From Page Six:
October 2, 2007 -- LOU Pearlman - the hog-fat, boy-band honcho who created *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys and launched the careers of Justin Timberlake and Nick Carter - was a pervy pedophile who preyed on the young men he mentored, Vanity Fair reports.

"I would absolutely say the guy was a sexual predator. All the talent knew what Lou's game was," Steve Mooney, an aspiring singer who was Pearlman's assistant, told VF's Bryan Burrough. "Some guys joked about it. I remember [one singer] asking me, 'Have you let Lou [fellate] you yet?'"

Mooney said he once asked Pearlman, who was known as "Big Poppa," what it would take for him to get into a band. "I'll never forget this as long as I live. He leaned back in his chair, in his white terry cloth robe and white underwear, and spread his legs," Mooney told Burrough. "And then he said, and these were his exact words, 'You're a smart boy. Figure it out.' " Mooney added that a singer groped by Pearlman told him, "Look, if a guy wants to massage me, and I'm getting a million dollars for it, you just go along with it. It's the price you got to pay."

Phoenix Stone, an early member of the Backstreet Boys, tells Vanity Fair Pearlman was "definitely inappropriate" with Nick Carter. Nick's mom, Jane Carter, wouldn't get into specifics, but said, "Certain things happened and it almost destroyed our family. I tried to warn everyone. I tried to warn all the mothers . . . I tried to expose him for what he was years ago."
Tim Christofore, a member of Take 5, recalls that during a sleepover at Pearlman's house, the music czar swan-dived onto his and another boy's bed and wrestled with them wearing only in a towel, which came off. "We were like, 'Ooh, Lou, that's gross.' What did I know? I was 13," Christofore told Vanity Fair.

Rich Cronin, lead singer of LFO, recalled Pearlman told him of an "ancient massage technique that if I massage you and we bond in a certain way, it will strengthen your aura."
Pearlman, 53, is in a Florida jail awaiting trial on bank fraud charges. Prosecutors say he scammed more than 1,000 investors out of $315 million. He'd been a fugitive until June when he was busted in Indonesia, living under a fake name. His lawyer did not return calls from Page Six.

I read this story on the train on my way to work this morning, I wonder if he ever did anything to Justin

banks said:

I wouldn't be surprised. Might explain a few things.

Actually this makes me think of Chris Stokes (Immature, IMX and B2K groups) and the stories about him. I guess those guys were keeping quiet too. Sorry, but I’d have to give up my dream or find another way.

JackieBlue said:

Chris and Lou are one in the same. Speaking of Chris, he used to always have Immature and B2K posing in stages of undress. I think there were photos a while back of Immature - when all the members were around 15, 16 or 17, in nothing but underwear.

I believe Chris is both gay and a pervert. He probably fondle the boys too just like Lou.

I remember those underwear photos. Marques Houston stands by Chris. I think they’re in business together. Actually, wasn’t that part of the demise of B2K?

JackieBlue said:

Yeah, Omarion and Marques both side with Chris for some odd reason.

Timmy84 said:

banks said:

I heard about this on Howard Stern. Howard said Robin knew him but she kind of backed off and said it was before the boy band stuff and that she met him.

Artie had a great line where after Robin said some details about what a young assistant and aspiring singer. He said "So does that mean Justin Timberlake took care of 'the kid'?" It's funny if you listen to the show.

Timmy84 said:

Romeo is still on TUG as is LDB

JackieBlue said:

what stories?
[Edited 10/2/07 13:03pm]

Timmy84 said:

He sure did... those young dudes was always bare foot and half naked

Here's about Chris Stokes I just found:
http://rhymeswithsnitch.b...alley.html

I knew these dudes weren't right!

and more:
http://community.livejour...26236.html

One wierd thing about the article is the part about Marques getting the lead singer of "Gyrl" who is Miyoko pregnant and her having the baby. Problem is, Miyoko and Marques were never together and Marques is actually with her sister Jamilia. I have all 3 on myspace and they don't seem fucked up.....

This story put me through a range of emotions...










That guy always looked like a perv...
damn, sometimes you can judge a book by its cover

bboy87 said:

that blog "Rhymes with Snitch" is wild!!!!

Back in the day, me and my friends use to tease Immature cuz of those posters but DAMNNNNN to go through that kind of shit as a kid/teen is traumatizing.

DAG.

This really does explain alot.

bboy87 said:

I don't want 2 sound "un-hip", but what do TUG and LDB stand for?

I just read the Rhymes blog. Man, that's some crazy stuff.

It also answered one of my questions....Where is Quindon? He was from here (the Dallas area) and after one or two singles, his career faded fast. I wonder what church he goes to?

Is this why I find those acts disturbing?

daPrettyman said:

TUG means "The Ultimate Group" and LDB means Little Drummer Boy. He goes by just Kelton now. Kelton runs his own management company and works with some of the TUG artists. There are behind the scenes clips on youtube and stuff and they don't seem fucked up so those stories are kinda baseless.....I'll try to dig some more

bboy87 said:

Thanx. That cleared up a lot.

I did find a site entitled www.tugentertainment.com , but it was down.

Shit, my friend and I (both Backstreet fans) called this years ago. Something always seemed fishy about Big Poppa. I'm not surprised in the least, except for maybe how long it's taken to come out.

I remember when BSB, *N SYNC, O-Town and various other boybands collectively brought together a lawsuit against Pearlman, claiming fraud, falsification of records, violation of Florida's child labour laws, and "unspecified grievances". Guess this explains what those grievances were.


Might this also be connected to the restraining order Pearlman had against everyone's favourite heavily tattooed boybander? It was never explained further in the media besides he'd done so, which I always thought a bit weird. Who the hell's afraid of a Backstreet Boy, and better yet, why?


Makes sense the guy'd pick this line of work. After all, the second, unspoken fanbase of boybands is dirty old men. There's a reason they keep those 19 year olds in overalls and bowl cuts, and it's not for the little girls.

The fact that he didn't just attempt this shit, but got away with it and apparently got away with it for so long, makes me so fucking mad.




Fuck Pearlman in his fat ass.

Giovanni777 said:

Do you mean, explains a lot about the success of some boybands, or about how messed up certain boybanders have become as adults?

I have a friend who did some work for Perlman (street team work, you pervs! ) and he basically stiffed her on the bill to the tune of $11,000! She was in pretty deep financial turmoil because of it.

Timmy84 said:

But boys bands are alway posing topless and so forth. I am sure if you look back to the 70s you will see pictures of the J5 and The Osmonds in states of undress.

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[Edited 10/3/07 10:27am]

JackieBlue said:

This is so gross.