Kris Wu
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吴亦凡 | |||||||
Wu in 2017 | |||||||
| Born | Li Jiaheng (李嘉恒) November 6, 1990 | ||||||
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| Citizenship | China (1990–2000s) Canada (2000s–present) | ||||||
| Alma mater | Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School | ||||||
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| Origin | Seoul, South Korea | ||||||
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| Instrument | Vocals | ||||||
| Years active | 2012–2021 | ||||||
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| Website | kriswuofficial.com | ||||||
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| Criminal status | Incarcerated | ||||||
| Convictions | Rape, assembling a crowd to engage in promiscuous activities | ||||||
| Criminal penalty | 13 years in prison plus deportation | ||||||
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| Victims | 3+ | ||||||
| Date | November — December 2020 | ||||||
Date apprehended | July 31, 2021 | ||||||
| Wu Yi Fan | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吴亦凡 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 吳亦凡 | ||||||
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| Li Jiaheng | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 李嘉恒 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 李嘉恆 | ||||||
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Wu Yi Fan (born Li Jiaheng, November 6, 1990), known professionally as Kris Wu, is a Chinese-born Canadian convicted rapist and former rapper, singer and actor. He was a member of South Korean–Chinese boy band Exo and its subgroup Exo-M under SM Entertainment until he left the group in 2014. Wu was active as a solo artist and actor in mainland China, starring in a number of box office hits including Mr. Six and Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back. He made his Hollywood debut in the 2017 action film XXX: Return of Xander Cage.
In 2021, after rape allegations emerged on Chinese social media, Wu was investigated by the Chinese authorities. He was subsequently convicted and sentenced by a Chinese court on November 25, 2022, to 13 years of imprisonment for raping three intoxicated women and was separately fined CN¥600 million (US$84 million) for tax evasion. In November 2023, he lost an appeal of the rape trial. He will be deported from China after serving his sentence.