Boy George charged with false imprisonment

Ex-Culture Club singer accused of chaining, threatening 28-year-old man

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Nov. 12: Pop icon Boy George is charged with false imprisonment and common assault after he allegedly chained a man to a wall in his London home. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.

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updated 9:41 a.m. ET Nov. 13, 2007

LONDON - Boy George was charged Tuesday with falsely imprisoning a 28-year-old man, British police said.

The 46-year-old former Culture Club frontman, whose real name is George O’Dowd, has been ordered to appear before a court Nov. 22.

A message was left with O’Dowd’s spokesman seeking comment.

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The Sun newspaper reported in April that a Norwegian man, Auden Karlsen, claimed he was chained and threatened at O’Dowd’s London flat, where he had gone as a photo model.