Disgraced Boy Band Mogul Lou Pearlman Dead At 62
The man behind acts like 'NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys was convicted of fraud in 2008. From: NewNowNext Lou Pearlman , the music producer responsible for iconic boy bands like the Backstreet Boys and ’NSYNC, died on Friday at age 62. The cause of death is unknown. Pearlman was serving a 25-year sentence in federal prison at the time of his demise—in 2008 he was convicted of defrauding investors and backs in a massive $300 million Ponzi scheme. In a plea bargain agreement, Pearlman pleaded guilty to charges of money laundering fraud and conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States. Pearlman, who also gave us LFO, O-Town and Take 5, was accused of sexual harassment by some of the young singers he helped groom over the years. A 2007 Vanity Fair article painted an unseemly picture: Some, especially the teenagers, shrugged and giggled when he showed them pornographic movies or jumped naked onto their beds in the morning to wrestle and play. Others, it appears, didn’t ...