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Via the New York Post, we learn that the architect of several famous boy bands, Lou Pearlman, has allegedly taken something more than a professional interest in the talent he's, er, mentored, over the years. He's currently in federal custody on other charges related to a ponzi scheme, wherein he scammed more than one thousand investors of more than $315 million. According to Wikipedia,
After being on the run since December 2006, Pearlman was finally arrested in Indonesia on June 14, 2007 after being spotted by a German tourist couple. Pearlman was then indicted by a federal grand jury on June 27, 2007.
I wonder what he may have been up to in Indonesia? But now, according to the New York Post, there's even more news (emphasis in the original):
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."
Um, say it with me. . . EEEEEWWWWWW!!!!!
But I didn't come here to tell you that tonight. I came here to share with you what I found out about the past political donations of one Louis Pearlman of Orlando, Florida:
According to Open Secrets:
Contributor
Occupation
Date
Amount
Recipient
PEARLMAN, LOUIS
ORLANDO,FL 32819TRANS CONTINENTAL COMPANIES/EXECUTI
6/5/2002
$1,000
Keller, Ric
PEARLMAN, LOUIS
ORLANDO,FL 32819TRANS CONTINENTAL COMPANIES/EXECUTI
6/5/2002
$1,000
Keller, Ric
PEARLMAN, LOUIS
ORLANDO,FL 32819TRANS CONTINENTAL COMPANIES/EXECUTI
6/11/2003
$1,000
Keller, Ric
PEARLMAN, LOUIS J
ORLANDO,FL 3281912/19/1997
$3,750
National Republican Senatorial Cmte
PEARLMAN, LOUIS J
ORLANDO,FL 328191/3/2001
$1,500
National Republican Congressional Cmte
PEARLMAN, LOUIS J
ORLANDO,FL 32819TRANS CONTINENTAL COS INC
3/7/2001
$1,250
National Republican Senatorial Cmte
PEARLMAN, LOUIS J
ORLANDO,FL 328199/9/1998
$1,000
National Republican Congressional Cmte
PEARLMAN, LOUIS J
ORLANDO,FL 32819TRANS CONTINENTAL COS INC
4/4/2001
$500
National Republican Senatorial Cmte
PEARLMAN, LOUIS J
ORLANDO,FL 32819TRANS CONTINENTAL CO./CHIEF EXECUTI
1/27/2003
$500
National Republican Congressional Cmte
PEARLMAN, LOUIS J
ORLANDO,FL 3281912/20/2000
$350
National Republican Congressional Cmte
PEARLMAN, LOUIS J
ORLANDO,FL 3281911/19/1997
$250
National Republican Congressional Cmte
PEARLMAN, LOUIS J MR
ORLANDO,FL 32819TRANS CONTINENTAL COMPANIES/CEO
6/29/2000
$1,000
Keller, Ric
PEARLMAN, LOUIS J MR
ORLANDO,FL 32819TRANS CONTINENTAL COMPANIES/CEO
9/22/2000
$1,000
Keller, Ric
PEARLMAN, LOUIS J MR
ORLANDO,FL 32819TRANS CONTINENTAL COMPANIES/CEO
10/27/2000
$1,000
Keller, Ric
PEARLMAN, LOUIS J MS
ORLANDO,FL 32819TRANS CONTINENTAL COMPANIES/EXECUTI
3/7/2002
$1,000
National Republican Congressional Cmte
Look at all that money for Republicans!
Before he hit the beaches of Bali to scout for new talent, Open Secrets documents $16,100.00 given exclusively to Republicans between 1997 and 2003. Hoo, boy.
What with all the high profile Republicans of late demonstrating a lively interest in the comely lads, I can't really say I spot a trend here, do you?
After all, I'm sure it's just a coincidence.
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Ummmm.
Nasty. Good evening everyone!
Hello, TRex!! ****smooches******
Asssstounding contributions. Good catch.
Ha!
Pach!!!
Hey, I used to play this lounge, many ages ago in blogger years.
Oh! its Pach!! you get smooches too!
Thank you. I’m less scaley, but my skin is dry.
My oh my. Hi Pach. How interesting. What a bunch.
Pachacutec @ 8
Mummified, even…!!!
“Lord, what perverts these Republicans be!”
–Robin Goodfellow, if he read FDL
Creepy.
It seems we have our very own pervy politician following in the footsteps of Larry Craig. You just can’t make this stuff up. http://www.wwltv.com/local/sto.....18a6b.html
(((((((Pach!)))))))
$16K in seven years? A perv, and a piker too.
Give him a public defender and a fair trial, and then bury his ass under the nearest jail.
Men and sexual trauma
http://ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/nc.....sault.html
Looking at that chart, something jumped out at me in the last line. On 3/7/2002, a $1000 gift was given to the NRCC by *MS* Louis J. Perleman.
Is there something else that Lou would like to share with the class?
Indonesia’s not the best place to do that type of hanky panky… they don’t like Americans, good chance of getting caught, harsh prison sentences and probably a lynch mob. According to a friend of mine involved in fighting child trafficking, Americans in need of a little gratuitous pedophilia usually head to places like Thailand, Sri Lanka, Romania and maybe a few Central American hotspots.
BushCo means:
Betrayal of Trust
Pach, the open secrets links is kinda screwy.
Peterr @ 17
That should be Pearlman.
Preview is my friend . . .
I’m sure all of this was taken out of context.
Damned liberals.
How is everybody?
Men and Sexual Trauma
Julia M. Whealin, Ph.D.
At least 10% of men in our country have suffered from trauma as a result of sexual assault. Like women, men who experience sexual assault may suffer from depression, PTSD, and other emotional problems as a result. However, because men and women have different life experiences due to their different gender roles, emotional symptoms following trauma can look different in men than they do in women.
Oh…ummm…yeah..coinkydink, of course. Nancy Drew needed here…WTF? What about Menudo????? Plenty of questions there too. JMHO
The Open Secrets link was to my search, and it may not replicate well.
Just search Pearlman by his zip code, and check for all campaign cycles. You’ll get this same chart.
Mutant Poodle @ 22
We just can’t seem to get our facts straight…!!! ;-)
Who is Ric Keller?
Oh, and the kids Pearlman’s pictured with made up “O-Town,” the first of the “Making the Band” groups.
EvilDrPuma @ 11
Reminds me of the heath scene in King Lear:
” ‘Tis the times’ plague, when madmen lead the blind. ” Not very hard to identify some suspects :-)
Mauimom @ 27
R-FL 8th District
Ric Keller, R-FL, 8th District.
A real asshole.
Ew, what a creepy picture [of Keller].
OTOH, he must be scared, because his web site says “support SCHIP”.
What is the average number of weird, kinky GOP pols, fundraisers and functionaries uncovered in one shenanigan or another per day. It has to be over one per day, right? Is there a measurement unit we can create to say whether it has been a slow day, an average one, or a particularly tasty day…?
Pachacutec @ 30
I try not to judge a book by it’s cover, but that guy looks really smarmy to me. A smile but the eyes look dead.
Damn Pach, you got the rubberstamp brigade goin’ here…
You’re onto somethin’.
So…Gannon? Whasss up Dude?
that older, fat guy in the picture?
are you sure that’s lou pearlman and not karl rove?
it sure looks a lot like k-k-karl.
well, ok, probably not.
karl lives in west bum-fuck texas.
Ed*ard Teller @ 32
Well, in the spirit of the newton-meter, I suggest the foley-day.
Would now be a good time to mention I saw Rep.Bob Allen coming out of the Titusville Courthouse after a hearing yesterday in which he changed his story on asking the restroom cop if it would help if he was a state legislator. Turns out to be a big misunderstanding. The Judge also threw out the fact he had $800 in his car. Trial coming up in November.
Mauimom @ 31
No — he means “support SCHIP as Bush wanted it,” not the Democrats. He voted AGAINST the version that passed the House and Senate but was vetoed by Bush.
madmommy @ 33
Keller’s day job on HJC is to obstruct Waxman as much as possible.
EvilDrPuma @ 36
Divided into 24 Craig-hours?
Oh, I was rendering a clinical judgment, with Howie’s diagnostic assistance.
EvilDrPuma @ 36
Good idea, but the mental anguish and general dirty feeling of having to compile such a list on a dail basis would surely qualify for hazard pay.
Peterr @ 40
10 Craig-hours. Metric units are decimalized, remember.
newtonusr @ 39
Waxman can teach that little whipper snapper a thing or two. Henry’s a pitbull I would not want to come up against.
What is the meaning of Rove’s “Math”? Really??? Rove said something like, “I’ve got the “math”…What did he mean? Too cocky. There is meaning to it, and it ain’t over yet folks.
Any folks in the D.C. area, the Green Fest starts tomorrow. If you are in the area it is worth the trip. Lots of great speakers, Amy Goodman, Medea Benjaman, Jim Hightower.
http://www.greenfestivals.org/content/view/625/280
Presenters
http://www.greenfestivals.org/...../129/226//
EvilDrPuma @ 43
So as not to confuse anyone, then, we should simply call it a Craig Unit — a See-You (CU) for short.
madmommy @ 42
Ain’t that the truth…!!! ;-)
How’s it going, CT?
Ric’s picture screams all sorts of bad vibes. Its the I-cant-really-smile smile that does it.
Peterr @ 47
I was just thinking that the Foley would be better as a measurement of paper quantities. Any time you have ten pages together, you have one Foley.
OT:
Interrogation.
This is how it is done.
EvilDrPuma @ 36
Why not. I say, time to retire Friedman Units and create the new ISO FU: the Foley Unit.
Zoinks!
Ladies and germs, I yield the floor.
EvilDrPuma @ 51
Ha!
moose @ 53
Can we retire Friedman along with his unit (oops, that didn’t come out quite the way I intended)?
EvilDrPuma @ 36
On the other hand, over the longer term we might use the foley-friedman.
Peterr @ 52
The cowards in the current administration would be calling Mr. Frenkel a sissy. I’m guessing the info Frenkel got is a hell of a lot better than anything Bushco has come up with the last few years.
I clicked to Ric Keller’s website and it states:
Congressman Ric Keller Commends National Youth Presidential Forum Washington. Congressman Ric Keller Commends National Youth Presidential Forum October 2, 2007 “
He’s involved with a youth forum? Maybe no wonder he got Pearlmans support?
madmommy @ 49
Pretty cool, the Yanks went down, the Bosox have the top of the order up going into the bottom of the Seventh in a 3-3 tie, and it’s the eve of my 17th Anniversary…!!! *g*
G’nite, all!
Stories, such as the Pearlman expose, really makes my entire body cringe and makes my heart beat harder. America is turning in to a very disgusting country.When will end ? Beyonce Welch - Pray for America. *
* I am not a right wing nut, but a Proud Liberal African - American Catholic Woman.
just guessing @ 59
Sorry, I already took a cheap shot at Foley. Somebody else can field this one.
Peterr @ 61
Nite, Rev!!!
CTuttle @ 60
Congrats on the anniversary!!! I’ve worn the Yankee Hater shirt for both games yesterday and today and it’s worked both times. Into the wash tomorrow and ready for Sunday.
Good night, Reverend.
Beyonce Welch @ 62
It also helps to get mad and get even. Our country does seems especially twisted at this time.
CTuttle @ 60
Angels are flirting with disaster, leaving Shields in to face Big Papi.
madmommy @ 65
Mahalo, MM, you’re doing your part…!!! *g*
just guessing @ 59
Uh-oh.
You like that scandal? Check out this one!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200.....ts_scandal
I think Republican Sexcapades is going to need a whole hour next Thursday.
The song that will play at the RNC convention in Minneapolis?
“I love it when you call me Big po-ppa!”
humboldtblue @ 72
Or “I Want It That Way” (Chinese dorm room version).
I think Ric Keller rates at least 72 Gannons on the “Gaydometer”. Is the TRex around for a second opinion?
burnspbesq @ 68
He flummoxed Pedroia and You, it’s up to Manny!!!
Lou Pearlman is big news in Florida, over $300 million missing. And I believe a Boeing jet plane, that he left the country with, but came back in handcuffs, courtesy of the US government.
MarkeyInCoppell @ 71
Snake oil salesman stealing from the faithful? Color me shocked!
MarkeyInCoppell @ 71
This is where I started really sputtering:
How can you possibly devalue a degree from Oral Roberts U.?!?!?!
MarkeyInCoppell @ 71
I’m Catholic. I’ve quite had my fill of scandals involving sexual shenanigans by religious figures.
madmommy @ 77
Isn’t snake oil derived from Lousy-anna snakes…??? *g*
EvilDrPuma @ 78
Discover it actually came from a Cracker Jack box?
CTuttle @ 60
*blink*
I read that as botox.
Eep.
madmommy @ 81
Why do you hate Cracker Jacks so much?
peanutbutter @ 82
Freudian slip…??? ;-)
EvilDrPuma @ 78
That is a question to which there is no obvious answer.
CTuttle @ 80
Did you see my link up at #13? They buried the King of Jefferson Parish today, in a funeral that lasted from 9am to almost 5pm. We do have our fair share of shady sorts, but we do not have a corner on the market.
Sandman @ 76
Missing from where?
madmommy @ 86
By no means, Ma’am, that’s why we’re in the mess we are…!!! *g*
EvilDrPuma @ 83
Can you even get Cracker Jacks anymore? And do they still put the really chintzy prizes inside?
madmommy @ 86
My sister was just telling me about the funeral of Mr. Lee. She said the funeral had the worst bagpipes she had ever heard.
EvilDrPuma @ 78
I’m thinkin’! I’m thinkin’!
madmommy @ 90
Honestly, it’s been years since I even thought about them. I have no idea.
madmommy @ 90
Yes and Yes, although you have to look carefully to find them in a typical supermarket.
marymccurnin @ 91
I noticed the same thing, it was awful, sounded like a bag of drowing cats. But Irma Thomas sang at the earlier service, she’s sooooo cool.
madmommy @ 90
Yes, you can and the prizes are inside. I love Crackerjacks.
Ctuttle — YGM
Twain @ 96
Haven’t had them in ages but my dad used to get them for me at baseball games. Yummy!!
I love Irma Thomas.
OK, I’m off to watch the season premiere of Friday Night Lights. See y’all for Late Late.
Fern @ 87
Trans Continental Savings Program and 20 other business that Pearlman ran (into the ground).
madmommy @ 97
They’ve gotten so chintzy with the prizes… Papelbon time…!!! *g*
For you, Pach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM5DK2s2vdE
Pachacutec @ 98
I used to go see Irma Tho