Ava Kaufman
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first heard Sep 2026
last heard 4d ago
Ava Kaufman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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After all, Guojun had also been hurt.
badly.
Reid told me the workers were filing lawsuits to retaliate for their injuries.
Eventually, he said, they all settled with what he called miserable amounts.
I asked Ray about the pending lawsuit brought by the city of El Mani, the one involving the underground casino, psychedelic mushrooms, and alleged ringleader known as Dragon.
Ray hadn't been hired to defend Guojun in this case, but he was happy to offer his point of view.
And what do you make of those charges?
Even problematic clients are entitled to representation, he said, and added that all the activities at Pacific Place were the tenants' fault.
Since Ray had been rather forthcoming so far, I wondered if he would have any insight into the most serious allegations against his clients.
That they'd abused their children or ignored such abuse.
Ray placed the blame on the nanny who'd cared for the two-month-old child who'd ended up in the hospital.
He said, if the police were going to look at anyone, it would be her.
questions I had about why the couple had amassed such a big family, their chatty labor lawyer told me he wasn't at liberty to respond on the record.
So I learned a lot about Sylvia, a single mom strapped for cash, and about Guojun, her mercurial paramour with an American dream and a penchant for waving weapons around.
But I still didn't understand why they'd done all this.
Why have more than 20 kids through surrogacy?
When the news first broke in the summer of 2025, the dominant theory was that the couple was having all these kids to sell them.
The police seem to be looking into this.
They referred to it in their early interviews.
And it was the possibility of child trafficking that apparently got the FBI to open an investigation.
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