Creator of N'Sync and Backstreet Boys sentenced to 25 years. Should have gotten the chair.

[ohiosmith]

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The man who created the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday in connection with a decades-long investment scam.

A judge in Orlando stated that he would trim one month from the sentence for each $1 million that Lou Pearlman returns.

Pearlman pleaded guilty in March to two counts of conspiracy, money laundering and using false statements in a bankruptcy proceeding.

Pearlman was most famous for creating "boy bands" that sold millions of records. But prosecutors said he bilked thousands of people out of untold millions in the scam.

Pearlman's attorneys tried twice to get his sentencing delayed. But federal Judge G. Kendall Sharp denied both motions.



link: http://www.wesh.com/news/16348954/detail.html

[AlCzervik]

1. bye, bye, bye.

[dolo amber]

6. Beautiful.

:thumbsup: :patriot:

[AlCzervik]

7. hey Dolo!

:loveya:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. I'm guessing his cellmates will all be big fans. nt

[KG]

3. this is like sending up Al Capone for tax evasion.

[Bake]

4. Was the scam related to the boy band thing?

Off with his head!!

Bake

[Tektonik]

5. Thank god he's locked up; at least he can't touch children from there

There were so many people who came out saying that Lou touched them, asked for sex, etc that I pretty much gag when I see his disgusting complexion.

[ohiosmith]

8. He is a creepy looking bastard isn't he?

[edbermac]

9. I'd jail him just for creating the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync

They're almost as bad as Oasis.

[ohiosmith]

10. Jail is too good for him. Hang the bastard, following several weeks of physical torture.

:popcorn:

[philosophie_en_rose]

11. The Hardest Part of Breaking Up

Is Getting Back Your Stuff