OT Boy George pulling someone's chain
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:56 amhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl ... 746202.stm
Boy George 'chained male escort'
Singer Boy George handcuffed a male escort to his bedroom wall after accusing him of hacking into his computer, a court heard.
The former Culture Club star chained Audun Carlsen up at his home in Shoreditch, east London, in April last year, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard.
The singer, real name George O'Dowd, had made contact with Mr Carlsen, 29, on social networking website Gaydar.
Mr O'Dowd, 46, who is now a DJ, denies unlawfully detaining Mr Carlsen.
The court heard Mr Carlsen managed to free himself from the restraints with which Mr O'Dowd had chained him up.
He fled the singer's home in just his boxer shorts, trainers and a pair of handcuffs, jurors heard.
Mr Carlsen ran to a local newsagents shop at about 0730 GMT in a state of fear, and the shopkeeper called the police, the court was told.
The police later photographed welts on Mr Carlsen's arm where the handcuffs had been. The fire brigade had to be called to cut the cuffs off.
The court heard that the pair had arranged to meet for a pornographic photo shoot during which they took cocaine and Mr O'Dowd performed a sex act on the escort.
Jurors were told that Mr O'Dowd believed his computers at home had been tampered with and he accused Mr Carlsen of being involved.
But they parted on good terms and the singer paid the younger man £300 of the £400 they had agreed.
In the months after the meeting Mr O'Dowd and Mr Carlsen e-mailed each other through the Gaydar site - Mr Carlsen describing many of the emails as "bizarre".
Mr Carlsen eventually agreed to a second meeting because Mr O'Dowd had apologised for the tone of his earlier e-mails and his behaviour.
The trial continues.
Boy George 'chained male escort'
Singer Boy George handcuffed a male escort to his bedroom wall after accusing him of hacking into his computer, a court heard.
The former Culture Club star chained Audun Carlsen up at his home in Shoreditch, east London, in April last year, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard.
The singer, real name George O'Dowd, had made contact with Mr Carlsen, 29, on social networking website Gaydar.
Mr O'Dowd, 46, who is now a DJ, denies unlawfully detaining Mr Carlsen.
The court heard Mr Carlsen managed to free himself from the restraints with which Mr O'Dowd had chained him up.
He fled the singer's home in just his boxer shorts, trainers and a pair of handcuffs, jurors heard.
Mr Carlsen ran to a local newsagents shop at about 0730 GMT in a state of fear, and the shopkeeper called the police, the court was told.
The police later photographed welts on Mr Carlsen's arm where the handcuffs had been. The fire brigade had to be called to cut the cuffs off.
The court heard that the pair had arranged to meet for a pornographic photo shoot during which they took cocaine and Mr O'Dowd performed a sex act on the escort.
Jurors were told that Mr O'Dowd believed his computers at home had been tampered with and he accused Mr Carlsen of being involved.
But they parted on good terms and the singer paid the younger man £300 of the £400 they had agreed.
In the months after the meeting Mr O'Dowd and Mr Carlsen e-mailed each other through the Gaydar site - Mr Carlsen describing many of the emails as "bizarre".
Mr Carlsen eventually agreed to a second meeting because Mr O'Dowd had apologised for the tone of his earlier e-mails and his behaviour.
The trial continues.
