Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu sentenced to 13 years of prison for rape in China - CNN

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A Chinese tribunal successful Beijing sentenced Chinese-Canadian popular prima Kris Wu, besides known arsenic Wu Yifan, to 13 years successful jailhouse aft uncovering him blameworthy of intersexual offenses, including rape, the tribunal said successful a station connected its authoritative Weibo account.

Wu roseate to fame arsenic a subordinate of fashionable Korean-Chinese popular radical EXO, past arsenic a solo enactment aft helium near the set successful 2014.

The Chaoyang District People’s Court successful Beijing stated that betwixt November 2020 and December 2020, the vocalist raped 3 women astatine his residence portion ​the women were unable, oregon did not cognize how, to defy owed to intoxicant intoxication; ​and successful ​July 2018, helium on ​with others​, organized 2 women to prosecute successful “promiscuous activities” ​while intoxicated astatine his residence, the tribunal stated.

The tribunal convicted Wu connected 2 charges – rape and assembling a assemblage to prosecute successful promiscuous activities – and sentenced him to 11.5 years and 22 months, respectively. ​The tribunal decided connected a fixed-term condemnation of 13 years, according to the Weibo post.

Wu volition beryllium deported aft helium finishes his sentence, the tribunal said.

Wu was formally arrested connected suspicion of rape successful August past year, aft helium was archetypal detained by constabulary successful July 2021 successful the Chinese capital, pursuing an online outcry implicit intersexual battle allegations against him successful what has go the astir high-profile #MeToo lawsuit successful China.

Officials from the Canadian embassy successful China attended the sentencing, the tribunal added successful the post.

The Canadian embassy successful China did not instantly respond to a CNN petition for remark connected Friday.

CNN is besides efforting a remark from Wu’s representatives.

Separately, the Beijing Municipal Tax Service fined Wu RMB 600 cardinal (approximately $83.8 million) for taxation evasion, according to a connection from the bureau released connected Friday.