News · moment 15 of 22
The Downfall: Fleeing to Indonesia and German Tourist Snitches
from Lou Balls · #7
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
3 minNews
They cover Pearlman's business collapse, being tracked down using the alias 'Johnny Incognito' in Indonesia after German tourists recognized and reported him, plus riffing on Lance Bass's 'well-adjusted' feelings about Pearlman's sexuality.
- 39:20Lou Pearlman pitched Making the Band to ABC, one of the first network reality shows.
- 39:50As the Ponzi scheme unravels, investors demand their money back.
- 40:08Pearlman meets with investors, pays in cash instead of credit card for the first time, then disappears.
- 40:29Two German tourists at the resort snitch on him to authorities.
- 40:59Tim jokes that his agent and manager ghosted him after he said he'd do a podcast defending Lou Pearlman.
- 41:28Pearlman could have been a priest or made X-Men movies instead of preying on boys in his industry.
- 41:47Tim argues age of consent laws vary by state and questions what the actual problem is if he's just hanging around seventeen-year-olds.
Lou PearlmanMaking the Band