Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter has filed a countersuit against his sexual assault accuser Melissa Schuman, denying her allegations and demanding $2.5 million in damages.
The cross-complaint, filed in the Superior Court of California on July 26, was made in response to Schuman’s initial suit in April 2023.
It comes amid an ongoing legal battle with Schuman and another accuser, Shannon Ruth, who sued Carter in 2022 for sexual assault.
In her initial suit, Schuman, best known as the lead singer of early 2000s girl group Dream, claimed that the assault took place in 2003 while they both were filming a teen horror movie “The Hollow” in Los Angeles.
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