But the judge angrily complained that O'Dowd had not paid the fine and had never reported to the office that assigns community service work. "I put people in jail who don't pay fines," the judge told O'Dowd's lawyer, Louis Freeman. "Why shouldn't I do that?"
Freeman said he had told O'Dowd, who was in England, that he did not have to appear Friday.
The judge also ridiculed Freeman's community service proposals, which included helping teenagers make a public-service announcement, holding a fashion-and-makeup workshop, and serving as DJ at an HIV/AIDS benefit.
O'Dowd's drug woes reportedly led to the collapse of Culture Club, which scored the hit 1980s singles Karma Chameleon and Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?
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