A mag screen featuring Chinese-Canadian popular prima Kris Wu is seen astatine a newsstand successful Beijing connected Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021. Chinese-Canadian popular prima Kris Wu has been detained by Beijing constabulary connected suspicion of rape, constabulary announced Saturday, pursuing an accusation the erstwhile subordinate of the Korean lad set EXO lured young women into intersexual relationships. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

A mag screen featuring Chinese-Canadian popular prima Kris Wu is seen astatine a newsstand successful Beijing connected Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021. Chinese-Canadian popular prima Kris Wu has been detained by Beijing constabulary connected suspicion of rape, constabulary announced Saturday, pursuing an accusation the erstwhile subordinate of the Korean lad set EXO lured young women into intersexual relationships. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

BEIJING – Chinese-Canadian popular prima Kris Wu was arrested Monday connected suspicion of rape successful a high-profile lawsuit that followed an accusation the vocalist had enactment with a 17-year-old portion she was drunk and lured young women into intersexual relationships.

The prosecutor’s bureau of the Beijing territory of Chaoyang said successful a one-sentence connection that Wu’s apprehension was formally approved but gave nary details of the charges.

Wu, 30, earlier denied the accusation by a teen that helium had enactment with her portion she was drunk. The accusation prompted an outpouring of sympathetic comments online for the teen and disapproval of Wu.

The teen said 7 women contacted her to accidental the erstwhile subordinate of Korean lad set EXO seduced them with promises of jobs and different opportunities. She said immoderate were nether 18 but gave nary denotation whether immoderate were younger than China’s property of consent of 14.

Wu, known successful Chinese arsenic Wu Yifan, denied having enactment with partners nether 14.

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Wu was detained Aug. 1 portion constabulary conducted an probe successful effect to comments online that helium “repeatedly lured young women” to person sex, according to a constabulary connection astatine that time.

Wu grew up successful Guangzhou successful China and successful Vancouver, British Columbia. Police person said helium is simply a Canadian citizen.

The teen publicized her accusations connected societal media and aboriginal successful an interrogation with the net portal NetEase. A time aft that interrogation appeared, astatine slightest 10 brands including Porsche and Louis Vuitton broke disconnected endorsement and different deals with Wu.

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