Lou Pearlman sentenced

[mickeym]

By way of trumpeterofdoom:

Boy band creator sentenced to 25 years in prison

ORLANDO, Fla. - The man who created the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync has been sentenced to 25 years in prison on four federal charges.

But Judge G. Kendall Sharp in Orlando, Florida, said Wednesday he would reduce the sentence by one month for every $1 million that Lou Pearlman returned to the investors he stole from.

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

He is most famous for creating "boy bands" that sold millions of records. But prosecutors alleged he bilked thousands of people out of millions of dollars in a decades-long investment scam.

Comments

[raynedanser.livejournal.com]

OK, how long do you think he's going to last? "Boybands, huh? Perv" - people have heard the rumors and rumblings even if they weren't fans. Bet he doesn't last?

[apetslife.livejournal.com]

AWESOME.

[geneli4.livejournal.com]

yay karma!

[withdiamonds.livejournal.com]

To quote my beloved Lance, karma's a bitch.

Oh, wait, can I say bitch?

sorry

[zelda-zee.livejournal.com]

Well-deserved. I'm glad to see that karma is indeed a bitch.

[phaballa.livejournal.com]

Good. He deserves everything he gets for all the gross things he's done.

[ms-nerd.livejournal.com]

I hope he ends up as someone's bitch!!

[glendaglamazon.livejournal.com]

I am so happy to see justice served. I also dig this judge. "You wanna get out of jail? One month for every million you pay back!" Classic. Sadly, there's no way to repay any of the kids that disgusting pervert got his hands on. *sigh*

[brighton-girl.livejournal.com]

I think he should have gotten a longer sentence. He ruined so many people's lives.

[rainbow.livejournal.com]

is it just me mis-reading, or does it sound like he's trying to claim without saying so flat out that oh, poor man, he could not repay his investors because of the nsync lawsuit?