Teenage singing sensation Joss Stone has risked her new multimillion-pound contract as the face of the Gap fashion chain by setting up home with her older lover.

Joss, still only 17, has caused a storm of controversy in America by moving in with 25-year-old millionaire music producer Beau Dozier, son of legendary Motown hit-maker Lamont Dozier.

Under Californian law, Joss is under the age of sexual consent, which means her new boyfriend could face a potentially ruinous prosecution for so-called "statutory rape".

Gap, which dumped former Sex And The City star Sarah Jessica Parker in favour of the Devon-born soul singer, guards its clean-cut reputation. And in California, where anyone under 18 is not deemed old enough to consent to sex, the law is strictly enforced.

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Posted by Lawren at April 4, 2005 07:35 AM

You Said

Well now, come on, let's not assume they're having sex . . . wait, it's Hollywood. He's going to jail.

Says: Iceman at April 4, 2005 11:59 AM

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