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He is also well known for his [[1998]] [[arrest]] for "engaging in a lewd act" in a public [[restroom]] in a [[Beverly Hills]] city [[park]]. He was arrested by an undercover Beverly Hills [[police]] officer named Marcelo Rodriguez.
George Michael: "Well, I was followed into the restroom, and then, this cop - well, I didn't know he was a cop at the time obviously – he started playing this game. I think it's called ‘I'll show you mine, you show me yours, and then when you show me yours, I'm gonna nick you!'" [http://gaytoday.badpuppy.com/garchive/people/110998pe.htm]
After pleading "no contest" to the charge, Michael was fined $810 and was given 80 hours [[community service]]. After that incident, he became openly [[homosexual]]. Soon afterwards, Michael made a video for his single "Outside" which was clearly based on the public restroom incident and which featured men dressed up as policemen [[kissing]]. Rodriguez, the police officer, claimed that this video "mocked" him, and also that Michael had [[slander]]ed him in interviews, and in [[1999]] filed a ten million dollar [[lawsuit]] against the singer. It was originally dismissed by a court in [[California]] on the grounds that public officials such as police officers were not entitled to sue, but this decision was overruled by an [[appeals court]] on [[December 3]], [[2002]].
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