LONDON , England -- Former Culture Club singer Boy George has been convicted of falsely imprisoning a male escort . The judge told Boy George he faced jail . Norwegian Audun Carlsen , 29 , said the frontman with the 1980s band beat him with a metal chain as he tried to flee his London flat after a naked photo shoot . A jury at a London court found on Friday that the case was proven against the 46-year-old musician -- tried under his real name of George O'Dowd . The singer declined to give evidence during the trial but the jury heard he told police he handcuffed Carlsen to his bed while he investigated alleged tampering with his computer . Carlsen told the court O'Dowd invented the story about computer tampering so he could punish him for not having sex at a previous meeting . He said : `` I think he could n't handle the refusal -- me not having sex with him . '' O'Dowd looked grim as the verdict was delivered , according to the Press Association . The singer was bailed until sentencing on January 16 . Judge David Radford warned him that he was likely to face jail . `` The fact that your bail is being continued does not imply that this will be dealt with by a non-custodial sentence . I do n't want any false expectations created , '' he said .
Singer convicted by jury in London of falsely imprisoning male escort . Norwegian Carlsen said star beat him with metal chain after photo shoot . Boy George told police he handcuffed Singer while he investigated tampered computer .