Lou Pearlman, the fat, greasy, piggish mastermind behind boybands such as NSYNC, The Backstreet Boys and O-Town, is being accused of improper sexual conduct once again by a former boybander. Rich Cronin of LFO, that stands for the Lyte Funky Ones y'all, has come out (No, not that kind of coming out) and talked about the uncomfortable advances that Lou made on him when he was under the fat bastard's management. Source: MTV News
"He wanted to [seduce] everyone. He wanted to [seduce] everyone there ... he's disgusting," Cronin told Howard Stern on his radio show on Wednesday (January 21), when he stopped by to promote his new album, Billion Dollar Sound. "He needed you to sing a little bit, but really he just wanted you to be good-looking." ....
"I've had to go to therapy ... he's really a creepy guy," Cronin said after describing Pearlman's "wonderland for guys" mansion, which was full of Star Wars memorabilia. He added that Pearlman's attention was invasive to say the least.
"He goes, 'You could be a star ... take off your shirt.' Then he's like, 'Turn around,' " Cronin recalled. "He's massaging my shoulders and he's like, 'You wanna watch "Top Gun"?' "
TOP GUN AND STAR WARS? That stuff makes young men let their guard down? What would greasy, portly Lou say, "Here play with this Yoda doll while I tickle your pickle"? SMH.
The real jaw-dropper though was that Rich alleged that some guys did take Lou up on Touch-for-Fame agenda and that ONE person is really famous now for it.
Cronin also revealed that some guys allowed Pearlman to use his power to take advantage of them, because it would mean they would have better career opportunities.
"Eventually he did [try and touch me sexually] ... some other dudes went for it. And if you did, he took care of you. He'd buy 'em cars." Rich jokingly added that one of the guys is now very famous because of it.
Well, the only person who worked with Lou that I can think of who is still very famous NOW is Mr. Justin Timberlake. I know for sure it ain't any of the members of O-Town. Those guys are all mopping floors or washing cars somewhere. Justin has never really talked about Lou since he and the guys of NSYNC split from the Jabba The Hut-like svengali, and Pearlman seems to be very much a taboo topic for all of the former boybanders. Was Justin the one Rich was talking about? I'm sure there'll be a made for TV movie or a tell-all book that will reveal all.
