Singer chained escort to wall, court told

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 photoshoot, a court has heard.

The 46-year-old pop star and DJ allegedly screamed “f**king whore” as he and another man forced 29-year-old Audun Carlsen to the floor in the singer’s Shoreditch, London, home.

Mr Carlsen met the singer — who is being tried under his real name of George O’Dowd — on the Gaydar website. He agreed to the singer’s request to pose for a naked photoshoot at George’s home.

During the first shoot, the pair took cocaine together and George performed a sex act on the younger man.

However, in the weeks that followed, George inundated the young man with emails accusing him of hacking into his computer.

The singer ranted about repeated attempts to hack into his system and claimed “a fixated lesbian” had cloned his machine and was operating it remotely from the US.

He also accused Mr Carlsen of ignoring him.

In one email, George said: “I’m an odd guy... physically superior beings often mistake this for indifference.”

But he also said: “I would be perfectly happy to see you naked asap, you have a gem of an arse.”

But, after a second photoshoot, George beckoned Mr Carlsen into his bedroom, only for the young man to discover a second unidentified man had joined them.

He told the court: “As soon as I saw the other guy, they were both jumping on me. They held me down and beat me. I could not move. They pulled me down onto the floor and they were sitting on top of me. The other man didn’t beat me, he just helped George to hold me down.

“George was slapping me and beating me and punching me and screaming things.”

The court heard that the singer shouted “f**king whore, now you are going to get what you deserve”.

Mr Carlsen told the court he was dragged towards the bed and a handcuff was put on his right hand. The manacle was attached to a hook drilled into the wall.

The second man left and George fetched a plastic box from the sitting room. It contained chains, sex toys and leather straps.

Mr Carlsen said he had been able, using the handcuffs as a tool, to unscrew the hook from the wall.

“I was so scared. I managed to get loose and I started running. He tried to stop me but I ran for the front door. I took a bit of time getting the door open and he had a metal chain he was hitting me with,” said Mr Carlsen.

He managed to escape the flat and ran onto the street wearing only his underwear and screaming for help.

He denied the incident was a sex game and said he would never agree to be chained up.

George faces one charge of false imprisonment, which he denies.

The case was adjourned until today.