Nick Carter Sued for Sexual Battery Following Alleged 2001 Assault: Everything to Know

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Nick Carter was named in a December 2022 lawsuit alleging he assaulted an underage teenage girl nearly 21 years earlier.Shannon Ruth claimed in her court filing that the Backstreet Boys crooner forcibly raped her after she attended a February 2001 concert in Tacoma, Washington.

Ruth, who is on the autism spectrum and has cerebral palsy, alleged that Carter invited her to join him on his tour bus after the show.Ruth sued the “No Place” singer for sexual battery and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, claiming that he exposed himself to her and instructed her to perform oral sex on him “under duress.”The Florida native — who shares three children with wife Lauren Kitt, whom he married in 2014 —  denied the allegations in a December 2022 statement.“This claim about an incident that supposedly took place more than 20 years ago is not only legally meritless but also entirely untrue,” Michael Holtz, Carter’s attorney, told Us Weekly at the time. “Unfortunately, for several years now, Ms.

Ruth has been manipulated into making false allegations about Nick — and those allegations have changed repeatedly and materially over time.”The statement concluded: “No one should be fooled by a press stunt orchestrated by an opportunistic lawyer — there is nothing to this claim whatsoever, which we have no doubt the courts will quickly realize.”Carter’s bandmates — Kevin Richardson, AJ McLean, Brian Littrell and Howie Dorough — did not immediately address the scandal.

When the lawsuit made headlines, the group had been gearing up for the Backstreet Boys’ holiday event.“Our first-ever official Christmas TV special, #AVeryBackstreetHoliday, will be premiering on @abcnetwork! ☃️,” Dorough wrote via Instagram several days