case, Gu Chen can only help with mitigation.

After all, the evidence is solid, and the defendant Cai Qian has admitted it, so this case can be closed.

....

At the same time, this case has blown up online!

Zhao Lele demanded a dowry of 300,000, then wanted Cai Qian's house to be transferred to her name, she disagreed, and three days after the incident, she turned around and reported that Cai Qian raped her.

Zhao Lele's mother even released a recording, a conversation with Cai Qian in the car, where Cai Qian admitted to the rape.

The hotel even disclosed surveillance footage.

The surveillance footage showed Zhao Lele running out of the hotel room, then being carried back by Cai Qian, during which Zhao Lele was struggling.

Once this evidence came out, it basically confirmed the fact that Cai Qian raped Zhao Lele.

After all this was revealed, public opinion online became polarized.

Many people left comments online.

[Poor guy, this can't be rape, Zhao Lele just wanted Cai Qian to transfer the house to her name, didn't do it, so she called the police, this is premeditated! This kind of woman should be sentenced!]

[I suspect this voice recording is manipulative! It's Zhao Lele's mom misleading Cai Qian, poor guy, he just admitted it?]

[Damn, what kind of person demands a 300,000 dowry, wants a house in her name, and prenuptial agreement, seriously? Call the police if he won't agree?]

[If it was rape, shouldn't she have reported it the day of the incident? Why wait three days? Just wanted to threaten him to transfer the house, right? She wants money, saw he wouldn't agree, so she reports to send him to jail? Zhao Lele's scheming is deep.]

Many netizens immediately saw the issue with the case.

Many feel Zhao Lele premeditated the whole thing, demanding a 300,000 dowry and the house in her name, everything seems reasonable.

And Zhao Lele's mom recording in the car explains it all, showing they thought it through ahead of time, then tricked Cai Qian, who is indeed a pitiful, honest guy that fell for it.

But with the situation as it is, many netizens can't do much but comment online.

After all, if Cai Qian really did it and Zhao Lele doesn't agree, he has to be sentenced, there's nothing netizens can do.

Some netizens, mostly women, replied in the comments section.

[What? It was rape! How can someone defend the suspect? Didn't Cai Qian admit it in the recording? Didn't the hotel video show it? Zhao Lele tried to escape, but Cai Qian wouldn't let her.]

[Disgusting guys, it's clearly rape, yet they empathize, saying there's a conspiracy.]

[You don't really think Zhao Lele is after the house name, right? She just wanted assurance. Because they were engaged, she should agree to anything? And then he rapes her?]

[Cai Qian must be sentenced! This kind of guy must be sentenced! Please, commenters, stop empathizing with the criminal, no conspiracy theories! Cai Qian admitted to the rape, yet some guys here still aren't convinced, just wait for the legal outcome.]

A group of female netizens were very sympathetic to Zhao Lele and commented online.

Many bystanders feel this case is hard to fight.

Especially when they found out Gu Chen was going to Guyuan City to see if he can take the case and help defend Cai Qian, they were shocked.

[Wait, is Gu Chen really going to defend this case?]

[Cai Qian is essentially nailed down, with all sorts of evidence, definitely guilty of rape.]

[Indeed, there are audio, video, Zhao Lele insists it's rape, even if she wanted your house, what can you do? Poor Cai Qian, tricked by Zhao Lele.]

[Cai Qian really has no options, either transfer the house to Zhao Lele or go to jail... I heard the 300,000 dowry wasn't returned either.]

[This case really can't be defended, at best, Gu Chen can help with mitigation... Let's not mythologize Gu Chen, it's about the law, mythologizing Gu Chen is pointless, he's still just a lawyer, a rape charge will lead to a sentence, no lawyer can change that.]

[Even mitigation will be tough for Gu Chen... the evidence is solid unless they can get a letter of understanding from Zhao Lele, otherwise, Cai Qian faces years in prison.]

...

Because the case is so high-profile.

Many professional lawyers also looked at it.

Thus, many lawyers posted online.

[Do you want my take on the case? Cai Qian will definitely be convicted of rape, no matter how good Gu Chen is; at best, he can work on mitigation, not acquittal.]

[Definitely no acquittal, Wang Yongqiang's case was because it was justified defense, but here, Cai Qian actually raped her, and now, it's too late, evidence is concrete, she insists she's unwilling, Cai Qian is definitely going in.]

[Even helping with mitigation will be difficult, unless Cai Qian can gain Zhao Lele's forgiveness, though that's unlikely now, Cai Qian will still serve time, it's just a matter of how long.]

[This case shows us that even if you're engaged or married, you can't just do anything to a woman, or she might call it rape.]

[Anyway, Cai Qian is really unfortunate, no one can help him now, even the Lawless Madman can only strive for mitigation.]

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.