Beijing - (AFP) - Chinese-Canadian singer and actor Chris Wu , who is widely popular in China, was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for rape , in a case that sparked a scandal in China.

A court in the Chaoyang district of Beijing sentenced the 32-year-old artist to "11 years and six months in prison" for rape.

The court's decision also included a sentence against Chris Wu A, "to one year and ten months in prison, for gathering people with intent to commit adultery."
The ruling stipulates that Wu will be deported from China after the end of his sentence.

Wu was known as a member of the South Korean Chinese band EXO, before he separated from it in 2014 to begin his successful career as a singer, actor and model.

And last year, a 19-year-old Chinese student accused him of raping her during a date when she was 17.
After a wave of widespread condemnation sparked by the rape scandal, several international brands such as "Louis Vuitton", "L'Oreal", "Bulgari" and "Porsche" terminated their partnership with him after he was a media face for them.

Soon, other women claimed online that they had been subjected to sexually harassing behavior from Wu's team, for example by inviting them to parties.

This case revived the "Me Too" (Me Too) movement in China, but this wave has not seen anything new since the issue emerged.
For fear of provoking an uncontrolled mass movement, the authorities that control the Internet on social media have blocked hashtags and keywords that refer to cases of sexual harassment.