Boy George accused of conspiring to defraud Jon Moss

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Boy George has been accused of โ€œconspiring to defraudโ€ former Culture Club bandmate Jon Moss.

Moss โ€“ who was a founding member of the โ€˜Karma Chameleonโ€™ hitmakers โ€“ has launched a High Court challenge against the singer, guitarist Roy Hay and bassist Michael Craig.

The 64-year-old drummer alleges that heโ€™s been defrauded out of ยฃ188,000, after being expelled from the group in 2018 by their manager.

Moss claims heโ€™s owed the โ€œoutstanding balanceโ€ under the contract he signed for their โ€˜Life Tourโ€™.

None of his former bandmates appeared during the remote court hearing. However, itโ€™s understood that they all dispute Mossโ€™ accusations.

Another hearing is now set to be held on May 4.

Moss starred in the band for 37 years, and he previously claimed that heโ€™s responsible for the Culture Club name.

He said: โ€œIt was Caravan Club and then it was something unmentionable. Then I came up with Culture Club because of all the different people in the band.โ€

The drummer also recalled his first meeting with Boy George, who before forming Culture Club was an occasional singer with Bow Wow Wow, performing under the stage name Lieutenant Lush.

He shared: โ€œIโ€™d seen him around. It was the punk days when everything was a bit hazy and it was a much smaller London in those days so youโ€™d bump into people.

โ€œBut when I first met him it was in a really weird theatrical warehouse which was quite appropriate. I think people were more interested in Georgeโ€™s persona than his actual talent at the time. I saw that there was a lot to him but really George got around town and was known for dressing up.

โ€œHe could sing. He just needed a little encouragement letโ€™s say. At first a lot of people knew there was something was going on but they didnโ€™t get it because it was quite left field at the time.โ€

Jon and Boy George โ€“ real name George Oโ€™Dowd โ€“ embarked in a relationship at the height of Culture Clubโ€™s success in the 1980s, although the romance was kept under wraps at the time.

Their relationship ended in 1986 just before the group split.