By ninemsn staff
The music executive who launched Justin Timberlake and Nick Carter has been accused of sexually preying on his famous boy band clients.
Vanity Fair reports that Lou Pearlman, who was the creative force behind mega groups *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys, had a disturbing history of inappropriate behaviour with the young men he guided.
"I would absolutely say the guy was a sexual predator," said Pearlman's old assistant and aspiring singer, Steve Mooney.
"I remember (one singer) asking me, 'Have you let Lou [fellate] you yet?'."
Mooney also tells a shocking story that he claims took place after he asked his boss what he would have to do to get into his own band.
Pearlman, who was known as 'Big Poppa', allegedly then leaned back in his chair and spread his legs.
"And then he said, and these were his exact words, 'You're a smart boy. Figure it out'," Mooney says.
Phoenix Stone, who was an early member of the Backstreet Boys, claims that Pearlman was inappropriate with a young Carter.
Carter's mother Jane also claims that she tried to warn other boy's mothers about Pearlman's behaviour.
Pearlman, 53, is currently held in a Florida jail awaiting bank fraud charges after being arrested living under a false name in Indonesia.
He is accused of scamming more than 1000 investors out of $315 million.
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