London, 2007:
Audun Carlsen, a 29 year old man was found bleeding in the street having just fled a nearby flat. But the story he was about to tell would shock everyone. Because his capturer, the person he was fleeing from, was a HUGE celebrity.
He’d just fled the home of 80’s British Pop Icon Boy George. Audun had been booked to model for George, who was trying his hand at photography. But suddenly the session took a strange turn and over the following months, George began acting erratic and paranoid towards Audun.
And on their second shoot, everything would take a dark turn. Audun would go through a crime he’d struggle to recover from for the rest of his life. But when news broke of what happened to him, the media went wild. Audun was labelled an escort, rumours spread like wildfire and his medical diagnosis often came before reporters even said his name.
Today we are sharing Audun Carlsen’s story, the victim of a crime so bad, his perpetrator would find himself behind bars for committing…
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