The Backstreet Boys one time manager Lou Pearlman goes to jail

THE ONE TIME manager of The Backstreet Boys, the boy band who launched the career of CCM star Brian Littrell, has been sentenced to a lengthy spell of imprisonment. Lou Pearlman, who launched the careers of The Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for swindling investors and major US banks out of more than $300 million.