Lau has consistently stated that while she was kidnapped and forced to pose for topless photographs as "punishment" for rejecting a film offer, she was not sexually assaulted. Incident Overview Abduction (1990):
Lau later revealed the kidnapping was ordered by a triad boss as punishment for her refusing to act in a specific film. Verification of Assault:
There is of a video depicting the kidnapping or the alleged sexual assault. The primary evidence documented in legal proceedings and media reports consisted of still photographs taken for blackmail and later published by East Week .
The trauma was reopened twelve years later. In 2002, the Hong Kong tabloid East Week published a magazine cover featuring a semi-nude, distressed woman, claiming it was a photo from Lau’s 1990 kidnapping.
How do we know if a campaign featuring a survivor story is actually working? Too many organizations measure "impressions" or "video views." A survivor crying on camera will always get views. But does it change behavior?
There is no credible or verified evidence of a "rape video" involving Carina Lau.
