The case went to the local court, where the judge ruled it an "accidental traffic disturbance" and gave the driver a two-year suspended sentence. The judge's ruling spurred rumors that he went easy on her because her husband was related to senior provincial officials.
这一案件在地方法院进行审理，法官的判决结果是"意外扰乱交通秩序"，撞人者被判入狱两年并缓期执行。法官的判决使得流言四起，其内容都是说法官对肇事者手下留情是因为此人的丈夫与省里的高官有关系。该案很快就演变成一个"富对贫"的故事并被人们广泛引用为高层腐败的写照。