2026年10月6日 美国东部时间下午3:53 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻(CBS News)
作者:卡特里娜·考夫曼、萨里·阿维夫、卡拉·塔巴奇尼克、乔希·博斯韦尔
一名执法消息人士在官员召开新闻发布会公布最新进展前不久向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻证实,这起代孕丑闻的核心加州夫妇已于周二被捕。
洛杉矶地区检察官内森·J·霍克曼表示,轩国军(Guojun Xuan)和西尔维娅·张(Silvia Zhang)面临多项指控,包括共谋虐待儿童和阻止证人作证。他要求将保释金定为1亿美元。
这对夫妇去年因2025年7月当局突袭他们位于阿卡迪亚的豪宅并将21名主要为代孕所生的孩子交由国家监护而登上全国新闻头条。
洛杉矶县警长罗伯特·卢纳表示,周二上午,洛杉矶县警长部门的侦探在他们的住所逮捕了这对夫妇,随后他们被转移至帕萨迪纳法院,目前正在接受传讯。
“今日诉状中公开的内容令人极度不安,其中涉及骇人听闻的体罚、殴打和虐待儿童行为,”霍克曼在新闻发布会上说道。
此案涉及的两名代孕母亲的律师梅利莎·布里斯曼告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻:“这是个好消息,相关人员将为自己的行为负责,如果你滥用代孕制度,就必须承担后果。”
布里斯曼补充道,代孕对于那些需要帮助成为父母的人来说仍然是一项重要选择,但必须“为进入代孕制度的各方提供充分保护”。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/testing-the-ethical-boundaries-of-surrogacy/
“我们必须确保害群之马不会破坏所有人的机会,”她说道。
洛杉矶联邦调查局(FBI)的一名发言人证实,联邦调查局对这处住宅执行了搜查令,此次搜查与警长部门开展的搜查相互独立。
一名邻居表示,可以看到直升机和警察在他们的豪宅附近,整个街区都被拉起了警戒线。
官员们表示,调查始于2025年5月,当时张带着一名2个月大的男童因头部受伤前往医院就诊。
“她就受伤原因向医院工作人员作出的陈述似乎并不属实,医院工作人员随后通知了执法部门,”卢纳说道,并补充称当阿卡迪亚警方前往这处住宅时,“他们发现的情况引发了更严重的担忧”。
9月初,阿卡迪亚警察局请求洛杉矶县警长部门提供协助。
“我们将继续携手合作,为本案涉及的全部21名儿童寻求正义,”卢纳说道。
为张和轩代孕了两名孩子的代孕母亲玛丽亚·卡斯塔诺斯在得知两人被捕后表示:“我很气愤,相关各方没能及时制止这一切,让孩子们经历了他们所遭受的一切。我对整个流程、整件事都感到愤怒。不只是他们两个人的问题。”
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California couple at center of surrogacy scandal arrested on child abuse charges
2026-10-06 3:53 PM EDT / CBS News
By Katrina Kaufman, Sari Aviv, Cara Tabachnick, Josh Boswell
A California couple at the center of a surrogacy scandal was arrested on Tuesday. A law enforcement source confirmed the arrests to CBS News shortly before officials held a news conference to announce the latest developments.
Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang are being charged with multiple counts including conspiracy to commit child abuse and dissuading a witness, Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said. He is asking for bail to be set at $100 million.
The couple drew national headlines last year after authorities raided their Arcadia mansion in July 2025 and took 21 kids, mostly surrogate-born, into state custody.
Tuesday morning, detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department arrested the couple at their residence. They were transferred to the Pasadena courthouse where they are currently being arraigned, Sheriff Robert Luna said.
“What has been publicly filed in the complaint today is incredibly disturbing. It involves horrific punishment and beatings and child abuse,” Hochman said at the news conference.
Melissa Brisman, an attorney for two of the surrogates involved in the case, told CBS News, “This is wonderful news that people will be held responsible for their actions and there will be consequences if you abuse the surrogacy system.”
Brisman added that it’s important surrogacy remains an option for those who need the help to become parents, but said there must “be adequate protections for those who enter the surrogacy system.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/testing-the-ethical-boundaries-of-surrogacy/
“We need to make sure bad actors don’t ruin it for everyone else,” she said.
A Los Angeles FBI spokesperson confirmed the FBI served a search warrant at the home, separate from a search conducted by the sheriff’s department.
A neighbor said helicopters and police could be seen at their mansion and the entire block is taped off.
Officials said the investigation began in May 2025 when Zhang brought a 2-month-old boy to the hospital with a head injury.
“She appeared to be untruthful with hospital staff about how the injury was sustained and the hospital staff notified law enforcement authorities,” Luna said, adding that when Arcadia police went to the home, “what they discovered raised even more serious concerns.”
In early September, the Arcadia Police Department requested assistance from the LA County Sheriff’s Department.
“We will continue to work together to pursue justice for all 21 children involved in this case,” Luna said.
Maria Castellanos, a surrogate who carried two children for Zhang and Xuan, said after learning of their arrest, “I’m mad that everyone involved couldn’t stop this so the kids wouldn’t go through everything they went through. I’m just mad with the whole process, the whole thing. It’s not just them.”
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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