Ashley Parker Angel Shares Scary Memory of Being Alone with Lou Pearlman in a Hotel Room When His Manager Warned, 'Get Out' (Exclusive)

Ashley Parker Angel was among several boy band members who received warnings about Lou Pearlman's behavior

NEED TO KNOW

• Pearlman was responsible for the formation of O-Town through season one of Making the Band

• In an exclusive clip from ID's Boy Band Confidential shared with PEOPLE, the singer recalls an instance where he was alone with Pearlman in a hotel room

Ashley Parker Angelfelt conflicted about Lou Pearlman.

The music executive promised him a dream as he tookO-TownfromMaking the Bandto becoming one of the most popular boy bands of their day. Still, people warned Angel to proceed with caution he reveals in an exclusive clip shared with PEOPLE from the two-part finale ofBoy Band Confidential: A Hollywood Demons Event.

"People are pulling you aside and saying, 'Hey, don't be alone with Lou. Don't go into a hotel room alone with Lou," he recalled.

Angel found himself alone with Pearlman in a hotel room when he called upon him for a conversation, then offered a massage instead.

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"We were out on the road with O-Torwn and I went into his room and he's like, 'Take off your shirt,' " he recalled.

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Pearlman told him he could "give his muscles a pump, in the same way as if you actually worked out and lifted weights... just by massaging you."

He continued to prod him to "lay down on the couch and let me massage your muscles." Reluctantly, Angel agreed, "And then Lou's giving you this intesne massage. It's getting really uncomfortable."

Angel recalls it feeling "abusive and predatory," and felt saved by repeated calls from his manager, looking for the singer.

"He's like, 'Where are you? You're not in Lou's room, are you?' And I was like, 'I am.' And he's like, 'Get out of there. Don't be alone in Lou's room."

The two-part finale ofBoy Band Confidentialairs tonight at 9/8c on ID and streams on HBO Max.

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