Chinese-Canadian singer Kris Wu, former member of K-pop boy band EXO, is facing mounting criticisms over allegations that he lured girls including underage into sex.
Du Meizhu accused the singer of employing different tactics to lure girls into sex.
“He would come up with the same excuses – selecting female leads for MVs or signing them to become an artist under his label – to manipulate them to come out. After a while, they would no longer discuss about work, and the girls would be ushered to his drinking parties, forcing them to get drunk, and then sexual intercourse happens,” she said, according to Hype Malaysia.
She added, “This is considered fraudulent behaviour because people lose consciousness after they are intoxicated. I was deceived by him (Wu) and got drunk. Following that, he said that he’ll be responsible and will always be with me. And then this is what’s happening right now. He pretended not to know me and acted like I’m a stranger; accusing me of trying to gain clout out of nowhere.”
In a Weibo post, Du Meizhu told him, “Mr. Wu, I’m giving you 24 hours to prepare a press conference and announce to the entire society that you’re retiring from the (China) entertainment industry, and never coming back.
“Then, make the required compensations to the brands you worked with, and your apologies. Apologise to your endorsements and all the official projects that you’ve worked with. After that, find a way to remove all of the products with your commercial image in the country, including those on buildings and metro stations.”
She added, “At the same time, write a handwritten letter of your apology to all the victims, post it on your Weibo publicly for 3 days, 72 hours. Then leave China immediately, you don’t deserve to be on this land, you’re a Canadian. Go back to where you came from. Before you leave, think of a way to extract the Covid-19 vaccine, that’s made in China, you’re not worthy to have it.”
In a Weibo post on July 19, Kris Wu denied her allegations, saying, “I didn't respond before because l didn't want to disturb the legal proceedings but didn't think that silence would encourage the rumormongers to take it one step further. I'm at the end of my rope!”
“I have only seen Ms. Du once during a friendly gathering on December 5. 2020. Nobody was plied with alcohol, no phones were taken away, and absolutely none of those ‘details’ she described took place. Many people were present at the gathering that day, they can all testify to this!” the pop star said, according to Weibo Trending account on Twitter.
He added, “I'm so sorry for disturbing everyone. | am stating that l have never ‘picked concubines’! Never ‘seduced and raped’ or ‘drugged and raped’! There were no ‘underage ’! If I behaved like this, everyone please rest assured I would put myself in jail!! I take legal responsibility for everything I just said!!”
Chinese state media Global Times reported that Du revealed the number of victims exceeds eight including herself and two minors. She said she returned the 500,000 yuan ($77,166) “hush money” in installments and was ready to take legal action.
It added that several brands including Lancome, Kiehl's, Bestore and Kans hid ads containing Kris Wu on Weibo.