Boy George faces trial on kinky sex charges

By Stone Martindale Nov 23, 2007, 18:31 GMT

11/22/2007 - Boy George - Boy George Departs Thames Magistrates Court in East London on November 22, 2007 - Thames Magistrates Court - London, England © Solarpix / PR Photos

Eighties pop singer Boy George was in London court Thursday, where he faced charges in a kinky sex encounter.

Boy George was ordered Thursday to stand trial after a Norwegian man claimed the singer handcuffed him to a bed and threatened him with sex toys.

The former Culture Club frontman, whose real name is George O'Dowd, appeared in a London court, charged with false imprisonment.

George posted bail and quickly left refusing to answer questions from a throng of reporters.

Prosecutor Nicholas Paul said the charges centered on an event that occurred April 28 in Boy George's east London flat.

Auden Karlsen claims he and Boy George met on the Web site Gaydar and he agreed to go to the entertainer's apartment to pose for photos in exchange for about $840.

Karlsen claims the "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" singer and an unidentified man changed into sadistic fiends and held him prisoner.

"I was convinced I was going to die," Karlsen told the Daily Mail of London earlier this year.

After Karlsen was restrained, Boy George allegedly whipped out a box of crops and sex toys and threatened the victim who has denied reports he's a male prostitute, the Mail reported.

If convicted, George could be sentenced to life in prison. He was ordered to return to court in February.