{"id":794293,"date":"2019-03-29T08:21:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T14:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=814265"},"modified":"2019-03-29T08:21:14","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T14:21:14","slug":"watch-o-towns-ashley-parker-angel-address-lou-pearlmans-thing-for-boys-in-boy-band-con-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/watch-o-towns-ashley-parker-angel-address-lou-pearlmans-thing-for-boys-in-boy-band-con-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch O-Town\u2019s Ashley Parker Angel Address Lou Pearlman\u2019s \u2018Thing for Boys\u2019 in \u2018Boy Band Con\u2019 Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"
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O-Town\u2019s Ashley Parker Angel opens up about allegations of sexual misconduct against boy band svengali Lou Pearlman<\/a> in an exclusive scene from the YouTube Originals documentary The Boy Band Con<\/em>. The Lance Bass-produced film will debut on April 3rd.<\/p>\n

When Angel joined O-Town via the reality show Making the Band<\/em>, Pearlman\u2019s relationships with his first two hit acts \u2018N Sync and Backstreet Boys<\/a> had ended following messy lawsuits over money he had withheld from both groups. Still, there was a mythology around Pearlman for many aspiring pop stars given the immense success he had with those artists.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou do want to work with one of the biggest names in music, so it\u2019s a real dilemma you find yourself in,\u201d Angel began. \u201cIt\u2019s out there that Lou had this dark quality to him, that he would use his power and influence to manipulate young performers into these really questionable scenarios.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trans Continental Records employee Mike Cronin was the first person to let O-Town know about unspecified rumors around Pearlman\u2019s alleged \u201cthing for boys.\u201d In Angel\u2019s own experience, Pearlman would enter the O-Town rehearsal room sometimes asking the band members to take off their shirts and show off their abs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels like \u2018Oh, this is part of having a mentor of a band who wants to make sure you\u2019re in good shape,\u2019 because that\u2019s what he would always say,\u201d Angel continued, noting that Pearlman would emphasize their jobs to sell teen magazines.<\/p>\n

Mike Cronin\u2019s brother and LFO\u2019s lead singer Rich Cronin would allege even more serious concerns about Pearlman\u2019s behavior, claiming to Howard Stern in 2009<\/a> that Pearlman \u201cwanted to [seduce] everyone.\u201d He also said that he needed therapy after his band\u2019s time on Trans Continental.<\/p>\n

\u201cEventually he did [try and touch me sexually] \u2026 some other dudes went for it,\u201d Cronin said at the time. At the time, members of other acts Pearlman had founded like Nick Carter and Lance Bass did not corroborate these allegations of sexual misconduct or molestation. \u201cAnd if you did [go for it], he took care of you. He\u2019d buy \u2019em cars.\u201d<\/p>\n

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O-Town\u2019s Ashley Parker Angel opens up about allegations of sexual misconduct against boy band svengali Lou Pearlman in an exclusive scene from the YouTube Originals documentary The Boy Band Con. The Lance Bass-produced film will debut on April 3rd. When Angel joined O-Town via the reality show Making the Band, Pearlman\u2019s relationships with his first two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-794293","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 07:40:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}