Hit Me Baby One More Time-Britney Spears

The virgin thing was a complete fabrication. It was selling an image that people could have hope in.'

In reality, Spears had, since 1998, been dating Justin Timberlake, a fellow Mickey Mouse Club presenter who later became a member of the American boyband 'N Sync and a highly successful solo artist. But throughout the course of their four-year relationship, she was also, according to the industry insiders who speak to me on condition of anonymity, sleeping with several other men. One of them was reputed to be the choreographer Wade Robson, who co-ordinated stage shows for both Spears and 'N Sync and counted himself as one of Timberlake's closest friends.

'Wade started getting a guilty conscience and told Justin in 2002, and that's when Justin broke up with her ...