BEIJING – Disgraced Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu has been jailed for 13 years after being found guilty of rape, a Chinese court said on Friday, following a scandal that drew widespread condemnation.
Wu was sentenced to “11 years and six months of imprisonment for rape”, the court in Beijing’s Chaoyang district said, adding he was"also sentenced to imprisonment of one year and 10 months for the crime of gathering people to commit adultery”. The court said investigations showed that from November to December 2020, the man also known as Wu Yifan raped three women. He will serve a 13-year term before being deported, the court said.
Wu originally shot to fame as a member of the K-pop boy band EXO, before leaving in 2014 to launch a successful solo career as a singer, actor, model and variety show judge.
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