A Beijing court has sentenced the Chinese-born Canadian pop star Kris Wu to 13 years in jail after finding him guilty of crimes including rape, just over a year after his arrest in China, where he was born and built a lucrative career.
北京一家法院判处中国出生的加拿大籍流行歌手吴亦凡有期徒刑13年,罪名包括强奸罪。一年多前,吴亦凡在中国被捕。他出生在中国,并在华谋取高额利润。
The court in Chaoyang district said investigations showed that from November to December 2020, Wu, also known as Wu Yifan, raped three women.
朝阳区法院表示,调查显示,从2020年11月到12月,吴某(又名吴亦凡))强奸了三名女性。
“Wu Yifan took advantage of three drunken women … at his home,” the court said on its official WeChat account.
法院在其官方微信账号上表示:“吴亦凡在家中利用了三名醉酒女子。”
A former member of the K-pop group Exo, the superstar returned to China in 2014 to pursue a solo career.
作为韩国流行音乐组合Exo的前成员,这位超级巨星于2014年回到中国,开始单飞。
Wu was detained in Beijing on 31 July 2021 after an 18-year-old Chinese student publicly accused him of inducing her and other girls, some aged under 18, to have sex with him.
2021年7月31日,在一名18岁的中国学生公开指控他诱骗她和其他女孩(其中一些女孩不满18岁)与他发生性关系后,吴在北京被拘留。
At the time, the student told media Wu had lured her into having sex when she was 17, after having plied her with alcohol.
当时,这名学生告诉媒体,吴亦凡在她17岁时引诱她发生性关系,并给她灌了很多酒。
The court also found him guilty of the crime of assembling a crowd to engage in sexual promiscuity in July 2018, it said.
法院还裁定他在2018年7月聚众性乱交罪成立。
The Canadian embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment, though state media said its officials had attended the sentencing.
加拿大驻北京大使馆没有立即回应路透社的置评请求,不过官方媒体称,其官员出席了判决。
Wu was also ordered to pay 600m yuan (£69m) for hiding personal income and other tax-related offences, the tax bureau said.
税务部门表示,吴亦凡还因隐瞒个人收入和其他税务相关罪行被责令支付6亿元人民币(6900万英镑)。
Wu evaded 95m yuan of tax from 2019 to 2020 by hiding personal income through domestic and foreign affiliated enterprises, and underpaid taxes of 84m yuan, authorities said.
有关部门表示,2019年至2020年,吴亦凡通过境内外关联企业隐瞒个人收入,逃税9500万元,少缴税款8400万元。
At the time of his detention, Wu was an ambassador for 15 brands, including Bulgari, Lancôme, Louis Vuitton and Porsche, all of which immediately severed ties with him.
被拘留时,吴是宝格丽、兰蔻、路易威登、保时捷等15个品牌的形象大使,这些品牌都立即与他断绝了联系。
The court said Wu would be deported, although lawyers in China have said such deportations typically take place after completion of the sentence.
法院表示,吴亦凡将被驱逐出境,但中国的律师表示,这种驱逐通常发生在服刑结束后。
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