80s Pop Star Boy George Sentenced To 15 Months In Jail For Imprisoning A Male Escort

Boy George has been sentenced to jail for 15 months. A judge has ordered the 80s pop star to the slammer for assaulting and falsely imprisoning a male prostitute in his London home.

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The "Karma Chameleon" hitmaker - real name George Alan O'Dowd - was convicted of falsely imprisoning 29-year-old Norwegian Auden Carlsen in his apartment in April 2007. The singer admitted to handcuffing him to a wall but only did so because Carlsen stole photos from his laptop.

O'Dowd and Carlsen first met through a gay social networking site. The former Culture Club frontman believed that the male escort stole data from his laptop when they met for a photo shoot.

Weeks later, O'Dowd invited Carlsen back to his apartment and he and a second man chained Carlsen to his bed and beat him. Carlsen said he was handcuffed to the bed but managed to escape and ran from the premises.

Judge David Radford declared the singer guilty of "gratuitous violence."

The judge said, "Whilst I accept that Mr. Carlsen's physical injuries were not serious or permanent, in my view there can be no doubt that your premeditated callous and humiliating handcuffing and detention of Mr. Carlsen shocked, degraded and traumatized him."

He added that the victim was deprived of his "liberty and human dignity without warning or proper explanation."

O'Dowd was also ordered to pay around $7,500 for prosecution costs.