BEIJING -A court docket in China’s capital Beijing on Friday denied the enchantment of Chinese language-born Canadian pop star Kris Wu, who was sentenced to 13 years in jail for crimes together with rape.
The previous member of Okay-pop group EXO returned to China in 2014, the place he constructed a profitable profession. In 2017 Wu made his Hollywood debut within the movie “XXX: Return of Xander Cage“.
“Wu violated the desire of girls and took benefit of the drunkenness of a number of victims to have sexual relations with them. His behaviour constituted the crime of rape,” the court docket stated in a press release.
Wu, 33, was detained in July 2021 after an 18-year-old Chinese language pupil publicly accused him of inducing her and different women, some youthful than 18, to have intercourse with him.
Affirming the trial court docket’s ruling, Beijing No. 3 Intermediate Folks’s Courtroom dominated that Wu gathered a crowd to have interaction in lewd actions and was the ringleader, subsequently his behaviour constituted the crime of group licentiousness.
His shut kinfolk and officers from the Canadian embassy in China attended the decision announcement.
Wu, who couldn’t be contacted, has beforehand denied the accusation. Reuters didn’t have entry to his kinfolk or his authorized representatives for remark.
“The Authorities of Canada is conscious {that a} closing resolution was rendered within the case,” stated Jeremie Berube, spokesperson at World Affairs Canada, which manages the federal government’s diplomatic and consular relations.
Consular officers have been actively engaged on Wu’s case and are offering consular help to him and his household, Berube stated in a press release to Reuters.
The Canadian authorities stated in July that its diplomats had been denied entry to the beginning of Wu’s enchantment trial. Beijing stated it notified the embassy of the enchantment trial upfront nevertheless it was not open to the general public to guard the privateness of the victims.
On the time of his detention, Wu was an envoy for 15 manufacturers, together with Bulgari, Lancome, Louis Vuitton and Porsche, all of which instantly severed ties with him.
The previous member of Okay-pop group EXO returned to China in 2014, the place he constructed a profitable profession. In 2017 Wu made his Hollywood debut within the movie “XXX: Return of Xander Cage“.
“Wu violated the desire of girls and took benefit of the drunkenness of a number of victims to have sexual relations with them. His behaviour constituted the crime of rape,” the court docket stated in a press release.
Wu, 33, was detained in July 2021 after an 18-year-old Chinese language pupil publicly accused him of inducing her and different women, some youthful than 18, to have intercourse with him.
Affirming the trial court docket’s ruling, Beijing No. 3 Intermediate Folks’s Courtroom dominated that Wu gathered a crowd to have interaction in lewd actions and was the ringleader, subsequently his behaviour constituted the crime of group licentiousness.
His shut kinfolk and officers from the Canadian embassy in China attended the decision announcement.
Wu, who couldn’t be contacted, has beforehand denied the accusation. Reuters didn’t have entry to his kinfolk or his authorized representatives for remark.
“The Authorities of Canada is conscious {that a} closing resolution was rendered within the case,” stated Jeremie Berube, spokesperson at World Affairs Canada, which manages the federal government’s diplomatic and consular relations.
Consular officers have been actively engaged on Wu’s case and are offering consular help to him and his household, Berube stated in a press release to Reuters.
The Canadian authorities stated in July that its diplomats had been denied entry to the beginning of Wu’s enchantment trial. Beijing stated it notified the embassy of the enchantment trial upfront nevertheless it was not open to the general public to guard the privateness of the victims.
On the time of his detention, Wu was an envoy for 15 manufacturers, together with Bulgari, Lancome, Louis Vuitton and Porsche, all of which instantly severed ties with him.
