LONDON — A Norwegian escort told a court Monday that pop singer Boy George manacled him to a bedroom wall and beat him with a metal chain after accusing him of hacking into his computer. The former Culture Club singer is on trial for the false imprisonment of Audun Carlsen, 29. The 47-year-old singer, who is standing trial under his real name, George O’Dowd, denies the charge.
Carlsen told London’s Snaresbrook Crown Court that he met the singer through a website and went to his London home for a naked photo shoot. After the encounter, Boy George sent a series of e-mails accusing Carlsen of hacking into his computer, but Carlsen nonetheless agreed to return for a second photo session several weeks later in April 2007.
Carlsen told the jury that when he arrived, Boy George and another man held him down and beat him before the singer handcuffed him to a hook in the bedroom wall. Carlsen said he was able to escape by unscrewing the hook and running for the door. The Associated Press; AP file photo
