Actress denies $1m-a-night prostitution allegations

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi is set to take legal action after claims she worked as $1 million-a-night prostitute for ruling members of the Chinese Communist Party

The international star, who has appeared in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Memoirs of a Geisha and Rush Hour 2, angrily denied selling sexual favours to party officials and earning $64m (€51m) in the process.

Hong Kong second-best-selling tabloid newspaper Apple Daily claims Ziyi provided sexual services for $1m a night to former commerce minister Bo Xilai and other clients. And The Apple Daily claims Ziyi had earned $64m over four years of prostitution.