Boy George won't be going to jail. But the former Culture Club singer got a scolding from a judge Monday for not complying with the terms of his sentence on a drug charge.
"I'm not going to give you another chance," Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Anthony Ferrara warned Boy George, who didn't do the community service required by his plea deal for his conditional discharge.
In March, Boy George, whose real name is George O'Dowd, pleaded guilty to third-degree false reporting of an incident. The charge followed his false report of a burglary at his Lower Manhattan apartment where police said they found cocaine.
Under his plea deal, O'Dowd was to enter a drug program in England and do five days of community service in Manhattan. He was also supposed to pay a $1,000 fine and a $160 surcharge, and avoid arrest for any reason during the next six months.
But O'Dowd, 45, didn't do the community service, and earlier this month, Ferrara demanded that the singer show up in court or face arrest.
"You have to do the community service," Ferrara told O'Dowd on Monday. "It's up to you whether you make it an exercise in humiliation or in humility."
"If you don't do the community service, I'll make you a promise: You're going through that door," Ferrara said, pointing toward the entrance to the jail cells.
The judge gave O'Dowd until Aug. 28 to complete the community service.
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