Alabama music festival cancels CeeLo Green show following online comments about rape
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Grammy Award winning singer and "The Voice" TV judge CeeLo Green (C), stands with his attorneys after being charged with one count of furnishing a controlled substance. (REUTERS/Mel Melcon/The Los Angeles Times/Pool) (Reuters)
A music festival in Mobile, Alabama, is canceling an appearance by singer CeeLo Green following his online comments about sexual assault.
Mobile Bayfest CEO Bobby Bostwick issued a statement Monday saying Green's performance scheduled for Oct. 4 is being called off. The statement says recent comments attributed to Green conflict with the beliefs and conscience of the music festival.
Green recently pleaded no contest to a felony charge of furnishing ecstasy to a woman during a 2012 dinner in Los Angeles.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}After the plea, the former "Voice" coach posted a series of tweets, including one that read: "Women who have really been raped REMEMBER!!!" Green later tweeted an apology.
Two other concerts have dropped Green, and TBS is canceling the second season of Green's reality show.