Last week, Tilly Jean wrote a fabulous critique of Cee Lo Green's Forget You and the unrelenting misogyny in the song. I can not describe how much I loathe men who toss around the word "goldigger". Just bleurgh.
Tilly Jean's blog fired a synapse in my brain and I thought I remembered Green recently being arrested for VAW. I was wrong. He has multiple arrests for VAW : threatening his then wife in 2001 and rearrested for skipping his court appearance two months later. He was sentenced to 12 months probation after being charged with "simple assault" (domestic violence) and disorderly conduct. He was also required to attend domestic violence counselling. She filed for divorce in 2004 citing "mental and physical cruelty".
Green was also subject to a sexual battery investigation in 2012. And, there was this charming incident in July 2011.
I'd trawl for more but all the links keep taking me to Perez Hilton and TMZ and I'm pretty much opposed to reading their shite at the best of times. It is somewhat, erm, ironic? depressing? soul-destroyin that researching violence against women perpetrated by male celebrities gets more coverage in gossip mags than in the mainstream media.
But, Cee Lo Green: on the #dickheaddetox list.
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