Did he really want to hurt him?
Boy George was arrested on suspicion of assault and wrongful imprisonment early Saturday morning after his latest muse filed a complaint against him, according to Scotland Yard.
Auden Carlsen, 28, told Britain's Sun tabloid that he "was convinced [he] was going to die" at George's East London home, where the former Culture Club frontman had supposedly invited Carlsen to pose for some photographs.
The Norwegian-born Carlsen said that while he had hooked up with George via a U.K. personals Website called Gaydar, he agreed to go to the singer's home at midnight in exchange for 400 pounds only to serve as a model.
After George took photos of Carlsen in some erotic getups, the amateur shutterbug and an unidentified man handcuffed him to a hook on the wall in a bedroom and then, after the second guy left, George whipped out a box of, er, whips and other kinky items, Carlsen related.
"George said he was popping out for milk at 5 a.m.," Carlsen told the Sun. "I heard him come back and I walked into his bedroom wearing just my white underpants and a T-shirt. I was jumped on by George and another man."
"Now you'll get what you deserve," George said, according to Carlsen's account. The young man then said he wrenched the hook out of the wall, fled the residence and called the police at about 6:30 a.m.
Scotland Yard confirmed that George, whose real name is George O'Dowd, has been bailed and, pending further investigation, was ordered to return to the station in July.
While it remains to be seen what really went down at George's flat, someone knows firsthand what can happen when you don't get your story straight.
Last March, George pleaded guilty to falsely reporting a burglary at his Manhattan apartment in October 2005—New York's finest discovered 13 bags of cocaine, but no burglar—and received five days of community service and a $1,000 fine.