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the trial court had made an error in the admission of certain
evidence. After the reversal, the State of North Carolina
dismissed the charge against Mr. Huang due to the age of the case
and the potential impact of a retrial on the alleged victim.
These events led to petitioners’ involvement in a number of
additional legal matters, including a malicious prosecution suit
against Ms. Wang. In the malicious prosecution suit, in order to
overcome a presumption of probable cause for initiation of the
prosecution which arose from the jury’s finding of guilt on the
assault charge, Mr. Huang alleged that “members of the faculty
and administration of N.C. State University * * * paid Wang to
falsely accuse Huang of sexually assaulting her” as part of a
conspiracy to deprive Mr. Huang of his employment at NCSU. Mr.
Huang did not prevail in this suit, in part due to the State
court’s finding that Mr. Huang was unable to produce any evidence
of such a payment or conspiracy.
NCSU eventually terminated Mr. Huang’s employment, stating
that the basis for his dismissal was, in part, the alleged attack
on Ms. Wang. In response to the termination of Mr. Huang’s
employment, petitioners filed further lawsuits on various
grounds.
During the years in issue, petitioners hired an attorney,
Kirk Osborn, who represented them in various matters, primarily
related to the criminal and malicious prosecution matters.
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