Boy George facing bankruptcy as firm goes bust

Culture Club singer Boy George’s showbiz firm has gone bust with debts of almost $1.9 million, following a court battle with an ex.

Boy George is facing bankruptcy. Picture: Supplied

Boy George’s showbiz firm has gone bust with debts of almost $1.9 million.

The 62-year-old Karma Chameleon singer’s finances fell flat, despite his return to the limelight on the latest UK season of the reality show I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!

The company was ordered to shut down by the High Court, due to debts owed to his former Culture Club band mate and ex-boyfriend Jon Moss, 65, reports The Sun.

Company assets of £324,682 ($618,000) are being taken by liquidators to pay him back.

The firm, set up in April 2018, was used to handle George’s music and TV pay — which would include his $950,000 fee from ITV last December.

Boy George has been battling legal woes with a former bandmate. Picture: Getty/Google Earth

Seen heading into the jungle before I’m A Celeb recently. Picture: BACKGRID

The winding up order was made earlier this month, with the paperwork published this week.

George, also ordered to pay Moss’s legal fees, is now making moves to avoid bankruptcy.

The Sun revealed in April that he was facing a $3.3 million damages claim brought by Moss, but the pair managed to reach an out-of-court settlement.

Moss, a founding member of the band, and George were in a secret relationship at the height of the group’s fame.

Moss was sacked in September 2018 and spent $1.9 million on his legal fight.

He originally launched a legal case against his bandmates claiming he was owed £188,000 ($358,000) in lost income under the terms of a tour contract.

In January, George said: “I feel I have much to be upset about but I have to the best of my knowledge removed any real hatred towards him.”

Culture Club will tour Australia later this year.

Beginning with their 1982 UK No 1 Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, Culture Club became hugely successful, with six more UK Top Five hits and six Top 10 hits in the US that decade, including the transatlantic chart-topper Karma Chameleon.

Amid Boy George’s struggle with drug use, the band split in 1986, but reunited in 1998 – a new song, I Just Wanna Be Loved, reached No 4 in the UK.

The group have continued to tour on and off ever since, and are set to visit Australia in September for a national arena tour, playing their greatest hits.

This story originally appeared on The Sun and is republished here with permission.