A California couple turned their Los Angeles County mansion into a “horrific” surrogacy compound where at least 14 surrogate-born children — some as young as 2 months old — were repeatedly abused and beaten by “nannies,” prosecutors say.
Guojun Xuan, 66, and Silvia Zhang, 39, were charged Tuesday with one count each of conspiracy to commit child abuse. Xuan also faces one felony count of child abuse, one felony count of accessory after the fact and five felony counts of dissuading a witness.
The couple employed “multiple nannies to supervise and discipline the children” residing at their Arcadia “mansion,” including a woman who has already been charged with child abuse under conditions likely to cause great bodily injury or death, according to a Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office press release…