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Chilling new details emerge in case of California ‘house of horrors’ where wealthy couple farmed 21 children

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A Chinese-American couple in Southern California, Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang, faces charges related to allegedly operating a surrogacy operation involving 21 children at their $4 million mansion in Arcadia. Prosecutors claim the children were isolated from society, never allowed outside or to attend school, and subjected to severe abuse, including beatings for minor infractions like sitting incorrectly. During a bail hearing on Friday, Deputy District Attorney MacKenzie Teymouri detailed how the couple allegedly kept the children indoors constantly, forcing them to work nearly 24/7 in makeshift classrooms while enduring violence and neglect. Judge Caroline Lugo set bail at $20 million for both Xuan and Zhang, citing their flight risk and potential danger to witnesses.

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Guojun Xuan, 66, and Silvia Zhang, 39, are accused of running a "house of horrors" from their $4 million mansion in Arcadia, California, where they allegedly abused and isolated nearly two dozen children. At a bail hearing on Friday, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney MacKenzie Teymouri revealed that the couple restricted the children from going outside, attending school, or engaging in normal social activities like visiting playgrounds or restaurants. The prosecutor stated that the children were confined indoors to such an extent that when they were taken into custody last year by the Department of Children and Family Services, they reportedly feared going outdoors because they had been deprived of sunlight for so long.

The case has also uncovered evidence of a deceased surrogate child whose cremated remains were found in a box at the residence. Teymouri said the couple showed indifference towards this situation, further implicating them in severe neglect and abuse. The alleged victims are said to have witnessed frequent acts of violence within their home environment.

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Teymouri PERSON · 6× Xuan PERSON · 3× Los Angeles County GPE · 2× Times ORG · 2× Zhang PERSON · 2× Arcadia GPE · 1× Chinese NORP · 1× Guojun Xuan PERSON · 1× MacKenzie Teymouri PERSON · 1× Silvia Zhang PERSON · 1×

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The children stayed indoors for so long that when the Department of Children and Family Services took them into custody last year, they were “scared to go to the park because they hadn’t been outside,” Teymouri added.

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🔮 The children were expected to work nearly 24/7, learning “math, Mandarin and English,” prosecutors said.

2026-10-17 · New York Post

Chilling new details emerge in case of California ‘house of horrors’ where wealthy couple farmed 21 children · assertive framing

Claims (25 extracted, 3 hedged)

Disturbing new details in the case of a Chinese-American couple accused of farming 21 children inside their Southern California mansion were revealed in court on Friday. asserted

details → accuse → Friday

Guojun Xuan, 66, and Silvia Zhang, 39, are accused of keeping a “house of horrors” at their $4 million Arcadia mansion, where prosecutors allege child abuse stemming from their mass surrogacy operation. asserted

prosecutors → accuse → operation

At a bail hearing on Friday, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney MacKenzie Teymouri said the couple hid the nearly two dozen children from the world, restricting them from ever seeing sunlight, according to the Los Angeles Times. uncertain

couple → say → Times

“They didn’t go to school outside the home. asserted

They → go → home

They didn’t go to playgrounds. asserted

They → go → playgrounds

They didn’t go to restaurants,” Teymouri said. asserted

Teymouri → go → restaurants

“They lived in this home and witnessed violence in the kitchen, in the bathrooms, in the bedrooms, in the foyer. asserted

They → live → foyer

Cops also found the cremated remains of a surrogate child that had been sent to the house after the baby died in Florida, Teymouri added. asserted

Teymouri → find → Florida

She said the pair never opened the box and appeared to be “indifferent” to the fate of their children, the Times reported. asserted

Times → say → children

The children were expected to work nearly 24/7, learning “math, Mandarin and English,” prosecutors said. asserted

prosecutors → expect → math

They were also allegedly ordered to sit up straight and listen or suffer beatings. uncertain

They → order → beatings

The children sat in “makeshift classrooms” from the dawn till dusk, prosecutors said. asserted

prosecutors → sit → dusk

“From sunup, to sundown, these children, whether they’re in a high chair or old enough to sit at a desk, sat in what can only be described as makeshift classrooms,” Teymouri said, according to the Times. uncertain

Teymouri → ’re → Times

Teymouri → stay → park

Prosecutors obtained video of Xuan sweeping a flashlight through the beds of sleeping children and would beat any child that was awake. asserted

that → obtain → child

Teymouri also noted she needed to mute video footage she reviewed due to the “constant screaming” of children in the background as a result of the persistent beatings. asserted

she → note → beatings

Xuan has been charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, child abuse and accessory after the fact, along with five counts of dissuading a witness. asserted

Xuan → charge → witness

Zhang was charged with conspiracy to commit a crime and accessory after the fact, along with four counts of dissuading a witness. asserted

Zhang → charge → witness

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Caroline Lugo held the couple in lieu of $20 million bail, concurring with the prosecutors that they were a flight risk. asserted

they → hold → prosecutors

Teymouri revealed their nanny, Chunmei Li, fled to China with the couple’s help. asserted

nanny → reveal → help

Li had been charged with child abuse for hitting a child so hard they required hospitalization for brain bleeding. asserted

they → charge → bleeding

Mitchell Krems, Xuan’s attorney, said his client had never been convicted of a crime, blamed the abuse on nannies, and said the couple are victims of anti-Chinese sentiment in the US. asserted

couple → say → US

He also argued his client should be freed because of his deteriorating condition in police custody because of leukemia treatments that have contributed to him being permanently bound to a wheelchair. asserted

him → argue → wheelchair

Zhang’s attorney argued that the expensive bail was unncessary, citing the children’s luxury accommodations. “These kids, there was no cigarette burn marks. asserted

bail → argue → accommodations

These kids were well nutritioned, they were getting education every day,” he said. asserted

he → nutritione → education