Vanity Fair: Mad About the Boys
Vanity Fair has a very thorough and fascinating account of a true sociopath. It’s the creepy story of the corrupt big daddy behind boy bands…
Until he fled the country in January, accused of embezzling more than $300 million, Lou Pearlman was famous as the impresario behind the Backstreet Boys and ‘NSync. Turns out his investors weren’t the only victims, colleagues reveal: Pearlman’s passion for boy bands was also a passion for boys.
Vanity Fair: Mad About the Boys
Here’s just a snippet that sticks out:
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 get off so easily. These were the young singers seen emerging from his bedroom late at night, buttoning their pants, sheepish looks on their faces.