By Emily Prescott For The Mail On Sunday 00:05 19 Feb 2023, updated 00:06 19 Feb 2023
It looks like Boy George will need every penny of the £500,000 he made last year in the I’m a Celebrity jungle as his legal woes start to mount.
I can reveal the Culture Club singer is being sued by his former attorneys for unpaid legal fees.
The pop icon, 61, has been embroiled 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 “kicked” from the group in September 2018.
As if that wasn’t enough, it now turns out that George, Hay and Craig have a second case on their hands at the London law firm Russells, who represented them in the Moss dispute before they were 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 have received from them.
Boy George, pictured with Culture Club in 1983, is in a legal battle with former member Jon Moss (below right), who is suing the band over a bitter breakup. The remaining band members are Moss, who was secretly involved with George at the height of the band’s fame in the 1980s, when they had hits like Karma Chameleon, and claims he is owed almost £200,000 in tour earnings under an arrangement. Boy George, real name George O’Dowd, has accused Moss of making a “personal attack on me” and “the most baseless and hurtful allegations”.
“My clients will defend the claim and file counterclaims. That’s all I can tell you at this point as Russell’s 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 like Karma Chameleon, claims he is owed nearly £200,000 in tour earnings under an agreement. Boy George, real name George O’Dowd, has accused Moss of making a “personal attack on me” and “the most baseless and hurtful allegations”.
Last month he took to Twitter to vent his feelings. “When I’m talking to Jon Moss about the whole situation, I can seem pretty angry or out of shape,” the singer wrote. “I feel like I have a lot to be upset about, to be honest, but I’ve eliminated any genuine hatred towards him to the best of my ability.”
It was revealed in court last month that Moss had incurred £1million in legal costs in the feud, which will go to trial next month. Russells was contacted for comment.
