Boy George duped into signing legal document whilst DJing

Boy George duped into signing legal document whilst DJing

19 November, 2007 | 10.35AM

• Written by: Terry Church
• Filed under: Music News: boy george

In what must be the most unscrupulous (or shrewd) legal move in the history of dance music, Boy George was duped into signing legal documents when a lawyer posing as a fan asked for his ‘autograph’ during a gig at Manchester’s Essential Club last weekend.

He was in the middle of his set when the sweaty raver asked for his autograph.

Only after he returned his signature did the fan reveal that he had just been served with a statutory declaration, meaning he had just agreed to pay an American promoter £36,000.

The promoter in question was behind Club GAY USA.

She declared herself bankrupt after Boy George pulled out of a gig at the last minute.

She was awarded £36,000 damages by a UK court but Boy George failed to pay up by the deadline causing her lawyers to come up with the cunning autograph sting.

A spokesperson for her solicitors said, “He was gobsmacked. As soon as we said, ‘You have been served with a statutory declaration, he went, ‘Oh!’ He could not understand it. He was gobsmacked.

“We have all got a job to do, one way or another, and this was the best way to do it. We had to get him at his weak moment.”

[source: entertainmentwise.com]

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