Boy George was found guilty of false imprisonment in December 2008, and was today sentenced to serve 15 months in jail. Tried under his real name – George O’Dowd – the former Culture Club singer will begin serving his sentence right away.

The incident leading up to the trial and now sentencing occurred in April 2007 at O’Dowd’s east London flat, where he is said to have tied up, beaten, and falsely imprisoned a man he invited to the property. Audun Carlsen, 29, a male escort, told the court how he was tied to the singer’s bed after being accused of obtaining private photos from his laptop. Carlsen claims that O’Dowd said, “Fucking whore! Now you’re going to get what you deserve.”

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