That is a clip of Boy Georges music video do you really want to hurt me- and we will
be seeing him again further down on this list.
Hey guys im Court McGinley and welcome back to the most amazing top 5.
Lets just right into our video today of the top 5 Famous celebrities banned from America.
Coming in at our number 5 spot--Amy Winehouse- Unfortunately Amy is no longer with us as
she passed away in 2011.
But she was an extremely talented British Singer and songwriter who was known for her
deep expressive vocals.
Its also noted that in 2009 she was banned from entering the states.
The reason she was banned was due to drug convictions and for assault.
Which led to her being arrested in Norway.
Also In 2007 she had been barred from entering the country to attend the grammys due to a
drug rap.
Then again in 2009 US authorities refused to grant her a work visa to preform at the
Coachella festival.
She was then ordered on March 17 2009 to appear at the City of Westminster Magistrates Court
to face a common assault charge- which was filed back in September of 2008.
As you can see there were many events hosted in America that her fans wanted her at and
that she tried to get permission to attend but it was no use.
In at number 4--Mark Thatcher- Mark is a very well known 64 year old British business man.
Hes also the son of former British Prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
Mark married a US citizen but was denied a green card.
This was due to a guilty plea from January 2005 in South Africa after breaking anti-mercenary
legislation by investing in an aircraft without taking proper investigations into what it
would be used for.
Mark admitted in court that he had paid the money but was under the impression it was
to be invested in an air craft ambulance service to help impoverished Africans.
The judge rejected his explanation and he fined Marks 3 million Rand and he received
a 4 year suspended jail sentence.
Yeah all that for trying to help out.
Then a few months later in April of 2005 Mark announced that his family home would be in
Europe after he was refused a residence visa to live in the US due to his guilty plea.
At number 3--Lily Allen- Lily Allen is a famous 33 year old English singer and song writer.
She is also an actress and television presenter.
Yes shes dabbled in a lot of things.
And apparently fighting is one of them.
In 2007 Lily had her American working visa revoked and was banned from the States after
she was arrested that same year in England on charges of assault after she beat up a
photographer.
When all of this was going down Lily tried to fly from Australia to the US and was actually
stopped at the Los Angeles International airport and was detained and questioned for 5 hours.
She was then banned from working in the country by the US government- and this was just 4
week ahead of her North American Tour.
Its never ok to put your hands on somebody but this one I kind of get.
If you getting hounded constantly by paparazzi who are getting in your face then your going
to want them to back off.
Its not like she hit a random photographer she was working with.
It was obviously someone who was invading her personal space and getting so close to
her that they were at an arm swinging distance.
Clearly this person should’ve backed up a bit.
Coming in at number 2--Nelson Mandela- Nelson is the former President of South Africa.
He was the president from 1994 to 1999.
And sadly he is no longer with us as he passed away in 2013.
But during his time-Yeah he was kind of a big deal.
He was also an author, philanthropist and political leader.
So why would a sweet man like this be banned from the US?
Well Nelson Mandela was actually banned from entering the US all the way up to 2008 because
he was classified as a terrorist.
He was on the US terrorism watch list.
So let me explain a little bit.
Back in the 80s both president Reagan and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher viewed
Nelson Mandela in connection with his role in the African National Congress.
And the ANC participated in warfare in their fight against apartheid -a part ied- in South
Africa.
So Mandela was officially labelled a terrorist and this label stuck for decades.
And in at number 1--Boy George- Boy George is a popular English singer- song writer-
DJ and fashion designer.
He is mostly known for being the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club.
Hes also been a judge on the voice Australia and UK.
And he was a finalist on Celebrity apprentice.
He came in second after he was beat out from the first place spot by Matt Iseman.
So as it stands now Boy George is allowed to be in the States.
But it wasn’t always like that.
In 2008 George was denied a visa by US immigration officials while facing a trial in the UK in
November of that year for the assault and false imprisonment of a male escort.
At the time his management released this statement- At the moment Boy George cannot come to the
United States of America because he has been refused permission to enter by the USA Administration.
This is not in respect of anything he has done in the past but because he is facing
a trial in November in London for something that happened in April of last year”.
So they said it wasn’t from anything he had done in the past but it was because of
something that happened last April.
Yeah pretty sure that would be the past.
But anyways.
Tghen on December 5th 2008 the trial took place and George was convicted at a court
in London of the assault and false imprisonment of a paid sex partner- a male escort- in the
singers apartment on their first encounter.
Then in January of 2009 he was sentenced to 15 months in prison for these offences.
However once that trial was settled- he did his time- and some years passed the ban was
lifted- and he was allowed back into the country in 2014.
Alright guys that was our list of the Top 5 famous celebrities banned from America.
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