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Boy George smokes a cigarette outside Snaresbrook Crown Court in London while awaiting the jury verdict. Photo credit: WENN
It’s official: 80s singer Boy George is a convict. The Culture Club front man was found guilty of falsely imprisoning a male escort (who likes to call himself a “male model,” ha ha) in a British court. And by “false imprisonment,” I mean handcuffing a male prostitute to a wall, recruiting another buddy of his and then teaming up to beat the guy with a chain. Apparently, the jury in this case didn’t buy George’s argument that the singer was too fat and out of shape to have committed the crime.
In the eyes of a British jury, Boy George really did want to hurt him.
A London court found the former Culture Club crooner guilty on Friday of falsely imprisoning a male escort whom he hired for an erotic porn shoot.
The 47-year-old George, who’s full name is George O’Dowd, was accused of handcuffing 28-year-old Audun Carlsen to a wall in his apartment last April and then roughing him up before the model managed to wriggle free of the restraints, flee the flat and seek help.
During the two-week trial, jurors heard testimony from Carlsen how the “Karma Chameleon” purveyor invited him over to his home to take nude photos, then locked him up and accused the escort of swiping pictures off his computer.
According to Carlsen, the accusations were merely an excuse for George and another man to get nasty. He claimed the two then held him down and punched and beat him repeatedly with a metal chain because he refused to have sex with the singer.
While the Norwegian native did admit to having a previous sexual liason with George that involved some bondage, he rejected suggestions made by the ’80s popster’s attorney that he had acquiesced to another such tryst.
The jury agreed and around noon GMT time Thursday began deliberating George’ fate before settling on today’s guilty verdict.
The entertainer, who declined to take the stand in his own defense but had previously admitted to police that he handcuffed him while he went to check his computer, will now almost certainly tumble to the slammer.
Per CNN, Judge David Radford allowed George to remain free on bail while he awaits his punishment, but he also cautioned him that he would likely face prison time.
“The fact that your bail is being continued does not imply that this will be dealt with by a non-custodial sentence,” he said. “I don’t want any false expectations created.”
If group beatings is a turn-on for George, something tells me he will thrive in prison- although I don’t know if he enjoys being the one chained and punched as much as doing the chaining and punching. It’s another bizarre chapter in the life of one of music’s most colorful weirdos. Maybe he’ll end up in the same jail cell with Blake Incarcerated - that’s one guy who could use a good chain-whipping.
George is shown below performing in London in October. How’s he going to do his makeup in jail? Photo credits: WENN.
Written by MSat
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13 Responses to “Boy George is convicted of False Imprisonment”
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“How’s he going to do his makeup in jail?”
Packets of kool-aid. I’ve watched WAY too much OZ.
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I guess he does really want to hurt you.
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Those 80’s throwbacks are some kinky muthaf*ckers. Didn’t Rick James also face a kidnapping or false imprisonment charge? And we got George Michael dick diving in public bathrooms. Yikes!
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Why are people lumping George Michael and Boy George together? One gets his kicks picking up anonymous partners in bathrooms (which I think while ‘kinky’ should not be illegal) and the other is a violent sadist who handcuffed someone and then savagely beat them.
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Trillion:
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The jacket is kinda OK but those pants are TOO much.
….and the OAP shoes???
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Hey I like the magic marker colored in hair he’s sporting. He can do prison tattoos while he’s in.
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Rule number 2: Wear a mask. No finger pointing and name calling after the fact.
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While I’m all for what you do behind closed doors is your business, this crosses the line. It apparently wasn’t consentual.
He’s a crazy mofo.
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Boy George looks so revolting now, check out the size of his legs in that photo where is smoking with that fag hag outside the court. I don’t blame that guy for pressing charges. Seeing Boy George in the nude would have been bad enough. Being chained up is another.
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but,,,but,,,he’s a liberal, , ,
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feebee - but notice how he wasn’t convicted of assault or battery? which means that there was not enough evidence of an assault, or they would have charged him. trust me, a chain whipping or a cane leaves serious marks, even welts if done wrong. clearly BG has got some issues, but “violent sadist” is overstating it a bit.
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Only tie up and beat the STUPID hookers! Sheesh, everyone knows that rule!
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