Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter is denying an allegation that he raped a 17-year-old fan in 2001, as ABC pulls a scheduled Christmas particular that includes the band.
An legal professional for the singer decried the accusation by Shannon “Shay” Ruth, now 39, as “legally meritless,” Web page Six reported Thursday.
“This declare about an incident that supposedly befell greater than 20 years in the past is ... totally unfaithful,” Michael Holtz instructed the outlet in an announcement. “Sadly, for a number of years now, Ms. Ruth has been manipulated into making false allegations about Nick.”
At a press convention Thursday, Ruth stated that the singer, now 42, raped her when he was in his early 20s, per Selection. Ruth stated Carter compelled himself on her and that she “begged him to cease.”
“Despite the fact that I’m autistic and stay with cerebral palsy, I imagine that nothing has affected me extra or had a extra lasting influence on my life than what Nick Carter did and stated to me,” Ruth stated on the information convention. She alleged that the singer additionally referred to her with derogatory language and bruised her arm.
A consultant for Carter didn't instantly reply to HuffPost’s request for remark.
Holtz instructed Web page Six that Ruth’s allegations “have modified repeatedly and materially over time” and that her press convention was “orchestrated by an opportunistic lawyer.” He additionally stated “the courts will shortly notice” that “there may be nothing to this declare by any means.”
Ruth’s allegation was accompanied by a lawsuit she filed alongside three nameless girls who equally accused Carter of sexual assault.
In response to Web page Six, the grievance states that Carter had invited Ruth onto a tour bus after a live performance in Tacoma, Washington, earlier than giving her a drink that she now believes to have contained alcohol.
“The final 21 years have been stuffed with ache, confusion, frustration, disgrace and self-harm which might be a direct results of Nick Carter raping me,” Ruth stated Thursday, per Web page Six.
“Simply because Nick Carter is a celeb doesn't imply that he's excused from his crimes,” she added.
Amid the allegations, ABC has reportedly determined to not air “A Very Backstreet Vacation.” The Christmas particular, beforehand scheduled for Dec. 14, was going to function Carter and different band members alongside company akin to Seth Rogen.
Need assistance? Go to RAINN’s Nationwide Sexual Assault On-line Hotline or the Nationwide Sexual Violence Useful resource Heart’s web site.
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