Culture Clubbed

A taste of the bizarre for your Friday, as Boy George (né George O'Dowd) is going to jail. You'd finally managed to block that freak out of memory until I brought him up again, hadn't you? You're welcome.

Apparently he tied a (male) hooker to the wall of his apartment and beat him, then attempted a bit o' the old diddling with a box of assorted objects custom-manufactured for the very purpose.

George's lawyer:

"There is something of an irony in that Mr Carlsen [hooker-boy] will make money out of this while the cost to the defendant is enormous. He will probably now never be permitted to perform in the United States or Japan, where he has an enormous - I believe the word is - fanbase."

No doubt all three of them will be devastated.

O'Dowd:

"I asked him to come [back to the flat] because I wanted to find out if this guy had borrowed my stuff. I got a friend there because I wanted to make sure he didn't leave so I could check the computer and his phone. The friend was just there in case he tried to stab me or take a hammer to me."

Hammertime!

On the bright side for Mr. O'Dowd, he'll likely get all the rough sex he can handle in the can... uh, so to speak.