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The Voice USA star Kata Hay ‘arrested for child sex abuse’-Louise Griffin-Entertainment – Metro
She auditioned on the show in 2016, making it through to the live rounds.
Kata Hay has been arrested (Picture: Tyler Golden/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
Kata Hay, who appeared on The Voice USA, has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of having sexual contact with a minor.
The musician, best known for appearing on the show in 2016, was taken into custody on Tuesday in Sumner County, in Tennessee, TMZ reports.
According to legal documents the outlet says it has contained, the alleged incident began with Hay making sexual comments about a 16-year-old boy in front of his parents, who she was staying with for a short period.
The comments allegedly led to physical contact and the teen claims Hay kissed him and forced him to touch her inappropriately multiple times against his wishes.
The age of consent in Tennessee is 18.
According to the documents, the 16-year-old’s mother confronted Hay and recorded the conversation, with the recording including Hay acknowledging that the alleged incident had happened.
She appeared on The Voice USA in 2016, choosing Christina Aguilera as her coach (Picture: Chris Haston/NBC)
She was eliminated in the first of the live shows (Picture: NBCUniversal Media, LLC)
She was reportedly also processed on a probation violation related to a separate DUI case.
Hay told TMZ: ‘As you know a charge is not a conviction.’
The singer auditioned on The Voice US in 2016 with three of the judges – Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, and Pharrell Williams, turning round for her.
She chose Aguilera as her coach and briefly kissed the singer during her audition, referring to herself as ‘THAT girl who kissed @xtina on #TheVoice’ in her Instagram bio.
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Hay made it through the battle rounds but was eliminated in the first week of the live shows.
Metro.co.uk has contacted reps for Kata Hay and Sumner County Police Department for comment.
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