backstreet boys member Nick Carter He is facing new allegations that 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 assault lawsuit Thursday in Clark County, Nevada, saying Carter picked her out of a line of fans asking for autographs at Washington’s Tacoma Dome and invited her to accompany him on a tour bus. claimed. A defenseless virgin.
Ruth, who is living with autism and cerebral palsy, said Carter, who was 21 at the time, forced her to drink “VIP Juice,” a pink alcohol-flavoured drink, and drank her. He claims he ordered him to kneel and pulled his pants down. She claimed to perform oral sex on him, which she claims he instructed her on how to proceed, even though she was crying.
Now 39, Ruth claims Carter. Those who have received similar accusations in the past Uncharged, he took her to bed, “pushed” her down, and forced her to remove her pants when she resisted. Carter then allegedly attempted oral copulation because Ruth “asked him to stop.” rolling stone state.
“Carter said to her, ‘Shhh!’ Like he lay on her and said it would be our ‘special secret,'” alleging Carter vaginally penetrated Ruth. Then the filing continues.
“The last 21 years have been filled with pain, confusion, frustration, shame and self-harm as a direct result of Nick Carter raping me.” Ruth said at a press conference with attorney Mark Boscovich in Beverly Hills on Thursday.
“I’m autistic and have cerebral palsy, but I don’t think anything has affected me more than what Nick Carter did to me,” Ruth said, struggling to hold back tears. Told.
She claimed that Carter became “nasty and threatening” when he told him he was going to report the incident. ‘Bad bitch’ and grabbed me and left me with bruises on my arm,” she said.
“Carter tried to scare me into shutting it up,” she claimed, adding, “He was Nick Carter and he had the power to ruin my life and turn people against me.” Let’s go,” he said.
“I felt like I had nowhere to turn,” she said. “I truly believed that if I told anyone, I would go to jail.”
Carter denied the allegations through a statement released by his attorney Thursday night.
“This allegation regarding an incident that appears to have occurred more than 20 years ago is not only legally nonsensical, it is completely untrue,” said attorney Michael Holtz in a statement. “Unfortunately, over the last few years, Ms. Ruth has been manipulated into making false claims about Nick, and those claims have changed repeatedly and materially over time.” No one should be fooled by the orchestrated press stunt.There is nothing to this allegation.I have no doubt the court will soon find out.
lawsuit after Former member of teenage pop group Dream, Melissa Schuman moved forward in 2017 In 2003, Carter accused her of sexually assaulting her when she was 18 and was filming the 2004 TV movie The Hollow.
Los Angeles County prosecutors investigated Schuman’s claims and ultimately declined to file a lawsuit, saying the claims fell outside the 10-year statute of limitations.
In a no longer active blog post, Schumann said Carter invited her and a friend to his mansion in Santa Monica for a “casual hangout”. After giving her the injection, he took her to the bathroom, where he said he performed oral sex on her protests.
“I told him to stop, but he didn’t. So I turned off the light in the bathroom so he couldn’t see anything. ‘, she wrote.
“I am shocked and saddened by Ms. Schumann’s accusations. ” Carter said in a statement. rolling stone at the time. “This is the first time I have heard of these accusations, and it has been nearly 20 years. I am against it.”
A new lawsuit filed Thursday also alleges that three women, identified only as Jane Douz, accused Carter of similar behavior. A 15-year-old girl at the time, she claims to have contracted HPV from Carter.
Jane Doe 1 similarly alleges she was abused in 2003, and Jane Doe 3 alleges she was sexually assaulted by Carter in 2006 at a house party in Key West, Florida.
Mr Boscovich said at a press conference that he was withholding the name of the woman in the lawsuit. He said his team interviewed the women.
Ruth’s civil lawsuit seeks monetary damages for past and future pain and suffering, and punitive damages in amounts determined by a court.