Canadian pop star Kris Wu jailed for 13 years in China

Kris Wu, popular Canadian pop star and former member of K-pop group EXO, has been sentenced to 13 years in jail by a Beijing court after he was found guilty of crimes including rape.

As per the investigation, he allegedly raped three women from November to December 2020. He was also found guilty of the crime of assembling a crowd to engage in sexual promiscuity. The 32-year-old singer was arrested last year after being accused of date-rape by a student. Later, 24 more victims spoke out against him. The court said that he would be deported back to his country, but deportations in China usually take place after the convicts have served their prison term.

Chaoyang district court in Beijing stated that Wu would serve 11 years and six months in jail for raping three women at his home in 2020 'when they were drunk and did not know or not able to resist'. The court added that he'll have to serve an additional one year and 10 months prison term for 'gathering people to commit adultery'.

Du Meizhu, a student, was the first person who accused Kris Wu. She had posted on social media that she had met Mr Wu two years earlier, when she was 17. She later added that she was invited to a party held at his home, she was later pressured to drink alcohol and woke up in his bed the next day.

Mr Wu denied all the claims and allegations, but later on at least 24 more victims accused him of predatory behaviour. The singer has also been fined with a total amount of 600m yuan (£69m) as stated by State news agency Xinhua for making false declarations about his worldwide income.

He has been a member of the K-pop boyband EXO in the 2010 and later became one of China's biggest celebrities after carving a solo career as a singer, actor, model and variety show judge.

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