Police Arrest Ex-EXO Member Kris Wu for Rape Case

Kris Wu was officially detained by the Chaoyang Police, Beijing on July 31, 2021. (Photo: celebrities.id/Instagram @kriswu)

Chaoyang District Police, Beijing, China officially detained a former member of the Korean boy band EXO, Kris Wu aka Wu Yi Fan on charges of sexual harassment and rape, Saturday (31/7/2021).

“The police are investigating allegations that Wu Yi Fan tricked a young woman into having sex repeatedly. Therefore, we have officially detained the 30-year-old Canadian citizen on suspicion of rape," the Chaoyang Police said as quoted from Koreaboo, Sunday (1/8/2021).

The allegations of rape and sexual harassment stem from Du Meizhu's upload on Chinese social media, Weibo, on July 8, 2021.

This 18-year-old model claims that Kris Wu tricked her into coming to her house. The mode, the actor's manager asked Du Meizhu to come to undergo the casting of Kris Wu's video clip model.

In that house, he was forced to have sex with Kris who was drunk. Meizhu also admitted that there were about 30 other victims who suffered the same fate as him. Kris Wu in his upload on social media denied the accusation.

Kris Wu in his upload at the time firmly said, "If I do what I'm accused of, don't worry, I'll turn myself in!! I am legally responsible for my words!!”

According to local media, if found guilty, Kris Wu could face the death penalty. The news was then widely discussed by Korean netizens. “Rapists sentenced to death in China? I like the rules," said one netizen.

Another said, “Humans don't change. LOL. Once trash will always be trash. Kris Wu deserves the death penalty.”

Kris Wu is actually more successful after leaving EXO. His acting debut was in the film Somewhere Only We Know which was released in February 2015. After that, Kris starred in the film Mr. Six, Never Gone, Sweet Sixteen and L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties. He even ventured into Hollywood by starring in xXx: Return of Xander Cage in 2017 and releasing the song Juice as part of the film's soundtrack.

He released the single Deserve featuring American rapper Travis Scott in October 2017. Kris continues to release successful songs and the latest is Testing which was released in April 2020. The mini album was ordered 1 million times just 87 minutes after it became available on Tencent's QQ Music streaming platform. , marking a new record for the platform. /celebrities.id