'Crouching Tiger' Actress Settles Defamation Lawsuit Over Prostitution Story

A writer who reported that Zhang Ziyi had gotten $100 million for sexual favors to Chinese officials had argued that people would be killed if he revealed the identity of his sources. Zhang Ziyi has reached a settlement in principle to settle a high-profile defamation lawsuit with political ramifications, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. In June, 2012, the actress sued U.S.-based China Free Press and journalist Weican Null Meng, who writes for the Chinese dissident news website Boxun, over a ...