kris wu the chinesecanadian music and acting star was sentenced to a 13year jail term by a chinese court on fridayhe was found guilty of rape and group licentiousness the court said that he will be deported after serving his sentence wu was arrested and formally charged in august last year reports his case was heard in june in a case without media accessallegations against wu were made in july 2021 by du meizhu 18 a beauty industry influencer the woman used social media to accuse the musician and actor of dateraping her while she was 17 and at a time when she was drunkdu later also accused him of doing the same to other young women including two minors chinas age of consent is 14wu denied the charges at the time and police initially appeared to side with the star but two weeks later the chaoyang district peoples procurator in beijing issued an official statement saying that it had approved wus arrest after investigation in accordance with the lawin china the crime of rape normally incurs a sentence of three to ten years in prison though in particularly egregious cases the sentence can run to life imprisonment or even the death penalty group licentiousness defined as sex involving three or more participants over the age of 16 carries a jail sentence of up to five yearsmedia reports at the time of the trial in june suggested that wu risked a jail term of three to ten years the 13year sentence is longer than that and may point to aggravating factors or a decision by the court to make an example of a celebritythe june hearing was held behind closed doors apparently to protect the victims identity it also served to keep fans and press attention at bay for the trial of one of the countrys biggest celebritieswu was born in china but has canadian nationality he rose to fame as part of the chineselanguage offshoot of korean boyband exo before focusing on his career in chinathe rapper became a tv fixture as a judge and mentor on shows including the rap of china in 2018 he signed an exclusive distribution deal with universal musicpreviously represented by uta and caa wu has appeared in hollywood films including xxx return of xander cage and valerian and the city of a thousand planets as well as chinese films such as guan hus mr six and 2016 fantasy lord legend of ravaging dynasties and its 2020 sequel