LONDON (AFP) — The 1980s pop-star-turned-DJ Boy George has been charged with false imprisonment after he allegedly chained a male escort to a wall in his apartment, London police said on Tuesday.
Scotland Yard said the 47-year-old musician -- famous for 1980s hits such as "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" and "Karma Chameleon" -- was charged over an incident at his flat in the trendy Shoreditch area of east London on April 28.
Boy George -- real name George O'Dowd -- was released on police bail and told to appear before magistrates in east London on November 22.
Last August, the former Culture Club singer traded in his microphone for a broom to complete a week of community service in New York after admitting that he falsely reported a burglary at his lower Manhattan apartment.
Police who responded found cocaine.
Boy George, left Culture Club in 1987 and embarked on a brief solo career before reinventing himself as a club DJ and launching a fashion label, B-Rude.
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