Nick Carter is facing a third sexual assault lawsuit, Billboard reports. A Jane Doe identified as "A.R." filed the complaint, claiming that Carter sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions in 2013 — when she was 15 years old — allegedly violating her several times on a yacht and once on a tour bus.
The plaintiff additionally claimed that Carter "knowingly provided drugs and alcohol" prior to the alleged repeated assaults, which happened in spite of her refusals and pleas for him to stop. A.R. is now reportedly dealing with sexually transmitted infections, as well as other lasting effects. "The impacts of Carter's sexual abuse are ceaseless, causing plaintiff severe emotional distress, physical anguish, intimacy issues, and other complex trauma," her lawyers wrote.
The following article contains potentially triggering material relating to sexual misconduct. If you believe you have experienced or witnessed sexual misconduct and are looking for support, consult the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime to find resources in your area.
According to the accuser, the first incident took place in August of 2003 on Carter's yacht. Allegedly, he "directed" 15-year-old A.R., who was intoxicated, to a cabin where he "engaged in oral sexual intercourse with A.R. and penetrated her vagina with his genitals."
The plaintiff claimed that, a few days later, Carter's sister "encouraged" her to meet him on his tour bus, where he "coerced" her to "orally copulate his genitals." Another alleged assault happened a month afterward, when Carter allegedly "enticed three other men" to watch him have sex with A.R. through a window hatch on the boat. He also allegedly "attempted to perform anal sex" during this incident "despite her repeated refusals and requests for him to stop."
The accuser claimed to have reported the assaults to Pennsylvania police with her mother later that year — "ridiculous" allegations that the former Backstreet Boy's legal team claim had been investigated and rejected as "meritless" at the time. Law enforcement apparently even concluded that A.R. "could herself have been charged with a crime," and that she was later "threatened with criminal charges for filing a false police report" pertaining to a separate matter.
"Now she's at it yet again," Carter's lawyer, Dale Hayes Jr., said in the statement. "But repeating the same false allegations in a new legal complaint doesn't make them any more true. Nick is looking forward to the evidence being presented and the truth about these malicious schemes coming to light."
Late last year, Carter was accused of rape by Shannon "Shay" Ruth for an incident that allegedly took place in 2001 when she was 17. Melissa Schuman — previous member of a 2000s-era girl group called Dream — then came forward with her own sexual assault and battery lawsuit against the boybander in April for an alleged incident dating back to 2003.
Carter denied both of the women's claims and countersued them for defamation, citing a "conspiracy" to "harass, defame and extort" him by exploiting the #MeToo movement. Their lawsuits and his countersuit remain pending.
The plaintiff additionally claimed that Carter "knowingly provided drugs and alcohol" prior to the alleged repeated assaults, which happened in spite of her refusals and pleas for him to stop. A.R. is now reportedly dealing with sexually transmitted infections, as well as other lasting effects. "The impacts of Carter's sexual abuse are ceaseless, causing plaintiff severe emotional distress, physical anguish, intimacy issues, and other complex trauma," her lawyers wrote.
The following article contains potentially triggering material relating to sexual misconduct. If you believe you have experienced or witnessed sexual misconduct and are looking for support, consult the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime to find resources in your area.
According to the accuser, the first incident took place in August of 2003 on Carter's yacht. Allegedly, he "directed" 15-year-old A.R., who was intoxicated, to a cabin where he "engaged in oral sexual intercourse with A.R. and penetrated her vagina with his genitals."
The plaintiff claimed that, a few days later, Carter's sister "encouraged" her to meet him on his tour bus, where he "coerced" her to "orally copulate his genitals." Another alleged assault happened a month afterward, when Carter allegedly "enticed three other men" to watch him have sex with A.R. through a window hatch on the boat. He also allegedly "attempted to perform anal sex" during this incident "despite her repeated refusals and requests for him to stop."
The accuser claimed to have reported the assaults to Pennsylvania police with her mother later that year — "ridiculous" allegations that the former Backstreet Boy's legal team claim had been investigated and rejected as "meritless" at the time. Law enforcement apparently even concluded that A.R. "could herself have been charged with a crime," and that she was later "threatened with criminal charges for filing a false police report" pertaining to a separate matter.
"Now she's at it yet again," Carter's lawyer, Dale Hayes Jr., said in the statement. "But repeating the same false allegations in a new legal complaint doesn't make them any more true. Nick is looking forward to the evidence being presented and the truth about these malicious schemes coming to light."
Late last year, Carter was accused of rape by Shannon "Shay" Ruth for an incident that allegedly took place in 2001 when she was 17. Melissa Schuman — previous member of a 2000s-era girl group called Dream — then came forward with her own sexual assault and battery lawsuit against the boybander in April for an alleged incident dating back to 2003.
Carter denied both of the women's claims and countersued them for defamation, citing a "conspiracy" to "harass, defame and extort" him by exploiting the #MeToo movement. Their lawsuits and his countersuit remain pending.
