Stone laughs off underage sex claims
British teenage singer Joss Stone has laughed off reports her 25-year-old boyfriend has committed statutory rape by having sex with her in California when she was just 17.
The age of consent in California is 18 - meaning Stone and singer Beau Dozier had to abstain until she reached the milestone two days ago.
Dozier's father, singer Lamont Dozier, recently dismissed the suggestion any law had been broken: "She's a British citizen and the legal age there is 16.
"In the beginning Beau and Joss talked mostly on the phone as she was always travelling. They built up slowly. They were friends for a long time before it went further."
But Stone cheekily refused to confirm or deny any wrongdoing, when quizzed at her birthday party in New York this week.
She said, "Well I'm 18 now."
