EMILY PRESCOTT: You want to sue me? Bad karma for Boy George as his ex-lawyers threaten to take him to court over fee disputes
It looks like Boy George will need every penny of the £500,000 he won on last year’s I’m A Celebrity jungle as his legal troubles begin to escalate.
I can reveal that the Culture Club singer is being sued by his former lawyers for unpaid legal fees.
The 61-year-old pop icon has been embroiled in a long-running and ruinously expensive court battle with his former bandmate Jon Moss. The drummer is suing Boy George and former bandmates Roy Hay and Michael Craig over claims that he was “kicked out” of the group in September 2018.
If that wasn’t enough, it now emerges that George, Hay and Craig have a second case on their hands with the London law firm Russells, which had represented them in the Moss dispute before it was dismissed.
Culture Club manager Paul Kemsley tells me: ‘There is a dispute between my clients and Russells regarding their fees and the advice my clients received from them.
Boy George, pictured with Culture Club in 1983, is in a legal dispute with former member Jon Moss, bottom right, who is suing the band over an acrimonious split. The remaining members of the band are
Moss, who was in a secret relationship with George at the height of the band’s fame in the 1980s when they had hits like Karma Chameleon, claims he is owed nearly £200,000 of tour proceeds under a agreement. Boy George, whose real name is George O’Dowd, accused Moss of making a “personal attack on me” and “the most baseless and hurtful accusations”.
‘My clients will defend the lawsuit and counterclaim. That is all I can tell you at this time because the Russells claim has not yet been notified to my clients.
Moss, who was in a secret relationship with George at the height of the band’s fame in the 1980s when they had hits like Karma Chameleon, claims he is owed nearly £200,000 of tour proceeds under a agreement. Boy George, whose real name is George O’Dowd, accused Moss of making a “personal attack on me” and “the most baseless and hurtful accusations”.
Last month he used Twitter to express his feelings. “When I talk about the whole situation with Jon Moss, I can seem pretty angry or out of shape,” the singer wrote. “To be fair, I feel like I have a lot to be upset about, but as far as I know, I’ve removed any real hatred for him.”
It was revealed in court last month that Moss had racked up £1 million in legal costs in the dispute, which is due to go to trial next month. Russells has been contacted for comment.