- Lou was head of our family.
We would have dinners, we
would tell him everything.
- This guy is the guy
pioneering music on the radio.
(upbeat music)
- Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story,
a feature length documentary
about the former NSYNC
and Backstreet Boys'
manager revealed his slide
into disgrace after swindling
the bands and other investors
out of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Pearlman who was convicted
in 2008 for conspiracy
and money laundering ran one of
the largest Ponzi schemes in US history.
The film produced by YouTube originals'
Pilgrim Media Group and
Lance Bass Productions,
the former NSYNC member's film company
debuts on YouTube on April 3rd.
It premiered at South by
Southwest this week March 13th.
While Pearlman's role
in discovering NSYNC,
the Backstreet Boys and
several other teen acts
is a focus of the first half
of the 99-minute documentary,
the film also delves into Pearlman's life
as a conman and how he
scammed over 2,000 investors
out of more than $250 million.
- Things were going great for us.
This was gonna be our
first check presentation.
- A lot of money now?
This is gonna be nuts.
- I open up the envelope, see the check
and oh my gosh, like my heart sunk.
I couldn't believe the
number I was looking at.
- Lance Bass's NSYNC bandmate JC Chasez
and Chris Kirkpatrick are also interviewed
in the documentary as
well as Backstreet Boy
AJ McLean, Aaron Carter,
O-Town's Ashley Parker Angel,
Innosense's Nikki DeLoach,
several people who grew
up in Queens, New York
with Pearlman and a number of people
who lost their life savings to him.
- Every parent is
protective of their child.
I was so angry.
- While Justin Timberlake's
mom Lynn Harless appears,
Timberlake does not nor
do any other members
of Backstreet Boys besides McLean.
Lance said when it came
to making the documentary,
he didn't even ask Justin
because he knew it would be a no,
but he thought it was important
to get the parent's side
of the story which is why he went to Lynn.
Lance's mom also appeared.
Now to see the full trailer,
you can head to Billboard.com
and until next time for Billboard News,
I'm Chelsea Briggs.
