BOY band mogul Lou Pearlman, who launched Backstreet Boys and `N Sync, was sentenced to 25 years in prison today for swindling investors and major US banks out of more than $US300 million ($313.25 million)
JURORS and spectators in a darkened courtroom have watched a graphic video showing what prosecutors say is American R&B star R Kelly in a sexual encounter with an under-age girl