Boy George has flown home to the UK after being charged with the possession of drugs in New York at the end of last week. He told reporters at Heathrow Airport last night "I am not speaking to anybody about it. Don't ask me any questions because you aren't going to get any answers."
The incident occurred on Friday when the singer, real name George O'Dowd, called police to report a burglary. When officers attended his home, they discovered an eighth of cocaine next to a computer in his apartment, and subsequently charged him with possession of a controlled substance as well as falsely reporting an incident. The drugs charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.
Boy George's lawyer Lou Freeman says the drugs didn't belong to his client. He told the New York Post: "It was a small amount of drugs. He doesn't know where it came from. He's had a lot of people in his house." He continued: "A man who has something to hide does not call police."
The singer, who famously suffered from heroin addiction back in the eighties of course, moved to New York when his musical 'Taboo' transferred to Broadway in 2003. He is due in court there on 19 Dec.