Marcelo Rodriguez was working undercover when he arrested Michael on suspicion of lewd conduct in a toilet at Will Rogers Memorial Park in Beverly Hills in 1998.

He sued Michael in 1999, claiming the singer said in magazines and on television that Rodriguez was "waving his genitals in front of (Michael)."

Michael pleaded no contest to a charge of committing a lewd act and was fined $810 (?540) and ordered to perform 80 hours of community service.

George Michael burgled - 18/02/02
Pop star George Michael’s Hampstead home was burgled ten days ago, police have revealed. Scotland Yard believe the raid was carried out by the same gang behind at least five robberies in Hampstead and St Johns Wood netting more than ?1 million worth of valuables.

George was in Los Angeles when his ?3 million property was broken into on Saturday February 9th. The thieves made off with jewellery and other items worth ?100,000 despite a sophisticated security system. To top it all, it seems the burglars made their getaway in George’s ?80,000 Aston Martin DB7 although the car has now been recovered.


George Michael has been cruising since he was a teenager - July 28, 2020
George Michael has been "cruising" for casual gay sex since he was a teenager. The ’Fast Love’ singer - who was caught coming out of London’s Hampstead Heath last week after having gay sex with a 58-year-old jobless van driver - has admitted his habit of prowling known gay haunts for public sex thrills started in his younger years.

He is quoted in the Daily Mirror newspaper as saying: "I’ve been doing this on and off for years since I was a teenager." However, despite his apparent appetite for casual sex, Michael insists he doesn’t worry about his health or safety. He added: "I have never once seen any violence. If I want to see violence, or what I call shameful behaviour, I could go to a club where women these days have to hold their hand over their drink for fear of being drugged."

Michael, who claims his partner of 10 years Kenny Goss has no problem with him cruising for sex, also insisted he was not embarrassed about his actions. He said: "I have not cheated or lied about my sex life to anybody in my life."

George insists Kenny doesn’t mind - July 26, 2020
George Michael insists lover Kenny Goss doesn’t mind him having gay sex with strangers. The singer, who was caught engaged in sex acts with a jobless van driver on London’s Hampstead Heath last week, insists Goss accepts his promiscuous behaviour.

Michael also refused to apologise for his actions during a phone interview with British TV chat show hosts Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan yesterday (25.07.06). He said: "I’ve got no issue with cruising. I’ve talked about it many times. It’s never been an issue between us. "We had a lovely tenth anniversary party. My present to him was a million quid so I think I should get away with so-called fooling around with ’Bernard Manning’. I’ve no idea who that guy was but thank-you very much, whoever he was."

Reports had suggested that Goss had cancelled the couple’s upcoming ’wedding ’, but the ’Fast Love’ singer insists the pair’s civil ceremony is still on and will happen once the interest in his private life has calmed down. Michael explained: "We knew with all the rubbish between us that we couldn’t get a private wedding, so we have postponed it. "I don’t want people to think my life is troubled when it’s not. I’m a man who has been successful for 25 years." He added: "There can’t be shame unless the people involved are ashamed and I ’m certainly not that."