Last year, a woman accused Cee Lo Green of drugging her with ecstasy and then raping her while she was barely conscious or completely unconscious – she remembered having a drink with Green at a sushi joint and then she woke up naked in his bed. LA County investigated the claims and a short time later, they changed him with a felony – a felony drug charge for giving/slipping the woman ecstasy. TMZ’s law enforcement sources said last year that the DA did not believe there was enough evidence to bring sexual assault or rape charges against Cee Lo so that’s why those charges never happened. Then, several days ago, Cee Lo pled “no contest” to the drug charge and agreed to perform 360 hours of community service and attend 52 AA meetings with a private therapist. He’s also on probation for three years.
I didn’t cover any of this stuff as it was happening because I found it really depressing. I also found it to be a confirmation of a general discomfort I’ve had with Cee Lo for a while – I’ve always found him sort of creepy and unsettling, and I believe his accuser’s story. So why discuss it now? Because Cee Lo basically confirmed that if he did drug this woman (and any other woman) and assault her while she was unconscious, that’s not really “rape”. Buzzfeed compiled a series of (now-deleted) tweets that Cee Lo wrote shortly after he pled “no contest”. The tweets included these musings:
“Women who have really been raped REMEMBER!!!”
“If someone is passed out they’re not even WITH you consciously! so WITH implies consent.”
“When someone brakes on a home there is broken glass
Where is your plausible proof anyone was raped?”
[From Cee Le Green’s Twitter via Buzzfeed]
After Buzzfeed and other outlets began taking screen shots of his tweets, Cee Lo tried to apologize in a really half-assed way, writing:
“I sincerely apologize for my comments being taken so far out of context. I only intended on a healthy exchange to help heal those who love me from the pain I had already caused from this. Please forgive me as it was your support that got me thru this to begin with. I’d never condone the harm of any women. Thank you.”
Then he deleted his Twitter, and then less than 24 hours later, his Twitter was back online with all of the controversial and apologetic tweets deleted.
So, there you go. Cee Lo Green is a shady character who drugs women, sexual assaults them and then claims that it was never sexual assault because they were passed out and cannot remember being assaulted because he drugged them. Picture a snake eating its tail. Now picture that snake drugging you and raping you.
Oh, and Cee Lo just lost his reality show after this whole cracktastrophe. Good.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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