Boy George guilty of imprisoning male escort

[Ichingcarpenter]

LONDON (Reuters) – British singer Boy George was found guilty on Friday of falsely imprisoning a Norwegian male escort by handcuffing him to a wall.

The former Culture Club frontman was at Snaresbrook Crown Court in east London to hear the verdict, which came at the end of a two-week trial.

The jury broke to consider its verdict at around noon on Thursday. He will be sentenced later.
The 47-year-old, tried under his real name George O'Dowd, denied falsely imprisoning Audun Carlsen at his flat in April last year, the Press Association reported.

O'Dowd told police he had invited Carlsen to his home after a cocaine-fueled pornographic photo shoot in January because he suspected the Norwegian of stealing pictures from his computer. During the trial, Carlsen countered that the singer had handcuffed him to a wall and beaten him with a chain because he was angry he had refused to sleep with him when they first met. O'Dowd did not give evidence during the trial. The court heard Carlsen describe how he sustained injuries during their meeting in April, 2007, from being beaten and handcuffed.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/en_nm/us_boygeorge

[crispini]

1. But ... did he really want to hurt him?

:evilgrin::rofl:

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. Karma, Karma, Karma Chameleon

Too bad really My kids liked his stuff growing up.

[stuntcat]

3. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Deja Q]

4. As long as he doesn't share the same cell OJ Simpson's in...

Having found the real killer, George would not be a very happy fellow next to that Juice...

[Matt K]

5. And here's the documentary...

http://www.amazon.com/Show-Business-Broadway-Boy-George/dp/B000UAE7NG/?tag=aotrst-20

TABOO, indeed!

[mitchum]

6. Did he also make him listen to his shitty music?

The beast

[OffWithTheirHeads]

7. Jeff Gannon is being held in the White house again?

[Tesha]

8. Why would they want to hurt him? Why would they want to make him cry? (NT)

[arcadian]

9. Who HASN'T imprisoned somebody after a cocaine-fueled pornographic photo shoot?

Puritans. :rofl:

[Crunchy Frog]

10. I know. People around here are so damned judgemental.

:shrug: