A female participant in a local match-making TV show in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, was extorted after it was discovered she had been involved in prostitution, according to a local court.

The Wuxi court on Nov. 13, 2013, held the case hearing of a young woman, who had participated in the recording of a match-making TV show for Wuxi TV in late 2012. Afterwards, her contact information was shown on-screen and a 25-year-old man surnamed Cao, having taken a liking to her, contacted her, asking her to embark on a relationship with him.

The woman agreed and after the two had their first sexual encounter, Cao gave the woman 1,000 yuan (US$164). Cao said the money was given out of sympathy when he heard she had lost much money playing online games and her home had been robbed.

After the two had met up several times, Cao thought she had agreed to be his girlfriend. However, he later retrieved a photo online showing the woman in a hotel room wearing nothing but a towel. Cao then realized she was in fact a prostitute and was furious about the fact he had been cheated.

He started to use a fake online ID to extort her, claiming he was the girlfriend of one of her clients and had hired a private investigator to record videos and photos of her having sex. He threatened to post the obtained material online unless she paid. The woman wired him 10,000 yuan (US$1,640) to appease the situation.

In late March of this year, the woman was detained by police. She also told police about Cao's extortion. Cao was later arrested in July under a warrant of extortion charges issued by Wuxi prosecutors.

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