EMILY PRESCOTT: Boy George sued by former lawyers

EMILY PRESCOTT: Do you wanna sue me? Bad karma for Boy George as his former lawyers threaten to take him to court over fees dispute

It looks as if Boy George will need every penny of the £500,000 he earned in the I’m A Celebrity jungle last year, as his legal woes are beginning to mount.

I can reveal the Culture Club singer is being sued by his former solicitors over unpaid legal fees.

The pop icon, 61, has been involved in a long-running and ruinously expensive court battle with former bandmate Jon Moss. The drummer is suing Boy George and former bandmates Roy Hay and Michael Craig over claims he was ‘expelled’ from the group in September 2018.

If that wasn’t enough, it now emerges George, Hay and Craig have a second case on their hands with London legal firm Russells, which had represented them in the Moss dispute before being dropped.

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, are in a legal dispute with former member Jon Moss, bottom right, who is suing the band over an acrimonious split. The remaining band members are 

Moss, who was secretly in a relationship with George at the height of the band’s fame in the 1980s when they had hits such as Karma Chameleon, claims that he is owed nearly £200,000 of tour proceeds under an agreement. Boy George, real name George O’Dowd, has accused Moss of making a ‘personal attack on me’ and ‘the most unfounded and hurtful allegations’

‘My clients will be defending the claim and counterclaiming. That’s all I can tell you at this stage because the Russells claim has not yet been served on my clients.’

Moss, who was secretly in a relationship with George at the height of the band’s fame in the 1980s when they had hits such as Karma Chameleon, claims that he is owed nearly £200,000 of tour proceeds under an agreement. Boy George, real name George O’Dowd, has accused Moss of making a ‘personal attack on me’ and ‘the most unfounded and hurtful allegations’.

Last month he took to Twitter to air his feelings. ‘When I talk about the whole situation with Jon Moss I can seem pretty angry or bent out of shape,’ wrote the singer. ‘In fairness I feel I have much to be upset about but I have to the best of my knowledge removed any real hatred towards him.’

Last month it was revealed in court that Moss had run up £1 million in legal costs in the feud, which will go to trial next month. Russells has been approached for comment.

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