Extra Plea Time Granted for Mysterious Wealthy Chinese Girl Involved in Rolls-Royce Crash
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A luxury car accident in Sydney involving Yang Lanlan, a mysterious, wealthy girl with alleged ties to Chinese political leaders, has seen its defendant seeking more time to prepare for a court plea.
The case was brought to court for a second hearing on Sept. 26 at the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney. Yang did not appear in person nor enter a plea to the charges. The case has been postponed again.
The car accident occurred in Rose Bay, an affluent Sydney suburb, on July 26. Yang was allegedly under the influence when she crashed her $1.5 million Rolls-Royce SUV into a Mercedes-Benz business car.
George Plassaras, the 52-year-old driver of the Mercedes for radio host Kyle Sandilands, suffered serious injuries including fractures to his spine, ribs, hip, and femur.
Yang, uninjured in the crash, was granted bail but required to surrender her passport, report to the police three times a week, adhere to a curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., and was prohibited from driving.
The 23-year-old Chinese girl was initially faced with four charges: causing bodily harm by misconduct, refusing or failing to submit to breath analysis, dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, and failing to provide police with her details.
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Who Is Yang Lanlan?
Yang wears luxury-branded clothes, drives a Rolls-Royce, and lives in an ocean-view penthouse in Sydney, yet there is almost no information about her available online.
Widespread speculation about her identity went viral all over Chinese social media, with many believing the theory that she is a descendant of a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader.
On Aug. 15, during the first hearing of the case, over 100 people crowded into the Downing Centre in Sydney, hoping to catch a glimpse of Yang, who only appeared via video.
On Aug. 18, Sheng Xue, a Canada-based journalist and pro-democracy activist, posted on X that Yang was seen visiting Qi Xin, the mother of CCP leader Xi Jinping, in Shenzhen Guest House, a hotel specifically for hosting high-ranking CCP officials and important foreign dignitaries.
“On the night of March 8, 2025, Yang Lanlan flew from Sydney to Hong Kong. Three cars were sent to pick her up at the airport, and she directly got into a Lexus Alphard minivan. She did not stop in Hong Kong but went straight to Shenzhen, where she checked into Shenzhen Guest House and met her [alleged] grandmother, Qi Xin, who resembles her and dotes on her,” reads the post in Chinese.
In later interviews with Vision Times and People News, Sheng Xue claimed that her source is reliable.
She added the fact that Yang was allegedly able to directly meet with Xi’s mother proves that she is an important member of the Xi family and “most likely Xi Jinping’s illegitimate daughter.”
“Over a billion people in China are desperately struggling to survive, while the CCP and its descendants have already drained China dry and fled far away,” she said in another X post.
To date, Yang has not made any public statements regarding the car accident, nor expressed concern for the injured party.
Backup Charge Added, Yang’s Info Revealed
On Sept. 26, the prosecutor’s representative revealed in court that the police have withdrawn the first charge of “causing bodily harm by misconduct” and added a backup charge to the third charge of “dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm”—“negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm.”
A backup charge is typically a secondary charge submitted by the prosecution during the indictment process.
Its main purpose is that, if the primary charge proves difficult to establish (due to insufficient evidence, for instance), the court can still consider the backup charge based on the same facts.
Yang’s solicitor, John Korn, told the court that the defence team needed more time to prepare before entering a plea, as they had just been notified of all charges against Yang earlier that week.
The court’s acting deputy registrar granted the delay but informed Korn that Yang must formally respond to the plea of guilty or not guilty at her next hearing on Oct. 17. This means Yang will be required to appear in person.
Korn also successfully requested to modify the bail conditions, citing Yang’s “very considerable” mental health issues: The curfew has been lifted, and the frequency of her police check-ins has been reduced to once a week.
He revealed for the first time some of Yang’s experiences in Australia: Yang, a foreign national and permanent resident of Australia, was sent to Australia to study at the age of 14, and has rarely returned to China since then.
Rachel Qu contributed to this report.
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