He scrutinizes singers on “The Voice,” but reality TV star Cee Lo Green may have had a hard time judging a sex partner’s impairment after he slipped her ecstasy last year, prosecutors said Monday.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office cited that possibility along with insufficient evidence about the woman’s level of intoxication when it formally rejected a felony rape charge against the “Forget You” crooner.
Instead, prosecutors slapped Green with one count of furnishing ecstasy to a female victim — a felony carrying a potential sentence of up to four years in prison.
Green, whose real name is Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, pleaded not guilty to the charge in a courtroom in downtown Los Angeles on Monday afternoon.
He wore a knee-length black crochet jacket, flowing black pants and tinted glasses as he stood beside defense lawyer Blair Berk and said he understood he could be taken into custody if he failed to post $30,000 bail before the court closed.