Justin Sun Reveals AI Advised Against Paying $50M Ex-Girlfriend Demand

Justin Sun is taking legal action against Chinese actress Jing Tian following their split. The TRON creator is pursuing a claim against her and her parents to retrieve approximately $4.5 million.

A legal filing was accompanied by a lengthy personal narrative Sun published on X, attracting over 33 million views within 24 hours. Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao, known as CZ, has since urged restraint.

The Legal Dispute Between Justin Sun and Jing Tian

The pair first met in Hong Kong and were in a relationship until late 2025. During a trip to the Maldives in January, Sun proposed and subsequently transferred 30 million yuan into two accounts belonging to her parents.

Towards the end of February, the couple relocated to California. Jing Tian checked into a resort in Laguna Beach for an egg retrieval procedure, which Sun claims she proposed as part of a surrogacy arrangement.

The Tron founder recounts that she called him on the eighth day, demanding $50 million before continuing. He says he consulted Claude AI about his available cash, received advice to decline, and then stopped communicating. She ended the call and departed.

When combined with the bride price his legal team is seeking to reclaim, the total amount in dispute reaches $54.5 million.

“If I had given her the money that day, would she have stayed?” wrote Justin Sun.

In a subsequent interview with Hong Kong's The Standard, he admitted uncertainty about whether the machine's verdict or his own was correct.

Jing, aged 38, has responded without addressing Sun's specific allegations directly.

“I will never sell my love for money,” Jing Tian wrote on Weibo, adding that she believes the courts will ultimately establish the truth.

Her studio has likewise stated the matter should be resolved through the legal system.

Why CZ Called Him Out

CZ distinguished between marketing efforts and causing personal harm. Aggressive promotion is acceptable, he posted. Destroying someone's reputation is not.

The distinction is significant. Zhao interpreted the essay as a promotional move rather than a genuine account, and set boundaries regarding reputational harm. This time his adversary is not Star Xu, the OKX founder whose ongoing conflict with CZ has intensified multiple times this year.