Most of us prefer to keep our dirty laundry to ourselves, understandably so. But, 83-year-old singer-songwriter Steven Liu Chia-Chang (刘家昌) has apparently had enough of keeping quiet and recently took to the internet to put his second wife and son on blast.
The singer hasn’t had an easy time of life since his divorce with Taiwanese actress Chang Chia-Chen (章家珍) aka Chen Chen (甄珍). But, he’s been holding his tongue on everything that’s happened. At least, until a few days ago when he took his family to task about their alleged misdeeds.
On 26th October, Steven Liu made a post on Weibo, initially to inform his fans that he had undergone a prostate surgery which had thankfully gone well and he was safe. However, the three hour procedure had apparently given Steven time to reflect on his life. “Although the physical pain has been removed, the trauma in my heart could not be removed,” he penned.
“This is the first time I have made my home affairs public,” Steven said. He explained that in his later years, his marriage had failed and his family had broken up, so he had come to accept his fate. Yet, it seems he wasn’t quite able to let it all go. “After breaking up with the devil, you’ve been pestering me for over ten years and have yet to give up. I’m force to face it (and) tell the truth,” he commented.
Steven started his tirade with his wife, asking if she had received a letter from the Jiangxi High Court with its verdict against her. “You can’t just run away, the court will pursue it to the end,” he told her. He claimed his wife had resorted to “bribing the media to publish lies“, “hiring a Beijing barrister to lie about the loss of an official seal” and “forging documents“, all to fight for some properties.
Steven claimed he had initially wanted to simply live out the remainder of his life in peace, but after his wife and son attempted to sue him and his friends who had helped him out of the goodness of their hearts, he refused to stand by and watch. To make matters worse, he also claimed his wife had allegedly faked their divorce back in 1987.
He shared that he had met two lawyers, from America and Shanghai on 20th September and discovered he was not actually legally divorced. “The lawyer asked me to recall if I had ever been to court for the divorce. I had never been to the court. Have I seen a divorce lawyer? Never saw one either. Who did Chang Chia-Chen divorce in 1987? I have no idea,” he stated.
As such, the lawyers concluded he was not legally divorced since divorce is usually a matter between two parties and cannot be established unilaterally. “Chang Chia-Chen told the media in 2015 that she had divorced me in 1987 because I lost all my money gambling,” Steven explained. But, that issue had allegedly only been brought up because they forgot they were divorced.
Steven had reportedly attempted to divorce Chia-Chen again in 2015, which led to a fight over their properties. She had then conditionally offered him two properties of their twelve, a Hong Kong mansion and an unfinished project at Mount Longhu. She also claimed she would only be giving him 10% of their cash.
The singer had declined the offer, but as a result, it mean that the divorce was not signed. Under the advice of his friends, Steven took his case to the US court and managed to obtain half of their shared wealth as up until then, they had still been filing taxes together as a couple. He mistakenly thought that was the end of it.
“Unexpectedly, Chia-Chen flew to the U.S. to appear in court in person and produced a divorce certificate from 30 years ago (1987). In my absence, the U.S. judge approved the (deal),” Steven shared. It left him with little to no money for a lawsuit.
He also alleged that both his wife and son have since been deceived by Beijing lawyers who have been siphoning away their money. “I have paid tens of millions of Taiwan dollars in legal fees several times, and I have to pay our legal fees of NT$10 million,” he explained. “Losing the first trial and the second trial is like throwing money into the sea, endlessly.”
Steven also expressed sorrow for his son, Jeremy Liu (章立衡), a 39-year-old who, like his mother was seemingly keen on draining his father of money. “Every day, he and his mother find a lawyer to sue (me) for property,” the singer sighed. He then added that he hoped to see justice served via the court’s judgement.
For now, Steven Liu’s assistant claims he is recuperating from the surgery after being discharged from the hospital. Neither Steven nor Chia-Chen have spoken up since.
Well, there is no denying that Steven Liu’s relationship with his wife sounds like a very messy affair. However, we do hope they will be able to resolve the issue soon.
Sources: Oriental Daily, China Press, Weibo
