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China validates arrest of Chinese-Canadian singer Kris Wu on suspicion of rape

2021-08-17T09:12:41.486Z


The scandal surrounding the pop celebrity is causing a stir in China, where he was very popular, and frees the floor of other alleged victims.


The star falls from a great height.

Immensely popular in China, Chinese-Canadian singer and actor Kris Wu is at the heart of a media storm and a wave of harsh criticism on social networks after Chinese justice validated his arrest on Monday on suspicion of rape.

Arrested by police on July 31, the Chinese youth idol was accused in July by a 19-year-old student of raping her while she was drunk, while on a date. two years ago.

The Beijing Chaoyang District Procuratorate said in a statement Monday that it approved his arrest

"on suspicion of rape

.

"

Read also: Kris Wu, Chinese pop star in turmoil after rape accusations

Chinese-Canadian Kris Wu, 30, is a former member of the Sino-South Korean boy band Exo.

He left the group in 2014 to embark on a solo career as an actor, singer, model and variety show referee.

Following the outcry sparked by this scandal, dozens of brands such as Louis Vuitton, Bulgari, L'Oréal and Porsche, of which he is the ambassador, suspended their partnership with the singer.

Her attorneys have filed a libel lawsuit against her accuser, while the student has said she is taking legal action against Kris Wu.

#Metoo rebound in China

These accusations have resurfaced the #Metoo movement on Chinese social networks. Since that high-profile accusation, other victims have testified online to accuse Kris Wu's team of predatory behavior. Fallacious promises and watered karaoke evenings with young women are in particular in the sights of criticisms which have multiplied in recent days in China. According to the complainant, seven other young women contacted her to testify to a similar sexual assault involving the former Exo star. Some of them would have been minor at the time of the facts. According to the Associated Press, the singer would have categorically denied having had sex with minors under 14, the age of consent in China.

The China Association of Performing Arts said in a statement Monday that it was

"intolerable to the industry"

that a celebrity violates the law and has a negative influence on society.

"As soon as the legal actions have been completed, the artist involved in this case, Wu Yifan, will suffer a boycott as well as other sanctions imposed by the industry,

" added the group, naming Kris Wu by his Chinese name.

"Artists and the companies that manage them must take this business as a warning,"

the statement said.

Source: lefigaro

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