US singer Nick Carter has been sued by a girl who has accused the star of raping her again in 2001 when she was simply 17 years outdated.
Shannon “Shay” Ruth alleged throughout a press convention together with her attorneys on Thursday, which was streamed on Facebook, that the Backstreet Boys member sexually assaulted her whereas the band was on tour in Tacoma, Washington, US, Page Six stories.
Carter is denying the bombshell claims, releasing an announcement although his lawyer at the moment.
“This claim about an incident that supposedly took place more than 20 years ago is not only legally meritless but also entirely untrue,” Carter’s lawyer Michael Holtz stated in an announcement obtained by Page Six.
“Unfortunately, for several years now, Ms. Ruth has been manipulated into making false allegations about Nick – and those allegations have changed repeatedly and materially over time. No one should be fooled by a press stunt orchestrated by an opportunistic lawyer – there is nothing to this claim whatsoever, which we have no doubt the courts will quickly realise.”
Bringing the civil lawsuit for sexual battery in opposition to the musician, the now-39-year-old Ms Ruth described the intervening years as being “filled with pain”.
“The last 21 years have been filled with pain, confusion, frustration shame and self-harm that are a direct result of Nick Carter raping me,” Ms Ruth alleged.
“Even though I’m autistic and live with cerebral palsy, I believe that nothing has affected me more or had a more lasting impact on my life than what Nick Carter did and said to me,” she stated.
“After he raped me, I remember him calling me a ‘ret**ded b**ch’ and grabbing me and leaving bruises on my arm,” Ms Ruth additional alleged.
“Carter tried to scare me into silence … he was nasty and threatening,” she claimed.
During the press convention, Ms Ruth stated she had been hesitant to talk out as a result of she believed that she may “go to jail” if she informed anybody what allegedly occurred.
However, amid her allegations in opposition to the star, she stated her motivation now was to “stop” Nick Carter from “assaulting more teens and women” and “hold Nick Carter accountable”.
“Just because Nick Carter is a celebrity does not mean that he is excused,” she stated. “I am a survivor and always will be.”
Lawyer Mark J. Boskovich additionally took the rostrum in the course of the press convention to help his consumer. He stated three different ladies – recognized solely as Jane Doe – are named in a joint lawsuit filed alongside Ms Ruth.
The lawyer alleged the music business has a historical past of “looking away”.
“Shay is determined to bring Carter to justice,” Mr Boskovich stated. “She believes it’s worth it to protect other women.”
In the lawsuit filed on Thursday and obtained by Page Six, the alleged sufferer detailed that she was invited to the singer’s tour bus following a live performance she attended in Tacoma, Washington, after standing in line at an autograph line.
Ms Ruth alleged Carter then provided her a “red-coloured drink” he dubbed a “VIP juice” – regardless that she was beneath the authorized consuming age – and claimed she now thinks it was a mixture of alcohol and cranberry juice.
In the submitting, she alleged Carter then ordered her to carry out oral intercourse on him as she burst into tears.
Ms Ruth alleged Carter then took her to a mattress on the tour bus, the place he allegedly continued to sexually assault her, regardless that she was a virgin on the time.
The alleged sufferer claimed per the lawsuit that she received HPV, a sexually transmitted an infection, after the incident. She is in search of financial damages within the lawsuit.
Representatives for Carter, 42, didn’t instantly return Page Six’s request for remark.
This shouldn’t be the primary time the boy band member has been accused of sexual misconduct.
In 2017, former Dream member Melissa Schuman claimed Carter sexually assaulted her when she was 18 years outdated and he was 22.
“I told him that I was a virgin and I didn’t want to have sex,” Schuman alleged in a weblog submit on the time. “I told him that I was saving myself for my future husband. I said it over and over again. He whispered in my ear as to entice me, ‘I could be your husband,’” she alleged.
Carter beforehand stated in response, “Melissa never expressed to me while we were together or at any time since that anything we did was not consensual. We went on to record a song and perform together, and I was always respectful and supportive of Melissa both personally and professionally.”
Carter was not criminally charged.
The newest assault claims made in opposition to the singer come simply weeks after the tragic lack of his youthful brother Aaron Carter, who died on November 5.
This article initially appeared on Page Six and has been reproduced right here with permission
