China Sentences Pop Star To 13 Years Imprisonment

A Beijing court has sentenced Chinese-born Canadian pop star Kris Wu to 13 years in jail after finding him guilty of crimes including rape.

The court in Beijing’s Chaoyang district said on Friday investigations showed from November to December 2020, the man also known as Wu Yifan raped three women.

It also found him guilty of the crime of assembling a crowd to engage in sexual promiscuity in July 2018, the court’s official WeChat account said.

The court said the three victims in the rape case had also been drunk and were unable to resist. It said a combined 13-year sentence was agreed upon and Wu would be immediately deported after serving his time.

“According to the facts … the nature, circumstances and harmful consequences of the crime, the court made the above judgement,” it said.

Wu was detained in Beijing on July 31 of last year after an 18-year-old Chinese student publicly accused him of inducing her and other girls, some under age 18, to have sex with him.

Officials from the Canadian embassy in Beijing attended the sentencing, according to state media.