Cee-Lo Green has pled no contest to sharing ecstasy with a woman in 2012 after accusations that he slipped the drug in her drink at a bar in Los Angeles.
As reported by HipHopDX, Green was originally accused of drugging the woman, apparently a girlfriend of several months at the time, without her knowledge or consent at a bar in downtown L.A. in July of 2012.
According to TMZ, his no contest plea will reportedly allow Green "to maintain his innocence" but it will still equate to a felony. The charge is far less severe than the D.A.'s original filing for charges of furnishing the Schedule 1 substance.
A Superior Court Judge placed Green on three years of formal probation and he will be required to perform 360 hours of community service and attend more than 50 drug and alcohol counseling sessions with a private therapist. Green will be allowed to travel for work throughout his time on probation.
The Associated Press says the former Goodie Mob singer's no contest plea bars the charges from being used against him in civil court but if charged with another criminal drug offense may be revisited.
Last October, a rape charge in the same case was rejected by prosecutors after Green's lawyer claimed the artist "had consensual sex with the woman he gave ecstasy to."
Back in February, Cee-Lo announced he would be parting ways with The Voice after four seasons.
"I'm going to continue my relationship with NBC," he said during a visit to The Ellen DeGeneres Show. "I have a television show development deal with them and hopefully some other talk show opportunities for later in the year. But, yeah, I'm going to miss The Voice, too. I'm not coming back guys."
HipHopDX says the timing of the charges coincides with Green's departure from the show.
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