Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter accused of rape in 3rd lawsuit – National | 24CA News
A 3rd lawsuit has been filed towards Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter, alleging the singer raped a 15-year-old woman 20 years in the past.
The lawsuit was filed Monday by an unnamed Pennsylvania lady in Clark County, Nev., in line with Las Vegas news station KTNV.
In the authorized submitting, the lady, recognized solely as A.R., claims Carter sexually assaulted her a number of instances in 2003, when Carter was 22 and 23 years outdated. She alleges Carter raped her in separate situations onboard a yacht and a ship in Florida, and sexually assaulted her on a bus.
A.R. claims Carter, now 43, instructed her “to keep his sexual abuse of her a secret.”
She is the third lady to file a lawsuit of this nature towards the Backstreet Boys star. Two different ladies, Shannon Ruth and Melissa Schuman, have additionally accused Carter of rape and sexual assault. Ruth mentioned Carter raped her when she was 17 years outdated.
In February, Carter filed a countersuit and denied each ladies’s claims. He known as Ruth and Schuman “opportunists” who’re benefiting from the #MeToo motion to “defame and vilify” him for monetary achieve.
On Tuesday, Carter additionally denied A.R.’s allegations via his lawyer. In a press release to TMZ, Carter’s lawyer, Dale Hayes Jr., mentioned A.R. made the identical claims 20 years in the past, although authorities investigated and located no cause to pursue prices towards the singer.
Hayes mentioned A.R. is “repeating the same false allegations in a new legal complaint” and that it “doesn’t make them any more true.”
“Nick is looking forward to the evidence being presented and the truth about these malicious schemes coming to light,” the assertion concluded.
In the lawsuit, A.R. claims Carter raped her in a yacht cabin in Florida in August 2003 whereas she was an intoxicated minor.
Just a few days after that, Carter allegedly known as A.R. to fulfill him on a bus, the place he would sexually assault her.
In a 3rd occasion, A.R. claims Carter offered her medication and alcohol at a celebration onboard a ship in October 2003. After she turned drunk, A.R. alleges Carter took her to a cabin the place he allowed three different males to observe him rape her.
A.R. claims she contracted human papillomavirus (HPV) from Carter.
She is suing for sexual battery, intentional infliction of emotional misery and negligent infliction of emotional misery.
As a part of earlier lawsuits, Ruth mentioned Carter invited her onto a tour bus after a live performance in Tacoma, Wash., when she was 17 years outdated. She claims Carter gave her alcohol and compelled her to carry out oral intercourse earlier than he raped her. Ruth additionally alleges that she contracted HPV from Carter.
Schuman, a former member of the woman group Dream, in 2017 accused Carter of sexually assaulting her when she was 18 and the pair collaborated on a movie undertaking in 2003.
Carter has by no means confronted any felony prices in relation to those allegations.
In response to Carter’s countersuit, Schuman filed an anti-SLAPP movement, which goals to cease lawsuits making an attempt to silence legitimate expressions of free speech within the U.S. A choose is scheduled to listen to arguments about this submitting Wednesday.
Ruth additionally filed an anti-SLAPP movement in February, but it surely was denied in March when a choose mentioned she had not met her burden of proof. Carter’s counterclaim, which incorporates proof from over a dozen obvious witnesses, was allowed to proceed.
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If you or somebody you recognize is experiencing abuse or is concerned in an abusive state of affairs, please go to the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime for assist. It can also be reachable toll-free at 1-877-232-2610.
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