Oh, Boy George. Why can't you stay out of trouble?
Jurors at Snaresbrook Crown Court listened on Monday to evidence about George O'Dowd's latest brush with the law. O'Dowd is facing false imprisonment charges after handcuffing a 27-year-old Norwegian escort. (Um, isn't that like their job and stuff?)
So what did the former Culture Clubber have to say for himself?
Apparently O'Dowd suspected the escort Audun Carlsen was stealing the naughty photos the two had taken together, for use on Carlsen's website.
Here are some of the highlights from the mouth of Boy:
"I absolutely admit I had him in the handcuffs, so he wouldn't go anywhere while I checked the computer. I certainly wasn't going to kill him, that's hardly going to do my career any good, is it?"
As to accusations that O'Dowd had beaten Carlsen with chains, he said, "Those are serious handcuffs, there was no reason to beat him up when I'd put him in those." O'Dowd's lawyer claimed Boy was too fat to have attacked Carlsen.
And when explaining that there had been some spanking, but it was consensual, O'Dowd sagely observed, "You can't spank anyone if they don't want you to. Unless you want to get arrested."
The jury is still out on whether Boy George really wanted to hurt the escort, or whether he just wanted to make him cry.
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