Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter was shut down by a Los Angeles judge Wednesday in his bid to dismiss the rape lawsuit filed by former Dream singer Melissa Schuman. Carter, 43, tried but failed to bounce the case on the grounds that Schuman’s claim actually belongs in Las Vegas, where …
Read More »Nick Carter Faces Third Sexual Assault Lawsuit
A third woman has filed a sexual assault lawsuit on Monday against Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter, alleging he assaulted her multiple times when she was 15. The suit, filed by a Jane Doe identified as A.R., claims the incidents occurred several times on a yacht and once in the …
Read More »Nick Carter Rape Accuser Files Lawsuit Against Backstreet Boys Singer
A woman suedNick Carterforsexual assault and battery Tuesday evening,accusing the Backstreet Boys singer ofraping her as an 18-year-old in 2003. In the suit, obtained by Rolling Stone, Melissa Schuman accuses Carter of using “his role, status, and power as a well-known singer to gain access to, groom, manipulate, exploit, and …
Read More »Nick Carter Rape Accuser Claims He's Trying to 'Harass' and 'Silence' Her
A woman who accused Nick Carter of raping her back in 2001 when she was 17 claims in a new legal filing that the Backstreet Boy singer’s countersuit is an attempt to “silence” her. The new filing from Shannon “Shay” Ruth, who alleged Carter raped her during the boy band’s …
Read More »Sexual Assault Survivors Call Out Music Industry Ahead of Grammys
Nomi Abadi has been a piano prodigy since she was three years old and has toured around the world as a classical pianist, releasing numerous albums and EPs. But as she stood at a podium in a downtown Los Angeles hotel conference room Friday afternoon, she wasn’t there to talk …
Read More »Nick Carter Files Countersuit Against Rape Accuser, Claims She's Being Manipulated
Nick Carter has filed a countersuit against a rape accuser who came forward this past December, claiming the Backstreet Boys singer had sexually assaulted her when she was 17. The 43-year-old’s counter-complaint was filed against Shannon Ruth in Nevada on Thursday, according to court papers obtained by Rolling Stone. Carter …
Read More »Nick Carter Shares Musical Tribute 'Hurts to Love You' to Late Brother Aaron Carter
Nick Carter has shared the musical tribute “Hurts to Love You” to his late brother Aaron Carter, who died in Nov. 2022 at the age of 34. “We all have someone in our lives that no matter what they do and how bad it hurts you still love them,” Nick …
Read More »ABC Pulls Backstreet Boys Holiday Special Following Nick Carter Rape Allegations
ABC has pulled the plug on “A Very Backstreet Holiday,” the Christmas special filmed by the Backstreet Boys earlier this month, Variety reports. The show was initially scheduled to air on Dec. 14 but has been scrapped by the network following new sexual assault allegations against Nick Carter. “A Very …
Read More »Backstreet Boy Nick Carter Sued for Alleged Rape of 17-Year-Old Girl On Tour Bus
Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter is facing a new claim he raped a 17-year-old girl on a bus during the boy band’s Black & Blue concert tour in 2001. Accuser Shannon “Shay” Ruth filed a sexual battery lawsuit in Clark County, Nevada, on Thursday claiming Carter picked her out of …
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