Why did Chinese lawyer Mo Hu sue Zhou Libo?

Mo Hu, who served as the first defense lawyer in the United States for Chinese actor Zhou Libo's gun and drug-related case, recently told the media that he had filed a lawsuit against Zhou Libo in the New York High Court on 14 local time. In the lawsuit, he requested punitive damages of no less than US$6,543,800 for Zhou Libo, and demanded that Zhou Libo withdraw his defamatory remarks and publicly apologize.

"On May 24, local time, Chinese talk show actor Zhou Libo and his wife Hu Jie walked out of the court. On the same day, Zhou Libo was charged with five gun-related crimes in the United States in the Nassau County Court in New York State. Retrial. This is the tenth trial of Zhou Libo's case. Photo by China News Service reporter Liao Pan">Data photo: On May 24, 2018, local time, Chinese talk show actor Zhou Libo and his wife Hu Jie walked out of the court. This is the tenth trial of Zhou Libo's case.

According to Mo Hu, Zhou Libo fabricated and hyped up lies, insulted and slandered him in order to achieve ulterior motives. In order to protect legal dignity and personal reputation, the lawsuit was formally submitted to the New York High Court that day.