(Newswire.net — September 3, 2014) — “The Voice” star CeeLo Green posted a tweet that read, “If someone is passed out they’re not even WITH you consciously! So WITH implies consent.” Later he added, “People who have really been raped REMEMBER!!!”
“When someone brakes on a home [sic] there is broken glass, where is your plausible proof that anyone was raped,” he continued.
Green later deleted the tweets, but little too late.
Legally, by definition, rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse (or other forms of sexual penetration) initiated against one or more individuals without the consent of those individuals. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or against a person who is incapable of valid consent, such as one who is unconscious, incapacitated, or below the legal age of consent.
The woman had claimed that she had woken up next to Green not knowing what had happened, but due to insufficient evidence no rape charges were filed. Green’s lawyer said they had “consensual relations”.
However, Superior Court Judge Mark Young sentenced the 39-year-old singer to three years of formal probation and 45 days of community service. Green, whose real name is Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, will be allowed to travel for work and permitted to see a private physician for drug and alcohol counseling, the judge said.
Green also can serve his community service through MusiCares Foundation, an affiliate of the organization that presents the Grammy Awards.
Green won a Grammy for the hit “Forget You” and performed as part of the duo Gnarls Barkley. He appeared as a judge on the NBC competition show “The Voice,” but left the show after he was charged.