UNITED KINGDOM - Boy George is now back in the UK after being charged with possessing cocaine in the United States.The 44-year-old ex-Culture Club frontman, whose real name is George O'Dowd, faces a battle to save his lavish New York home and career as a top DJ if he is convicted, a leading lawyer has said.
The gay icon has protested his innocence but will effectively be excluded from America if found guilty.
George was arrested in the Big Apple on Friday by police responding to a report the singer made of a burglary at his luxury Manhattan home.
It is alleged they found an amount of cocaine near a computer and more of the Class A substance elsewhere in the apartment.
Human rights lawyer Mark Stephens said: "Boy George is innocent until proved guilty but if he's found guilty it could have major implications for him to be allowed into the US. He would effectively be excluded."
Mr Denton said: "Basically, he did call the police himself. He actually thought somebody was breaking into the apartment.
"They turned up and they searched the apartment and found traces of cocaine on the computer table, which George has said he was not taking and was nothing to do with him."
He said: "At the moment, he can go in and out [of the US] as he feels.
"Other people were staying in the flat and people are there frequently, so obviously somebody else is doing it."
Boy George is due appear in court on December 19.
from Telegraph UK
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