“I never told you I love you, and tonight I want to tell you that,” Luo allegedly wrote, according to The Wall Street Journal citing prosecutors. “I have been restraining my feeling for you, as I do love you from the bottom of my heart!”
Near May 2024, Luo then accused Edens of having “misled” her in order to have sex with her, claiming she was “mentally incapacitated or mentally disabled” at the time of their sexual encounter. In text messages to Edens, Luo emphasized that her “home has cameras” and that everything Edens “did was caught on camera,” which Luo allegedly said she would expose to the “mass media” if Edens did not apologize.
Though Edens, who denied her allegations, entered into a settlement agreement with Luo a month later, paying her an initial sum of money to avoid any further harassment of Edens’ family, Luo further communicated with a mediator a list of demands—including $1.215 billion—in January 2025.
The filing alleged that if Edens refused to pay her the amount, then Luo would, among other threats, report criminal acts to “government offices.”
Luo has pleaded not guilty, per The Wall Street Journal, and is set to go to trial later this year.
