Boy George Sentenced To 15 Months In Prison

[pab]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 10:58am

"LONDON — Singer Boy George was sentenced to 15 months in jail on Friday after being convicted of falsely imprisoning a male escort by handcuffing him to a wall in a London apartment.

British Judge David Radford said the 47-year-old former Culture Club frontman, whose real name is George O'Dowd, was guilty of "gratuitous violence."

O'Dowd's lawyer said his client and the escort had both behaved like "drug-crazed idiots" and that O'Dowd's substance abuse problems were a contributing factor."
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[antonijan]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 2:43pm

How are British jails compared to US jails?

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 2:50pm

The grammar is much better, but the food is more bland.

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 2:58pm

Matt, you're brilliant. LOL!

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 3:37pm

Bad teeth.

And men named Vivian.

Updated On: 1/16/09 at 03:37 PM

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 3:40pm

George is a bum from way back. But talented.

[nmartin]

Posted: 1/16/09 at 5:23pm

He and Nigel can discuss the wonders of using nominative case pronouns correctly while in the shower.

[alterego]

Posted: 1/17/09 at 7:07am

15 months for this sort of crime seems severe. Didn't the "escort' sell his story to a newspaper? Surely that would be enough for the case to be dismissed?

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/17/09 at 10:31am

Perhaps they considered his criminal history when deciding the sentence.

[antonijan]

Posted: 1/17/09 at 4:10pm

How much shower time are the inmates allowed?

[alterego]

Posted: 1/17/09 at 8:37pm

But isn't his past criminal record in the U.S.? This would have no bearing on the British Court case.

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/17/09 at 10:30pm

Oh, I'm sure he's been in plenty of trouble in the UK. I know for sure there was big trouble with a friend of mine and him.

Updated On: 1/17/09 at 10:30 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/17/09 at 11:47pm

Give him time to realize his crime.

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/17/09 at 11:50pm

I wish I didn't love that song so.

[Hulmeman]

Posted: 1/18/09 at 4:05am

My heart goes out to the poor rent boy George imprisoned by applying handcuffs and binding his hands.

How was he to know this wan't a game? I suppose the answer is when he didn't get paid!!

sings- "Do you really want to hurt me"

[LotteTBS138]

Posted: 1/18/09 at 9:14am

>>How much shower time are the inmates allowed? <<

Exactly! Is this really a punishment? I'm sure he is going to ask for extra soaps to "drop"!

[alterego]

Posted: 1/18/09 at 11:07pm

15 months is some serious time. I'm surprised it isn't the rentboy who is going to prison for any number of crimes.

[mormonophobic]

Posted: 1/19/09 at 2:21am

This brings to mind the somewhat recent Weekend Update sketch with Fred Armisen as Boy George. His interplay with Seth Meyers was absolutely hilarious.