Boy George Denied Visa to US
Former Culture Club frontman Boy George has been denied a visa to enter the United States, necessary for his summer tour, as the singer faces a London trial in November on charges of false imprisonment, reports the BBC.
The 47-year-old singer has been denied a visa to enter the United States by American authorities while he awaits his November trial in London on charges of false imprisonment relating to an April 2007 incident.
George has denied the allegations and says he is “astounded” by US authorities’ decision to ban him.
His solo tour was to begin on 11 July in Las Vegas and unless the situation somehow changes, George will not be able to honor his schedule.
The singer’s management said in a statement that the US authorities’ decision to not issue him a visa was not “in respect of anything he has done in the past” but because he is facing a trial in November in London.
Adding that the singer’s lawyers in London “have absolutely forbidden us to speak about the facts of that case,” the statement went on to say that his lawyers in the States are trying to find a solution.
Boy George was arrested last year after a 28-year-old male escort from Norway accused him of false imprisonment by chaining him to a wall and assaulting him. The singer denied the allegations at the time and was released on bail.
His management’s statement emphasized that George has been given “unconditional bail by the police and the courts in London thereby permitting him to travel anywhere in the world.”
Boy George, whose real name is George O’Dowd, has had legal troubles before. In 2006, the singer was court-ordered to sweep the streets of New York, after pleading guilty to falsely alarming the police by reporting a burglary at his home in lower Manhattan in 2005.
The police did come to his home, only to find no burglary had taken place… Ironically enough, they found cocaine instead.
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