Rapper Kris Wu Could Be Chemically Castrated Over Sexual Assault Allegations

Recently, news broke that the Chaoyang District Prosecutor’s Office in Beijing, China, sentenced the Chinese-Canadian rapper, singer-songwriter and actor known as Kris Wu to 13 years in prison for being convicted of the crime of rape and assault on minors.

The case of the star k pop who rose to fame as part of the group EXO in April 2012 soon caused controversy and uproar in the world of Korean music, since, according to media speculation in China, his sentence will not end by simply going prison, but could also be subjected to chemical castration for his crime.

According to the media that have followed the case since the singer’s arrest last August 2021, after serving his sentence in China, there is a possibility that he will be deported to Canada, the country where he lived for much of his life. life and in which, according to its laws, the procedure for sexual crimes includes chemical castration.

It should be noted that this procedure is offered as a treatment for sex offenders and is an alternative in exchange for a reduction in the time of your sentence, not as a punishment included in the sentence. This means that if the 32-year-old rapper wanted to reduce his 13-year sentence, he could submit to said alternative.

Chemical castration is a medical procedure in which an offender is administered drugs or hormones to reduce libido and sexual desire to prevent repeat offenders, rapists, and other sex offenders. In Canada, this process is carried out by the Canadian Correctional Service, which in turn also provides counseling and cognitive behavioral therapy.

In the case of Kris Wu, a young woman accused him of seducing girls and then abusing them while under the influence of alcohol. As a result of that accusation, testimonies emerged from 24 more young people who accused him of the same modus operandireason for which the Chinese authorities arrested him and was linked to a trial with evidence that ended up convicting him.