faced public mockery, with tabloids obsessing over how her then-husband Nicholas Tse would react. They divorced years later, and while the marriage had other problems, the scandal was a permanent scar.

In early 2008, the Hong Kong entertainment industry was rocked when hundreds of private, explicit photographs of Canadian-Hong Kong actor and musician Edison Chen were leaked online. The images featured Chen alongside several high-profile actresses and singers, including Gillian Chung (of the pop duo Twins) and Cecilia Cheung.

In May 2009, Sze Ho-chun was sentenced to eight and a half months in prison for "obtaining access to a computer with dishonest intent". Chen, while maintaining the acts were consensual, faced severe professional blowback. He was dropped from multiple film projects and major advertising campaigns with brands like Pepsi and Samsung.