The Fall of an Idol: Kris Wu and the Illusion of Flow

In 2021, top celebrity Kris Wu’s career collapsed after influencer Du Meizhu accused him of preying on multiple women, including minors, under the pretense of casting them for music videos. The investigation was inadvertently triggered by a scammer named Liu, whose fraudulent attempts to extort both parties led Wu's mother to report the situation to the police, which ultimately backfired and exposed Wu’s own criminal activities. Wu was subsequently sentenced to thirteen years and six months in prison for rape and group lewdness, followed by deportation, marking a definitive end to his status as a protected "top stream" idol.