BEIJING: A Beijing Canadian singer sentencing court Kris Wu on Friday to 13 years in prison after he was found guilty of crimes including rape, just over a year after he was arrested in China, where he was born and built a lucrative career. Chaoyang District Court said the investigation found that between November and December 2020, the 32-year-old man, also known as Kris Wu, raped three women. Wu was detained on July 31 last year after an 18-year-old Chinese student accused him of luring her and other girls, some of them under 18, to have sex with him. . The court also found him guilty of gathering crowds for promiscuous sex in July 2018.
Wu, who was born in China but has Canadian citizenship, rose to fame as a member of K-pop boy band EXO in the 2010s. He has become one of China’s biggest celebrities. Quoc after making a solo career as a singer, actress, model, and variety show judge. However, brands include Louis Vuitton, Bulgari, L’Oreal Men and Porsche have suspended their partnership with Wu because of the incident. The Canadian Embassy in Beijing was not immediately available for comment. The court said Wu would be deported, although lawyers said such deportation would come after serving his prison term.
Wu, who was born in China but has Canadian citizenship, rose to fame as a member of K-pop boy band EXO in the 2010s. He has become one of China’s biggest celebrities. Quoc after making a solo career as a singer, actress, model, and variety show judge. However, brands include Louis Vuitton, Bulgari, L’Oreal Men and Porsche have suspended their partnership with Wu because of the incident. The Canadian Embassy in Beijing was not immediately available for comment. The court said Wu would be deported, although lawyers said such deportation would come after serving his prison term.
