Boy George was convicted of false imprisonment and was sentenced to 15 months in jail on Friday.

George, real name George O’Dowd, was found guilty last month of holding a male escort against his will by handcuffing him to a wall in his apartment. He held the man for under an hour.

O’Dowd’s attorney blames both men for the incident and says they acted like “drug-crazed idiots.”

AP: The singer denied the charge, saying he had restrained Carlsen with handcuffs while trying to figure out if a computer had been tampered with. Carlsen, 29, said O’Dowd swung at him with a metal chain as he ran from the apartment after a naked photo shoot.

Photos of Carlsen’s injuries — which he said had been inflicted by O’Dowd — were shown to the jury, but the singer denied he was responsible.

Speaking to Judge Radford on Friday, O’Dowd’s lawyer, Adrian Waterman, said: “This defendant is a kind and generous man who is particularly mindful of others’ needs. He is the antithesis of the haughty bullying star. He was not himself when addled by the habitual and relatively long-lasting using of illegal drugs.”

George was not himself because he was under the influence of drugs? Then tell me, when is he himself? This guy’s a full on junkie! He and George Michael should shack up.

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