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Do you Really Want to Arrest Me? - Boy George faces 15 years if Convicted
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| CosmoKid |
Boy George faces 15 years if guilty on drug charge
ue Oct 11, 6:50 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Singer Boy George faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted on charges of drug possession, while his lawyer said on Tuesday the flamboyant entertainer had no idea how 13 plastic bags of cocaine got in his apartment.
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George, who made his name in the 1980s as front man for the pop band Culture Club, was arrested on Friday when police, responding to his call to report a burglary, recovered 13 plastic bags containing cocaine, according to the complaint released Tuesday by the Manhattan district attorney.
The singer, whose real name is George O'Dowd, is also charged with filing a false report with police.
His lawyer, Lou Freeman, said the singer -- who was arraigned early on Saturday -- does not know where the drugs came from or who owned them.
"He's a very social person. He has a lot of people over to his apartment," Freeman said of his client.
The felony complaint charges the singer with one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance and claims the substances found weighed more than one-eighth of an ounce.
"That is a sizable amount of drugs," said Maggie Gandasegui of the Special Narcotics Prosecutors office.
George was released on Saturday and ordered to return to Manhattan Criminal Court for a December 19 hearing. Since his passport was not seized, he was permitted to fly to London on Saturday. Should he fail to show up for the December hearing, a New York judge can issue a bench warrant for his arrest.
George's musical "Taboo" closed in New York last year after losing money. The musical was an autobiographical look at a time when flamboyant cross-dressers reigned in London clubs and Culture Club topped pop charts around the world.
The son of an Irish builder, George rose from supermarket shelf stocker to glitzy pop millionaire.
He became an international star in 1982 with "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" The song topped the charts in 18 countries and Culture Club went on to sell almost 20 million albums.
In 1995, George recounted his drug-induced fall from grace and how he had finally kicked his heroin habit in his autobiography "Take It Like A Man."
In recent years, he made a new career as a disc jockey and record producer. |
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| LuNaSeA |
| lmfao @ thread title. :haha: :stongue: |
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| Groundhog Boy |
| I'll feel so much safer when he's doing 15 years and murderers and rapists get half as much. I mean, it's for ing possession, not even intent to deliver or trafficking. Drug penalties are just ridiculous sometimes. No wonder prisons are over-crowded. |
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| Miss Bliss |
| Now Avalon's gotta find find a replacement every month for the next 15 years... :stongue: |
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| GUBostonDubs |
| Boy George Reminds me way too much of Michael Alig |
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| LuNaSeA |
| quote: | Originally posted by Groundhog Boy
I'll feel so much safer when he's doing 15 years and murderers and rapists get half as much. I mean, it's for ing possession, not even intent to deliver or trafficking. Drug penalties are just ridiculous sometimes. No wonder prisons are over-crowded. |
righton, ryan! :toothless |
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| DJ_Lord |
| Boy George reminds me of Rosie O'Donell |
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| Groundhog Boy |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ_Lord
Boy George reminds me of Rosie O'Donell |
Did you see the thread with the two of them in the COR?
Here |
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| spc |
"He's a very social person. He has a lot of people over to his apartment," Freeman said of his client.
LOL... nice excuse |
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| RoBDaWG |
| quote: | Originally posted by Miss Bliss
Now Avalon's gotta find find a replacement every month for the next 15 years... :stongue: |
:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: |
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| bigjimslade002 |
| first offence in a long time for him i think. soooo lets see here... looks like his lawyer plans on fighting it so im going to say he enters a plea of no contest which enables him to plead guilty without actually admitting guilt. ummmm ...his lawler will put in a request for drug counseling, maybe talk to the kiddies about drugs blah blah... hes looking at community service,classes, and a little chunk of change given to the courts for fines etc and no jail time. thats what will happen. |
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