Hsiung sues Hondret for defamation

Hsiung said Hondret called her an”international fraudster”publicly and hurt her public image. Hondret made the charge at a press conference on Tuesday after filing the charges. He also said that he was “sad and disappointed” after being cheated by Hsiung's sweet and earnest appearance.

Hsiung's company was the Taiwanese agent of Sunrex Sarl, a company co-owned by Hondret and Karl Lagerfeld, head designer of Chanel. Sunrex Sarl produced Spoon Light, a popular slimming product.

Hondret said Hsiung and her sister Hsiung Hsiu-chen continued to use the Spoon Light name to sell self-made pills even after the agent contract between their company and Sunrex Sarl ended in 2008. He also said that tests showed the pills sold by the Hsiung sisters were completely different from the French original.

Hsiung, on the other hand, claimed that she and her sister are the rightful owners of the Spoon Light trademark in Taiwan, which some people are trying to steal.

Sunrex Sarl filed the fraud charges on Tuesday and asked for a compensation of about NT$18 billion from Hsiung's company. Hsiung was arrested on Tuesday and paid NT$100,000 bail.

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