While rumors of a video or more severe assault have circulated online for years, Carina Lau has addressed these directly:

It was purple. It featured a young woman’s profile—confident, chin up, a small scar near her eyebrow that wasn’t airbrushed out.

: In 2021, Lau was active in the industry, notably managing her husband Tony Leung Chiu-wai's career during his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings .

As technology evolves, so too must the vehicles for survivor stories.

Lena’s thumbs hovered over the keyboard. She thought of the awareness campaign she saw on Instagram last month—the one with the purple ribbon and the hashtag #SeeTheSigns. She had scrolled past it because she didn’t want to see herself in those signs. But the signs were there. The isolation. The financial control. The constant checking in.