Boy George jailed for 15 months

Boy George was starting a 15-month jail term tonight for a “humiliating” attack on a male escort.

Fri, 16 Jan, 2009 - 18:43

Boy George was starting a 15-month jail term tonight for a “humiliating” attack on a male escort.

The 47-year-old former Culture Club singer, whose real name is George O’Dowd, handcuffed Audun Carlsen to a wall and beat him with a metal chain during a drug-fuelled naked photoshoot at his home.

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Courts Entertainment Boy George Place: Shoreditch Place: London Place: New York Person: George Person: George O’Dowd Person: Audun Carlsen Person: O’Dowd Person: David Radford Person: Carlsen Person: Steven Barker Person: Gaydar Person: Heather Norton Organisation: Snaresbrook Crown Court

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