Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu is sentenced to 13 years in prison for rape in China

Kris Wu will be deported after his sentence ends, the court said.

Hong Kong (CNN) --

A Chinese court in Beijing has sentenced Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu, also known as Wu Yifan, to 13 years in prison after convicting him of sex crimes, including rape, the court said in a post on his official Weibo account.

Wu rose to fame as a member of the popular Korean-Chinese pop group EXO, and later as a solo artist after leaving the band in 2014.

The Chaoyang District People's Court in Beijing stated that between November 2020 and December 2020, the singer raped three women at his residence when they were unable or did not know how to oppose due to alcohol intoxication;

and in July 2018, along with others involved, he arranged for two women to engage in "promiscuous activities" while intoxicated at his residence, the court said.

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The court convicted Wu of two counts — rape and mob planning to engage in promiscuous activities — and sentenced him to 11.5 years and 22 months, respectively.

The court decided on a fixed-term sentence of 13 years, according to the Weibo post.

Wu will be deported after his sentence ends, the court said.

Wu was formally arrested on suspicion of rape in August last year, after he was first detained by police in July 2021 in the Chinese capital, following an online protest over sexual assault allegations against him in what which has become the most high-profile #MeToo case in China.

Officials from the Canadian embassy in China attended the sentencing, the court added in the post.

The Canadian embassy in China did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment on Friday.

CNN is also seeking comment from Wu's representatives.

Separately, the Beijing Municipal Revenue Service fined Wu 600 million RMB (approximately US$83.8 million) for tax evasion, according to an agency statement released on Friday.

CNN's Jessie Yeung and Nectar Gan contributed to this report.