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by Herpderpinator
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In ORB during the bathroom scene with the cop right before Dr. Venture is about to change Billy while the cop watches, Billy says, "this is how we lost George Michael."

What is he referring to. Is that an Arrested Development reference that I don't get?

Nov. 7, 2014, 5:30am

by Ron Bonham
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Umm, George Michael was arrested for solicitation in an LA bathroom by an undercover cop back in the late 90's. Quite sure this is the point of reference Billy mentions. From the Wiki;
Rogers Memorial Park in Beverly Hills, California.[131][132] In 2007, Michael said "that hiding his sexuality made him feel 'fraudulent', and his eventual outing, when he was arrested [...] in 1998, was a subconsciously deliberate act."[133]

Michael was arrested by an undercover policeman named Marcelo RodrÃguez, in a sting operation using so-called "pretty police." In an MTV interview, Michael stated: "I got followed into the restroom and then this copâ€”I didn't know it was a cop, obviouslyâ€”he started playing this game, which I think is called, 'I'll show you mine, you show me yours, and then when you show me yours, I'm going to nick you!"[134]

After pleading "no contest" to the charge, Michael was fined US$810 and sentenced to 80 hours of community service. Soon afterwards, Michael made a video for his single "Outside", which satirised the public toilet incident and featured men dressed as policemen kissing. RodrÃguez claimed that this video "mocked" him, and that Michael had slandered him in interviews. In 1999, he brought a US$10 million court case in California against the singer. The court dismissed the case, but an Appellate court reinstated the case on 3 December 2002.[135] The court then ruled RodrÃguez, as a public official, could not legally recover damages for emotional distress.[136]

After the incident, Michael became explicit about his sexuality and his relationship with Kenny Goss which began in June 1996.

Nov. 7, 2014, 4:09pm

by TheWiseNoob
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Thank you. That was a wonderful explanation. I asked that anonymously because I was too busy to log in before.

Nov. 8, 2014, 9:17pm

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