Boy George Gets 15 Months Behind Bars for Imprisoning Male Escort

Us Magazine - January 16, 2009 6:38 AM PST
Story photo: Boy George Gets 15 Months Behind Bars for Imprisoning Male EscortBoy George attends the press launch of Here & Now Tour 2009 on October 16, 2008 in London, England.Us Magazine
Boy George was sentenced to 15 months behind bars on Friday for falsely imprisoning a male escort in his London flat in 2007.

At his sentencing in east London, Judge David Radford called the singer (real name: George O'Dowd) "callous" and said he was guilty of "gratuitous violence," adding that he "traumatized" his victim.

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Boy George was found guilty last December after Norwegian Audun Carlsen claimed the Culture Club crooner handcuffed him to his bed and also beat him with a metal chain when he tried to escape after a naked photo shoot.

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Boy George has admitted that he handcuffed Carlsen because he thought Carlsen was tampering with his home computer. He denied assaulting Carlsen or swinging a chain at him.

Carlsen told the court that Boy George made up the story about computer tampering so he could punish him for not having sex.

Said Carlsen, "I think he couldn't handle the refusal -- me not having sex with him."

This isn't Boy George 's first run-in with the law: He was ordered to sweep the streets of NYC in 2006 as part of his community service after pleading guilty to falsely reporting a burglary at his NYC pad. Police found cocaine instead.



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  • tikiman
    Jesus is waiting for you George. Turn to God now, He will never leave you or forsake you. He is the peace you search for. Jesus is coming back very soon! Are you ready to meet Him face to face! Amen!
    report abuseposted March 15, 2009 10:53 PM PDT
  • Viki
    He is the definition of S-C-U-M !!!! He deserves everything he gets and more !!!!!!!
    report abuseposted February 16, 2009 9:53 AM PST
  • l c fla
    i knew it , this scum sucker will go to jail, they should destroy all his disgusting records. her/his career just went down the toilet with all the douchebags! what a colossal waste of human excrement!
    report abuseposted January 18, 2009 1:52 PM PST
  • Rev. Dr. Al Poe
    He's going to have a sore butt while in the joint.
    report abuseposted January 18, 2009 7:01 AM PST
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    report abuseposted January 17, 2009 5:31 AM PST
  • lifevibe
    Did he reallly want to hurt him, or did he really want to make him cry?
    report abuseposted January 16, 2009 11:54 PM PST
  • KEPSITREAL
    he should have beat that queer with a chain...he thought he was still with a famous singer..instead a has been %@!*#!
    report abuseposted January 16, 2009 4:05 PM PST
  • StreetPeaches
    Nothing at all wrong with kinky sex.
    report abuseposted January 16, 2009 3:53 PM PST
  • peachy girl
    TMI you freaks
    report abuseposted January 16, 2009 3:13 PM PST
  • LA
    super weird
    report abuseposted January 16, 2009 1:43 PM PST
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