'Don Yuan' loses 17 girlfriends after crash

09 April 2015 - 02:51 By ©The Daily Telegraph

A Chinese man who was dating 17 women at once was found out when all his girlfriends visited him in hospital following a car crash. The man, named Yuan, from the city of Changsha, had been dating all the women, and even had a child with one, state media reported.His luck ran out when hospital staff contacted his loved ones following his accident.A stream of women between the ages of 20 and 40 turned up at Yuan's bedside only to learn that they were not alone in his heart.Some of the women had been in relationships with Yuan for more than a decade and at least one was planning their wedding.Xiao Li, a girlfriend of 18 months, said: "I was really worried when I heard he was in hospital. But when I started seeing more and more beautiful girls show up I couldn't cry any more."Yuan's motives appear in part to be financial.Following a divorce in which he allegedly cheated his wife out of 250000 yuan, he allegedly took to swindling girlfriends. He now faces charges of fraud.One Chinese blogger commented: "Hey brother, when do you give a training class? Single dogs [dudes] don't lack money."Another was less congratulatory: "A man with his looks managed to swindle girls and money, what an inspiring story!"Yuan is also alleged to have fabricated a degree in civil engineering from Central South University in order to gain employment, though he only held a middle school diploma...

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