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Arcadia Surrogacy Case: Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang
Updated October 23, 2026 · Browse investigations · Trials & Court Proceedings
Case overview and current legal status
Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang face a pending Los Angeles County prosecution over alleged abuse of children at their Arcadia home. Both pleaded not guilty. Bail remained $20 million each after a later hearing. [3]
Court and jurisdiction
Los Angeles County Superior Court case 26PDCF00918; the initial arraignment was set at the Pasadena Courthouse, Department D. The criminal complaint is linked below. [1]
Prosecutors and defense attorneys
Deputy District Attorney MacKenzie Teymouri prosecutes the case. Court reporting identifies Mitchell Krems for Xuan and Matt Koohanim for Zhang. [3]
Victim background
The charging announcement concerns at least fourteen children, including an infant as young as two months. Their identities are withheld here. [1]
People and documented roles
Xuan and Zhang: parents and defendants. Chunmei Li: nanny separately charged in case 26PDCF00694; the DA reported an outstanding arrest warrant. [1]
Interactive timeline
April–May 2025 — Alleged abuse and discovery
Prosecutors describe home recordings from an eleven-day period and a subsequent investigation following an infant’s head injury. [1]
October 6, 2026 — Charges announced
The DA announced the prosecution of Xuan and Zhang and published the complaint. [1]
October 2026 — Pleas and bail review
Court reporting says both pleaded not guilty and a judge declined to reduce their previously set $20 million bail. [3]
Investigation and evidence
Defendant-specific charges
Both face conspiracy to commit child abuse and accessory-after-the-fact counts. Xuan additionally faces a child-abuse count and five witness-dissuasion counts; Zhang faces four witness-dissuasion counts. [1]
Surveillance and alleged concealment
The DA describes recordings from more than thirty cameras, physical punishment by caregivers, and alleged instructions to conceal abuse. The linked complaint contains accusations to be tested in court. [1]
Prosecution and defense positions
Prosecution: the parents allegedly enabled abuse and attempted to conceal it. Xuan’s defense: Krems disputes the charges, attributes wrongdoing to nannies, and raised medical needs and flight-risk arguments at the bail hearing. Zhang’s defense: Koohanim described her relationship with Xuan as an employment arrangement. These are attributed positions, not resolved findings. [3]
Courtroom developments
The documented developments are arraignment and bail litigation. The later bail ruling maintained $20 million per defendant; prosecutors’ original $100 million request was not the amount described as ordered. [3]
Witnesses and testimony
The available reports discuss recordings and statements but do not provide a complete trial witness list. A defense argument or prosecutor’s hearing statement is not labeled as witness testimony here.
Verdict, sentencing and appeals
No conviction is reported in the reviewed sources. Xuan, Zhang and Li retain the presumption of innocence.
Key questions and documented answers
What does the full footage show? Prosecutors characterize selected recordings; completeness and context remain evidentiary questions. What did each defendant do or know? The complaint and defense accounts differ. How do the criminal and surrogacy disputes relate? A civil allegation does not itself prove a criminal charge.