Nick Carter sued for sexual assault by singer Melissa Schuman

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Nick Carter has been sued for sexual assault a second time. Pop star Melissa Schuman filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing Carter of sexual battery and sexual assault, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital. "I've faced extraordinary backlash for standing up for myself; I am not the first, however my intention is that I am the last," Schuman said in a statement. "It's time that powerful figures in the music industry get the message that they can no longer afford to enable and protect sexual predators.

I'm fighting to make the music industry a safer place to work and perform." Carter's lawyer, Liane K. Wakayama, called the lawsuit a "PR stunt." "Melissa Schuman has been peddling this tale for many years, but her allegation was false when she first made it back in 2017 – and it still is," his lawyer told People magazine. "A judge in Nevada recently ruled, after reviewing the extensive evidence we laid out, that there are strong grounds for Nick Carter to proceed with his lawsuit against Ms.

Schuman for plotting to damage, defame and extort Nick, his associates, his friends and his family. "In light of our progress in Nevada, this kind of response is at once both predictable and pathetic.

But this PR stunt won't shake Nick from his determination to hold Ms. Schuman and her co-conspirators to account for the immeasurable pain and suffering their extortionate conduct has caused." A representative for Carter did not respond to Fox News Digital's immediate request for comment.