Chinese court rejects singer Kris Wu’s appeal against rape conviction
- The Canadian citizen failed to overturn a 13-year jail sentence imposed last year for a series of attacks on women
- A court in Beijing upheld the verdict, saying he had assaulted his victims while they were drunk and the original sentence was appropriate
Beijing No 3 Intermediate People’s Court announced on Friday that it upheld the original verdict for the charges against the 33-year-old Chinese-Canadian hip-hop star.
“The original ruling found the facts to be clear, the evidence to be solid and sufficient, the conviction and application of laws to be correct, the sentence to be appropriate, and the trial procedure to be lawful,” the court said.
The Chaoyang District People’s Court in Beijing sentenced Wu to 13 years in jail for rape and “group lewdness” in November last year and for the Canadian citizen to be deported after serving his time.
Wu filed an appeal after the trial and appeared in court for the appeal hearing in July.
But the Beijing No 3 Intermediate People’s Court upheld the verdict, saying Wu took advantage of his victims while they were drunk.