Oh, everyone in China went mad over this - the pictures were banned on the internet, he had to apologise, some of the women involved tried to commit suicide. It ruined several mediocre careers.
The hilarious thing was, all the news reports were "Edison Chen, Hollywood Star"....
...he had an uncredited non speaking role as an extra in The Dark Knight. He is not a Hollywood Star.
By that logic, I'm one of Nintendo's top developers due to my uncredited role as a Beta tester for the DS.