Nick Carter’s Backstreet Boys TV Christmas special cancelled after star accused of raping teen fan with cerebral palsy
thesun.co.ukA BACKSTREET Boys Christmas special TV show has been cancelled after the sexual assault allegations against Nick Carter. The singer has been accused of raping a teenage fan with cerebral palsy in 2001.
The show A Very Backstreet Holiday was meant to feature the group's songs from their latest album of the same name. It was scheduled for December 14 but was axed by ABC following the allegations, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Carter is being sued by Shannon 'Shay' Ruth for sexual battery, according to court documents obtained by Page Six. The 39-year-old woman claims the star, 42, left bruises on her body during the incident on his tour bus when she was a teen.
read more on showbiz'HE WAS NASTY' Nick Carter accused of raping underage autistic fan with cerebral palsySTAR’S STRUGGLE Celine Dion reveals battle with rare illness - everything you need to know Ruth, joined by her attorneys, tearfully held a press conference streamed over Facebook this week and claimed Carter, then 20, sexually assaulted her on the bus when she was 17. “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,” Ruth alleged.
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