George Michael Arrested For Drugs In Public Restroom (Pics/Video)

Posted on September 21, 2008

British singer, George Michael, was arrested on drug-possession charges Friday in a public bathroom near his home in North London. George Michael,45, was caught using a small amount of crack cocaine and marijuana in the public toilet. Read more after the bump.

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A London newspaper has reported that police officers were given a tip by the restroom attendant, that George Michael was using drugs in the public restroom. Police arrested George Michael for drug possession, and took to a North London police station where he received a cautionary warning and was released after he accepted responsibility for carrying the drugs. Wow, a slap on the wrist!

“The caution was [issued] for the possession of Class A and Class C drugs, cocaine and cannabis,” a spokesperson for Scotland Yard told the Telegraph. “He was released and no further action will be taken.”

This isn’t George Michael’s first run-in with cops, and public restroom-related incidents either. In 1998, Michael was arrested outside of a men’s restroom at theWill Rogers Memorial Park in Beverly Hills, California, and charged with “engaging in a lewd act”.

George Michael pleaded no contest to the lewd charge, and was given 80 hours of community service. This was the time that the public became aware that George Michael was gay. Millions of his female fans sure hated to hear that!

In February of 2006, Michael was arrested in London and charged with possession of Class C drugs, after police found him slumped over in a car. Then in May of the same year, George Michael was once again found passed out in a car, and a guy woke him up and he drove off, striking a traffic divider. Then in October of the same year, he was again found unconscious in his Mercedes, and was taken to the hospital, later charged with marijuana possession. The singer was banned from driving for two years.

George Michael revealed his addiction to prescription drugs last year, blaming his behavior on a “self-destructive” impulse after the death of his mother.

Here’s a good George Michael video, and I still refuse to believe he is gay. ha!