Culture Club star Boy George is no longer a man without conviction, having been sentenced to 15 months at Her Majesty's Pleasure for the false imprisonment of a male escort. Yep – this from the man who famously said that he'd rather have a cup of tea than sex. He's not the first celeb to end up behind bars though...
Celebrity Big Brother star Tommy Sheridan has previous experience of being locked away with a bunch of misfits. The politician was jailed for six months for breaking a court order, and sent to prison twice during his campaign against the presence of the nuclear fleet at Faslane Naval Base.
The Queen of Motown, Diana Ross, was collared by cops in December 2002 for parking in a disabled space outside a Blockbuster in Arizona. However, as she reeked like a Finsbury Park wino, she ended up with a two-day jail sentence for drink-driving. Sadly, the thin and crispy Supreme's record label failed to cash in on her release by reissuing "I'm Coming Out".
Gormless hotel heiress Paris Hilton has also been partial to boozing before cruising. Back in 2007, she was jailed for 45 days after being found guilty of violating her probation for a drink-driving conviction. "From now on I'm going to pay complete attention to everything", she said, indicating her intention to become a Zen master upon release.
Former American football star OJ Simpson, most famous for being acquitted of murdering his wife, is now serving a 33-year jail sentence for the kidnap and armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas. "I did not know that I was doing anything illegal," he sniffled in the dock. "I thought that I was confronting friends and retrieving my property."
America's first lady of home-making, Martha Stewart, began a five-month stretch in prison in October 2004 after being found guilty of insider trading. Recipes published on her website following her release include porridge, humble pie and (tequila) slammers... no, not really.
Heavyweight boxer Mike served half of a six-year sentence for raping 19-year old Desiree Washington, a Miss Black America contestant. Although he always denied committing the crime, Tyson later went on US TV to say: "I hate Desiree's guts. Now I really do want to rape her - and her mama." Nice. Can they haul him back in, please?
We all know that he once had a fiddle on his webcam, but there is further horror in the Pandora's box that is Leslie Grantham's personal life. At the age of 18, when he was a soldier stationed in Germany, Grantham murdered a taxi driver and spent a decade behind bars. He recently claimed that drama lessons got him through prison.
Oh, Amy, you can't half pick a bad 'un. "My Blakey" (aka Blake Fielder-Civil) was sentenced to 27 months in jail in July 2008 for his part in an assault on a bar owner and a subsequent attempt to cover up the crime with a bribe. Blake reportedly now wishes to divorce la Wino, but she wants to stay married despite knowing that he's no good.
It's not a very exciting crime, and certainly not one we'd see in any of his action movies, but Wesley Snipes was convicted of tax evasion in 2008 and sentenced to three years in chokey. Prosecutors argued that Snipes should be made an example of because of his fame – and the judge clearly agreed. Or maybe he just hated Passenger 57, which is fair enough.