Lou Pearlman, the gelatinous mount of crap behind boy bands like *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys is a sexual predator…at least, that’s what Vanity Fair is reporting.

Steve Mooney, an aspiring singer who was Pearlman’s assistant, told VF’s Bryan Burrough, “I would absolutely say the guy was a sexual predator. All the talent knew what Lou’s game was…Some guys joked about it. I remember [one singer] asking me, ‘Have you let Lou [fellate] you yet?’ ” Burrough continuted, explaining the answer he got when he asked what it would take for him to get on one Pearlman’s bands. “I’ll never forget this as long as I live. He leaned back in his chair, in his white terry cloth robe and white underwear, and spread his legs…And then he said, and these were his exact words, ‘You’re a smart boy. Figure it out.’ ”

The NYPost article about the subject has even more damning evidence:

Phoenix Stone, an early member of the Backstreet Boys, tells Vanity Fair Pearlman was “definitely inappropriate” with Nick Carter. Nick’s mom, Jane Carter, wouldn’t get into specifics, but said, “Certain things happened and it almost destroyed our family. I tried to warn everyone. I tried to warn all the mothers . . . I tried to expose him for what he was years ago.”

Tim Christofore, a member of Take 5, recalls that during a sleepover at Pearlman’s house, the music czar swan-dived onto his and another boy’s bed and wrestled with them wearing only in a towel, which came off. “We were like, ‘Ooh, Lou, that’s gross.’ What did I know? I was 13,” Christofore told Vanity Fair.

Rich Cronin, lead singer of LFO, recalled Pearlman told him of an “ancient massage technique that if I massage you and we bond in a certain way, it will strengthen your aura.”

Currently, Pearlman is in jail awaiting trial on fraud charges. Prosecutors claim he scammed more than 1,000 investors out of $315 million. He’d been a fugitive until June when he was busted in Indonesia, living under a fake name.