The Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter was accused in a civil lawsuit filed against him in the US
on Thursday by a woman with cerebral palsy who alleges that he sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager
After a concert in 2001, Shannon Ruth, now 39, claimed the artist raped her after forcing her to engage in oral sex on him on a tour bus.
The woman said in the press conference, “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.
Even though I’m autistic and live with cerebral palsy, I believe that nothing has affected me more or had a more lasting impact on my life than what Nick Carter did and said to me.
Along with Ruth, three other women are listed in the combined action, according to Ruth’s attorney Mark J. Boskovich.
according to Ruth’s attorney Mark J. Boskovich. The attorney asserted that Nick Carter had a long history of mistreating women
The Backstreet Boys singer denied all of the allegations in a statement issued through his attorney, according to Page Six
He claimed, “This claim about an incident that supposedly took place more than 20 years ago is not only legally meritless but also entirely untrue.”