An enchantment courtroom in China on Friday confirmed the unique trial verdict which dominated towards Chinese Canadian rapper and actor Kris Wu (actual identify Wu Yifei).
An enchantment listening to by the Beijing No. 3 People’s Intermediate Court in July heard the performer’s enchantment case away from cameras and the general public and mentioned that it might ship its verdict later. Family and representatives from the Canadian Embassy have been reported to have been current for the Friday verdict.
Wu was sentenced final November by the Chaoyang District People’s Court to a complete of 13 years — 11 and a half years for rape and a consecutive 22 months for “group lewdness” — and can be deported from China after finishing his sentence. He was subsequently fined $64 million {dollars} for tax evasion.
Allegations towards Wu have been made in July 2021 by Du Meizhu, then 18, a magnificence trade influencer. The lady used social media to accuse the musician and actor of date-raping her whereas she was 17 and at a time when she was drunk. Du later additionally accused him of doing the identical to different younger ladies, together with two minors. (China‘s age of sexual consent is 14.)
“Wu violated the need of ladies and took benefit of the drunkenness of a number of victims to have sexual relations with them. His conduct constituted the crime of rape,” the enchantment courtroom mentioned in a press release. The courtroom additionally dominated that Wu gathered a crowd to have interaction in lewd actions and was the ringleader, subsequently his conduct constituted the crime of group licentiousness.
Born in China, however naturalized as Canadian, Wu, now 33, was an enormous star in China with at the least 15 main model endorsements, together with Bulgari, Lancome, Louis Vuitton and Porsche, all of which have since reduce their ties with him. A former member of Okay-pop band EXO he made his Hollywood appearing debut in “xXx: The Return of Xander Cage.”
