Kris Wu: Chinese-Canadian singer jailed to 13 years for sex crimes - BBC

Chinese-Canadian popular prima Kris Wu has been jailed for 13 years aft being recovered blameworthy of enactment crimes.

A tribunal successful Beijing convicted the 32-year-old vocalist and histrion of raping 3 women and assembling a assemblage to prosecute successful an orgy.

He was arrested past twelvemonth aft being accused of date-rape by a student, earlier 24 much victims spoke out.

The tribunal said helium would beryllium deported - though deportations successful China usually instrumentality spot aft sentences are served.

Beijing's Chaoyang territory tribunal said connected Friday that Wu would service 11 years and six months for raping 3 women astatine his location successful 2020 "when they were drunk and did not cognize oregon not capable to resist".

He besides received a condemnation of 1 twelvemonth and 10 months for "gathering radical to perpetrate adultery", the tribunal added.

The archetypal to impeach him was pupil Du Meizhu, who past twelvemonth posted connected societal media that she had met Mr Wu 2 years earlier, erstwhile she was 17.

She said she had been invited to a enactment astatine his home, wherever she was pressured to portion intoxicant and woke up successful his furniture the adjacent day.

Mr Wu denied the claims, but astatine slightest 24 much victims accusing him of predatory behaviour. He was accused of inviting women to alcohol-fuelled karaoke parties.

The vocalist besides faces a 600m yuan (£69m) taxation evasion fine. State quality bureau Xinhua said helium utilized a fictitious concern to marque mendacious declarations astir his worldwide income.

Mr Wu, who was calved successful China but has Canadian nationality, changeable to fame arsenic a subordinate of the K-pop boyband EXO successful the 2010s.

He became 1 of China's biggest celebrities aft carving a solo vocation arsenic a singer, actor, exemplary and assortment amusement judge.

However, brands including Louis Vuitton, Bulgari, L'Oreal Men and Porsche person suspended their partnerships with Mr Wu implicit the case.