Music magnate Lou Pearlman is the subject of Netflix’s Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam.
Here’s what happened next.
Also crazy are many of the shocking revelations that came out in the Netflix original series.
Read on for five of the biggest and most surprising things we learned from watchingDirty Pop.
On theReality Life with Kate Caseypodcast, Johnson explained Pearlmans crimes started decades before boy bands were a thing.
In 2008, Pearlman was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Its insanely hard to believe what he actually pulled off, Johnson said onReality Life.
Other friends and employees of Pearlman allude to similar speculations in the series.
OnReal Form Radio, Johnson shared his own thoughts on Vasquezs death.
Even [Frankies] mother thinks that.
I would be flying back and forth, meeting him in Germany or Panama or Bali or whatever.
I wasnt with him the entire time, but I was with him a lot …
I had no clue [that investigators were looking for Pearlman].
Lou was always in some sort of trouble.
He was always surrounded by lawsuits and turmoil, Johnson added.
He was not worried about going to jail.
Johnson remained in contact with Pearlman throughout his stint in prison, he said in hisReality Lifeinterview.
For me, if any of your friends end up in prison its a very strange thing.
Loyalty is a very strange thing.
Of the roughly $500 million dollars Pearlman stole from investors, onlyabout 10 millionhas been recovered.
At one time, the entire world was his friend, said Johnson.
All three episodes of Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam are available to stream on Netflix now.
