Nick Carter is accused of sexual assault and battery in suit filed by singer over 2002 incident
Nick Carter is charged with sexual assault and assault in a new lawsuit brought by singer Melissa Schuman over a 2002 incident in LA
Nick Carter faces charges of sexual assault and assault by singer Melissa Schuman in a new lawsuit over a 2002 incident that took place in Santa Monica, California.
The 43-year-old entertainer, according to legal documents reviewed by TMZwas accused by 38-year-old Schuman of forcing her to perform and receive oral sex at a time when he was 22 and she was 18.
Schuman said her first sexual experience was with Carter, the outlet reported, despite insisting she didn’t want to have sex until she was married.
The legal maneuver against the Backstreet Boys member comes more than five years after Schuman, a one-time member of the group Dream, filed a police report against Carter with the Santa Monica Police Department, but prosecutors did not pursue the case at the time.
In filing the new lawsuit, Schuman cited a new California bill that would allow for the lifting of the statute of limitations on civil suits because she hopes a judge reviews the information in the case.
The latest: Nick Carter is facing charges of sexual assault and assault by singer Melissa Schuman in a new lawsuit over a 2002 incident that took place in Santa Monica, California. The entertainer was photographed performing at a concert in NYC last year
Carter has denied all of Schuman’s accusations.
In February, Carter named Schuman in a $2.3 million lawsuit against Shannon Ruth, who also accused Carter of sexual assault, TMZ reported.
In the lawsuit filed by Carter, the boy band alum said Schuman coached Ruth in an extortion attempt that he says cost him millions in lost wages.
His lawyer, Liane K. Wakayama, told TMZ in a statement about the latest legal action: “Melissa Schuman has been pushing this story for many years, but her claim was false when she first did it in 2017 — and still is. . ‘
Wakayama told the outlet that “a judge in Nevada has recently ruled, after reviewing the extensive evidence we have provided, that there are good grounds for Nick Carter to proceed with his lawsuit against Ms. Schuman for conspiracy to harm Nick, to defame and extort. employees, his friends and his family.’
Carter’s attorney said Schuman’s latest legal move in connection with the alleged assault is “at once both predictable and pathetic” amid the ongoing Nevada litigation.
She called Schuman’s latest filing a “PR stunt” and vowed it won’t distract the singer “from his determination to hold Ms Schuman and her co-conspirators accountable for the immeasurable pain and suffering their extortionate behavior has caused.” causes’.
Photographed in LA in 2018, singer Melissa Schuman initially filed the claims against Carter in 2017 citing a new California law that paved the way for the latest lawsuit
Carter, who has denied all of Schuman’s accusations, filed a lawsuit against his accusers in Las Vegas in February.