Chinese Screenwriter Vows to Seek Retrial After Losing Harassment Case

Chinese Screenwriter Vows to Seek Retrial After Losing Harassment Case
Zhou Xiaoxuan, also known as Xianzi, looks on as she arrives to attend a hearing in her sexual harassment case against prominent television host Zhu Jun at the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in Beijing on August 10, 2022. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images
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BEIJING—A Chinese woman who accused a well-known host on state broadcaster CCTV of sexual harassment said on Thursday she would seek a retrial, a day after having her case rejected at the appeal stage by a Beijing court.

Beijing-based screenwriter Zhou Xiaoxuan, 29, accused one of CCTV’s premier entertainment show hosts, Zhu Jun, of groping and forcibly kissing her in 2014 when she was an intern working for him, allegations he denies.