American Idol's Talyor Hicks - Another Clay Aiken?
 

William Smith, who produced 3 songs with Taylor Hicks in 2001 and is being sued by Hicks, claims he has turned down five-figure tabloid offers to speak about Hicks's sexuality and his prior drug use.

"Taylor was a young musician, so you can imagine what he was involved in,"

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