In 2004, a five-minute video appeared online with the label "Carina Lau Blackmail Rape Video." According to archived news reports, the video depicted a woman bound and assaulted by two men. Some internet users claimed the woman in the footage looked similar to a distraught Carina Lau.
[1990: Abduction & Topless Photos Taken] ──> [2002: East Week Photo Leak & Protests] ──> [Present: Fake "Rape Video" Clickbait]
Carina Lau Kar-ling was born on December 8, 1965, in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. She moved to Hong Kong with her family in 1980 at the age of 15 and graduated from the TVB artist training program in 1984, marking the beginning of a decades-spanning career in the Hong Kong film industry.
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The trauma of the incident resurfaced 12 years later in , when the Hong Kong tabloid East Week published a nude photo of a distressed, "unnamed female star" on its cover.
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: Mass demonstrations were organized by prominent figures including Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, and Lau's longtime partner (now husband), Tony Leung Chiu-wai.
Current news in April 2026 focuses on her recent public appearances with husband Tony Leung for their new film "Silent Friend".