George Michael was locked up with pedophiles

By Tribute News on March 19, 2014 | 1 Comment

George Michael, 60, was sentenced to eight weeks in prison in 2010 after being caught driving under the influence of drugs, and although he only served half of his sentence he claims the few days he spent at London's Pentonville prison scared him into sobriety. He said: ''I went in there, which was really quite a horrible experience, and I was put in with the pedophiles and the bullies I suppose ... I didn't leave my cell very much in those few days.'' The Faith hitmaker was then moved to the Highpoint prison in Suffolk, East England, where he served four weeks behind bars. Speaking on BBC Radio 2, he said: ''From the moment the last crash happened [I started to get sober] because apart from anything else, I realized it had to be something to do with me. It kind of shook me out of my denial in the way that the others hadn't. Probably because there was a chance I would go to prison. So from the day after that crash happened I started in drug counseling, and I was two weeks in detox, none of which I made public.'' George - who has just released his new album Symphonica - also confessed that his behavior was ''out of character'' and ''irresponsible'' and says as soon as he came out of prison he experienced a ''burst of creativity'' and began working on new material.

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1. Gwen • March 19, 2014 @ 11:18 AM

   I’m glad he was put into prison with pedophiles etc. More of the famous and infamous should be put behind bars when they do something wrong like that. Hint to the Bieber – he wouldn’t last a day in prison probably. You really want to go down that road?

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