STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: CeeLo Green pleads "not guilty" to drug charge
- Green's lawyer says she's pleased DA rejected "false and unfounded claims" of rape
- Green is accused of "slipping ecstasy" to a woman while the two were dining, DA says
- Prosecutors cited insufficient evidence for a charge of rape of an intoxicated person
Los Angeles (CNN) -- CeeLo Green won't be charged with sexual assault, but the "Voice" coach will be prosecuted for allegedly giving ecstasy to a female victim, the Los Angeles district attorney's office said Monday.
Green, 39, "allegedly slipped ecstasy to a 33-year-old female while the two were dining at a downtown Los Angeles restaurant sometime between July 13 and July 14, 2012," according to a statement from the prosecutor. "The two later went back to the woman's hotel."
The district attorney's office cited insufficient evidence for the decision not to file a charge of rape of an intoxicated person.
Green's music career, which he began as a member of the Southern hip-hop group Goodie Mob, has earned him five Grammys, but Green is also known as a contestant coach on NBC's singing competition "The Voice." NBC declined to comment about his future with the show in light of the case. read more
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