{"id":"1c5b5577-a2b4-4c80-9440-36ebcd8eda70","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3369963/us-seeks-us100-million-bail-each-chinese-born-couple-surrogacy-child-abuse-case","domain":"scmp.com","outlet":{"name":"South China Morning Post","country":"HK","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true,"owner":"Alibaba Group"},"title":"US seeks US$100 million bail each for Chinese-born couple in surrogacy child abuse case","plainHeadline":"US prosecutors seek US$100 million bail for Chinese-born couple in surrogacy abuse case.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Prosecutors seek US$100 million bail for Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang.","Allegations include directing nannies to beat surrogate-born children in a California mansion.","At least 14 children were abused; 15 of 16 children allegedly subjected to repeated abuse.","Surveillance system captured abuse; defendants allegedly coached children to deny it.","Xuan faces additional charges; Zhang charged with dissuading witnesses and other counts."],"topics":["Health","Education","Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T21:59:33.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-06T22:33:43.144Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/051a193c-43f2-4c0e-af4b-be6e5c168b41","storyId":"051a193c-43f2-4c0e-af4b-be6e5c168b41","image":"https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/canvas/2026/10/07/327d7448-5ec1-4c4d-bb71-88b6932c93d9_c89ebab0.jpg?itok=S6u-po90&v=1791323963","author":"Teresa Elena Frontado,Lucy Quaggin","dek":"Los Angeles County prosecutors are seeking bail of US$100 million each for a Chinese-born couple charged on Tuesday with conspiring to abuse young children who were born through surrogacy and raised in their California mansion."}