Yue Zhou
Yue Zhou
Yue Zhou was a 27-year-old employee of Facebook. He is a Chinese citizen from Bejing. He graduated from Peking University, and earned his master's degree in management science and engineering from Columbia University. [1]
Sexual Assault and Rape
On June 24, 2016, after a dinner party with friends.
Zhou forcibly raped a young woman in her twenties.
He held the woman by knifepoint captive in his Palo Alto apartment. He has been charged with rape, sexually battery, and false imprisonment. He is being held $500,000 bail.
On July 19th, 2016, Zhou was officially charged with raping a female friend. [1] He was released after posting bail for the aforementioned charges in connection to the June 24 attack. He is due in court for an arraignment on September 6. The charges include three counts of rape by force, violence, duress, menace or fear; one count of sexual battery of a victim; one count of assault with a deadly weapon and one count of false imprisonment.