Throughout the trial, Bo flatly denied most of the corruption charges, often professed ignorance of the facts, and claimed to be unable to recall any details of the matters in question. He even retracted his confession to the CCP’s anti-graft agency, blaming mental stress for his admission that he accepted bribes from a man he called “soulless” in court.
庭审过程自始至终，薄熙来常常以不知情、想不起细节为由断然否认绝大多数腐败指控。他甚至推翻了曾向中纪委做出的供述，称自己是因为精神压力才供认从一个被他称为“卑鄙小人”的人那里接受贿赂。他在结束陈词中扔下一枚重磅炸弹：称曾是他手下警察局长兼左膀右臂（而且没有“做人的基本道德”）的王立军暗恋他的妻子。