Florida prosecutors say imprisoned boy-band impresario Lou Pearlman may testify against a fellow jail inmate accused of gunning down an Orlando police officer.
The Orlando Sentinel reports Wednesday that Pearlman provided key information after overhearing conversations with 19-year-old shooting suspect Davin Smith. Smith and another man have pleaded not guilty in the October killing of police officer Alfred Gordon.
Prosecutors say the information Pearlman provided is useful and he may be called to testify at Smith’s trial in November.
Founder of the Backstreet Boys and N’Sync bands, Pearlman pleaded guilty earlier this year to fraud and conspiracy after swindling banks and investors out of some $300 million. He is serving a 25-year prison sentence.
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