Singer Boy George chained a male escort to his bedroom wall and beat him with a metal chain as he tried to escape after a naked photo shoot, a court heard today.

Boy George was sent for trial today, accused of falsely imprisoning a male escort by chaining him to a wall.

Boy George was to report for his first day of rubbish duty in the US today after being told by a Manhattan judge that he must decide whether his court-ordered community service would be an “exercise in humiliation or in humility”.

British pop star Boy George is to work in a hospice for HIV victims after a US court slapped him with a community service order for wasting police time.

Eighties’ pop sensation Boy George today protested his innocence in the wake of allegations of possessing cocaine, according to his former agent.

Boy George was arrested on drugs charges early today, nearly 24 hours after calling the police emergency line to report what he said was a burglary in his Manhattan apartment, authorities said.