{"id":152255,"date":"2025-11-14T11:48:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=152255"},"modified":"2025-11-14T11:48:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:48:45","slug":"former-exo-member-kris-wu-might-have-died-in-prison-according-to-online-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/former-exo-member-kris-wu-might-have-died-in-prison-according-to-online-speculation\/","title":{"rendered":"Former EXO member Kris Wu might have died in prison, according to online speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rumors about former<strong> EXO member Kris Wu<\/strong>\u2019s alleged death behind bars exploded across Chinese and Taiwanese media on November 13, 2025, dragging his name back into the spotlight. Initially, Mirror Media in Taiwan reported that rumors about the former idol\u2019s death were circulating on Chinese social media platforms. An alleged inmate even said that he \u201cheard from prison guards\u201d that Wu had died suddenly, adding that people were saying local gang members were involved. However, these online claims haven\u2019t been supported with actual evidence.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time the former idol has been thought to be dead by online gossip. Back in March, the<strong> Canadian government<\/strong> criticized China for executing four Canadian citizens for drug trafficking. After that, many online users jumped to the conclusion that Wu, who also holds Canadian citizenship, might have been one of them.\u00a0 As of mid-November, Chinese authorities haven\u2019t made any comment, yet state media has reminded everyone that spreading false information might provoke legal actions.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AboutMusicYT\/status\/1989295718314525090?s=20\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Local police in China denies rumors that Kris Wu has died in jail. He was previously convicted and sentenced to 13 years in prison back in 2022 for sexual misconducts. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dQSZQxW4lJ\">pic.twitter.com\/dQSZQxW4lJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; About Music (@AboutMusicYT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AboutMusicYT\/status\/1989295718314525090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kris Wu debuted with EXO in 2012 before leaving in 2014 after suing <strong>SM Entertainment<\/strong> to void his contract. Following his exit, he built a career and China as an actor and singer, but things took a turn in 2021. That same year, the former EXO member was accused of sexual misconduct by 24 individuals. He was later convicted and sentenced to 13 years in prison, with deportation to Canada scheduled after his sentence. For now, everything about his rumored death remains pure speculation, and no official updates on his status have been released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rumors about former EXO member Kris Wu\u2019s alleged death behind bars exploded across Chinese and Taiwanese media on November 13, 2025, dragging his name back into the spotlight. Initially, Mirror Media in Taiwan reported that rumors about the former idol\u2019s death were circulating on Chinese social media platforms. An alleged inmate even said that he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":152256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[939],"class_list":{"0":"post-152255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"tag-exo"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}