Shannon “Shay” Ruth filed a sexual battery lawsuit in Clark County, Nevada, on Thursday through which she claims that Carter gave her alcohol and assaulted her after a a live performance in Tacoma, Washington in February 2001.
She was 17 on the time of the alleged incident.
The singer denied the allegation in a press release supplied to CNN from his lawyer Michael Holtz.
“This claim about an incident that supposedly took place more than 20 years ago is not only legally meritless but also entirely untrue,” the assertion learn.
“Unfortunately, for several years now, Ruth has been manipulated into making false allegations about Nick and those allegations have changed repeatedly and materially over time.”
Ruth alleges in her grievance that Carter picked her out of a line of autograph seekers, invited her on tour bus and gave her “VIP juice,” which she believes was a mix of cranberry juice and alcohol.
After the alleged assault, Ruth says she contracted “the human papillomavirus (commonly known as HPV), a sexually transmitted infection known to cause health problems such as genital warts and cervical cancer,” based on the grievance.
During a press convention held in Beverly Hills, California, on Thursday, Ruth stated “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”.
No legal prices have been filed with the alleged assault.
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Carter confronted the same allegation in 2017 after former pop singer Melissa Schuman accused him of raping her 15 years prior.
Prosecutors in Los Angeles, the place Schuman sought to carry prices towards Carter, opted to not pursue it as a result of the statute of limitations has expired.
Carter, 38, denied the allegations on the time in a press release supplied to CNN.
“Melissa never expressed to me while we were together or at any time since that anything we did was not consensual,” Carter stated within the assertion.
“We went on to record a song and perform together, and I was always respectful and supportive of Melissa both personally and professionally.”
