Cee Lo Green Pleads Not Guilty To Furnishing Ecstasy

Although no sexual assault charges were brought forth against Cee Lo Green, he isn't in the clear just yet.

 

 

Reports HipHop Wired:

 

On Monday (Oct. 21), the Goodie Mob rapper was charged in Los Angeles with furnishing a controlled substance, a felony, and pled not guilty in court the same day. The drug in question is ecstasy, which Green, born Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, is accused of slipping ecstasy into a woman's drink at a sushi restaurant in Los Angeles last year. The woman accused him of sexual assault, claiming she woke up naked in his hotel room, but Green was not charged due to a lack of evidence, reports the Associated Press.

Green spoke only once during a brief arraignment hearing to acknowledge he understood the court's scheduling of his case. He sat in a front row of the courtroom with his girlfriend while waiting for a bondsman to post his $30,000 bail. His case is due back in court on Nov. 20.
Green was pleased that the rape charge was rejected and will address the ecstasy count in court, his attorney Blair Berk wrote in a statement. She said any sexual contact between her client and the woman was consensual.
“Mr. Green encouraged a full and complete investigation of those claims and he was confident once conducted he would be cleared of having any wrongful intent,” Berk wrote. She declined further comment.

If convicted, Green could face up to four years in prison. However, due to this being his first offense, he will likely only receive probation.



CeeLo Green’s Fate In Sexual Assault Case Revealed

CeeLo Green has reportedly caught a break in his sexual assault case filed against him months ago after being accused of drugging a woman in Los Angeles.

 

 

Reports SOHH:

 

The latest details in where the case currently stands surfaced Monday (October 21).
     

The L.A. County D.A. will CLEAR CeeLo Green of charges he sexually assaulted a  woman by allegedly slipping a drug in her drink … TMZ has learned. CeeLo will, however, be charged with the felony of furnishing ecstasy … law enforcement sources tell TMZ. Our sources say the D.A. will officially REJECT the sexual assault case this morning. A woman had claimed she and CeeLo went to a sushi joint in downtown L.A. more than a year ago. She told cops the star of “The Voice” had slipped ecstasy in her drink and the next thing she knew she was naked in his bed. Law enforcement sources tell us, authorities had problems with the woman’s story … one of which was that she and CeeLo had been dating for months and had already been intimate. (TMZ)

Reports also claim CeeLo was fully cooperative during the handling of his case.
We’re told CeeLo not only denied the allegations … he encouraged the D.A. and the LAPD to fully investigate. In the end, we’ve learned the D.A. will reject the sexual assault case because of insufficient evidence. As for the drug charge … law enforcement sources tell us CeeLo will be charged with 1 count of furnishing ecstasy … a felony, and he may be arraigned as early as this afternoon. As we previously reported, the woman claimed to have a tape recording of CeeLo talking about the incident. Although our sources say CeeLo never said anything about slipping ecstasy in her drink, he did reference the drug.  

It appears the D.A. views the tape as a confession to drug use … thus the charge. We’re told the criminal complaint will NOT allege the singer had any criminal intent to harm the woman when he allegedly shared ecstasy with her. As for punishment … we’re told most people with such a first offense get probation. (TMZ)

 



Uh-Oh: Cee Lo Green Sexual Battery Case Reinvestigated By LAPD

The LAPD is reinvestigating a sexual assault case against Cee Lo Green. Cee Lo — whose real name is Thomas DeCarlo Callaway — denied any and all wrongdoing after a woman accused him of putting ecstasy in her drink at a downtown Los Angeles restaurant last July. The woman said that when she woke up, she was lying in bed naked with Cee Lo in the room.

 

 

Reports inquisitr:

 

The woman was not a resident of California and did not report the rape at the time it alllegedly happened. When she returned to her home state, she reported it to her local police department, and they transferred it to the LAPD. She said the police had her make a “pretext call” to Cee Lo to get him to acknowledge the rape.

The victim claimed to have a recording of the rapper repeatedly apologizing and referring to MDMA, but he didn’t explicitly say that he put anything in her drink. Sources close to Cee Lo said he would have been arrested if the conversation had been recorded. They also said that MDMA is not known to knock people and make them oblivious to what’s happening around them.

According to TMZ, the LAPD submitted the case to the District Attorney, but prosecutors weren’t satisfied with the evidence and sent it back to police for further investigation. The D.A. wanted additional toxicology information on what, if any, drugs were in the woman’s system. Police are also looking for additional witnesses. They are expected to resubmit their findings to the D.A. “late this week or the following.”

A lawyer for Cee Lo Green previously said his accuser only went to police after hiring a civil lawyer and being denied in her request for money. Sources close to the woman said that her lawyer reached out to Cee Lo’s manager to see if he had any known STDs.