Boy George Plays Rough

Paul @ Gone Hollywood | Monday, November 24, 2008

Boy George (from Culture Club) was brought to court today on charges of false imprisonment of Audun Carlsen.

Carlsen, told the courts how the singer, whose real name is George O’Dowd, pinned him to the floor of his bedroom, beat him up, swore at him, then handcuffed him to a hook next to his bed.

What happened was the pair met through the gay dating website, Gaydar, and after several bizarre emails Carlsen agreed to meet up and let George pay him £300 to pose for pornographic pictures at his home in Shoreditch.

Carlsen left after they both took cocaine and George accused him of “tampering with his computer,” but a couple of months later he returned for a second photoshoot at midnight. Carlsen says that after the photoshoot while he sat in his boxers and shoes, George went into his bedroom and then called him in, where there was another man waiting.

He says, “as soon as I got eye contact they were both jumping on me. They held me down and beat me.

George was holding and slapping me and beating and punching me and screaming things. He was slapping my chest and my face. He was screaming things like, ‘now you’re gonna get what you deserve.’

I was dragged on the floor towards the bedroom and they handcuffed my right hand. He was screaming things at me.”

Geoerge then brought out a box full of sex toys and metal chains, but Carlsen managed to unscrew his handcuffs, however while trying to escape through the door, the singer hit him with the chains causing bruising and a lot of blood. It was 6am at this time when a local newsagent heard the screams and then called the police.

The best part of the trial so far has to be when prosecutor Heather Norton said George had wanted to check if he was the person who had tampered with his computer, but she then turned to the jury and asked “did he really have to hurt him?” Obviously a reference to their song (above), Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?

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