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Is Nick Carter a serial rapist as his brother declared?
Nick Carter 'being sued for sexual battery as star is accused of assaulting
disabled minor, 17, in 2001 on a tour bus - leaving her with HPV'
By EVE BUCKLAND FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 13:20 EST, 8 December 2022 |
Nick Carter is 'being sued for sexual battery' after it was claimed he assaulted a disabled fan on a tour bus in 2001, reports TMZ.
According to court documents reviewed by TMZ, Shannon Ruth, who has autism and cerebral palsy, claims the Backstreet Boys singer, now 42, invited her onto his tour bus when she was aged 17 following the band's concert in Tacoma, Washington after spotting her waiting in the autograph line.
The legal documents state Ruth was allegedly asked if she wanted a drink - after requesting apple juice, she claims Carter offered her cranberry and gave her a 'red colored' drunk which he called 'VIP juice'.
A source close to Nick has denied the allegations and told the publication: 'This accusation is categorically false, Nick is focusing on his family and mourning the death of his brother.'
His brother died a few months ago, and the term 'is focusing' refers to the present, not 21 years ago.
Claim: Nick Carter is 'being sued for sexual battery' after it was claimed he assaulted a disabled fan on a tour bus in 2001, reports TMZ (pictured 2017)
Ruth claims the drink tasted 'off' as she drank it and says she believes it was a mix of cranberry juice and alcohol.
It was claimed by Ruth that Carter took her to the bus' bathroom and ordered her to perform oral sex on him. Ruth alleges that she was crying throughout but Carter 'kept instructing her.'
Ruth further claims Carter then took her to a bed on the bus and continued his alleged sexual assault.
She claims afterwards that she told Carter she would tell people about the alleged assault - but that he reportedly threatened to turn people against her, allegedly calling her a "r******* little b***h that no one would believe.'
Ruth claims she contracted sexual transmitted infection, Human papillomavirus infection (HPV) from the alleged assault, having been a virgin beforehand.
She is now said to be seeking damages.
Aaron Carter suicide or OD
Carter's younger brother Aaron Carter was found dead aged 34 in his bathtub in Lancaster, California on November 5. No cause of death has been officially declared, but he was known to have struggled with mental health problems and addictions.
How often do we see those linked together - mental health and addictions? Recreational drugs are destroying people at an alarming rate. It's long past time to do something about it.
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Nick Carter for comment.
Carter has previously faced rape allegations - which he has denied - he has never been charged with any crimes.
Singer Melissa Schuman said that the boy bander allegedly raped her in 2003.
In 2018 the LA County District Attorney's office announced it would not press charges against Carter due to the statute of limitations, which expired in 2013.
Melissa, who is from the 90s girl group named Dream, had filed the police report in February that year.
She claimed that in 2003 Nick had pushed her in a bathroom for forced oral sex and then claimed she was raped in the bedroom.
Sounds like the same MO that happened to Shannon. Coincidence?
Nick has denied allegations of rape.
Later the Backstreet Boys star said in a statement that he was 'shocked and saddened' about the accusations.
He said: 'Melissa never expressed to me while we were together or at any time since that anything we did was not consensual.'
Nick added that he 'was always respectful and supportive of Melissa both personally and professionally.'
He concluded in the statement that 'this is the first time that I am hearing about these accusations nearly two decades later. It is contrary to my nature and everything I hold dear to intentionally cause someone discomfort or harm.'
He continued, noting that they 'went on to record a song and perform together.'
Melissa originally made the allegations in a November blog post.
She claimed that she was 'forced to engage in an act against my will' by Nick, who allegedly took her virginity when she was 18 and he was 22.
RIP: Nick's brother Aaron Carter was found dead aged 34 in his bathtub in Lancaster, California on November 5 (pictured in his final interview)
Bill Cosby, NBC sued by 5 women in new sexual assault case
Maryclaire Dale · The Associated Press ·
Posted: Dec 06, 2022 6:03 PM ET | Last Updated: December 6
Bill Cosby arrives for a sentencing hearing following his sexual assault conviction in Norristown Pa., on Sept. 25, 2018. The comedian faces another lawsuit from five women who allege he sexually abused them in the 1980s and '90s. (Matt Rourke/The Associated Press)
Five women who have long accused Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting them early in their careers have filed the latest lawsuit against the 85-year-old comedian — and this one calls NBCUniversal, a studio and a production company complicit in the abuse.
The lawsuit comes more than a year after Cosby left prison after his 2018 sexual assault conviction in Pennsylvania was overturned. Earlier this year, a Los Angeles jury awarded $500,000 US to a woman who said Cosby sexually abused her at the Playboy Mansion when she was a teenager in 1975.
The lawsuit filed Monday under New York's one-year window for adults to file sexual abuse complaints involves accusers Lili Bernard, Eden Tirl, Jewel Gittens, Jennifer Thompson and Cindra Ladd. The lawsuit alleges that each woman was abused or assaulted by Cosby after meeting him on set or through other entertainment circles in the late 1960s through the 1990s.
"It was well-known that Bill Cosby would regularly take young women into his dressing room, and when you read the complaint, you'll see there were instances where staff saw this happening and even encouraged the plaintiff to submit," said lawyer Jordan Rutsky, who represents all five women.
"This was not a hidden secret that Bill Cosby was doing these things," Rutsky said. "It was just accepted."
The lawsuit alleges that NBC, Kaufman Astoria Studios and Carsey-Werner Television "facilitated the sexual assault of women" by failing to check Cosby's power and proclivities, and failed to protect the women from being alone with him, because they profited from his work.
'All about money'
In at least some of the cases, the lawsuit says, Cosby first drugged the woman through drinks or pills he provided.
Drugs involved again!
Cosby spokesman Andrew Wyatt said the "accusers have resurfaced to file a frivolous civil lawsuit" against Cosby. He speculated that they hoped to get quick settlements from the corporate defendants and use those funds to finance their pursuit of Cosby.
"This isn't about justice for victims of alleged sexual assault, it's all about money," Wyatt said in a statement, echoing the defence arguments in Cosby's criminal retrial in Pennsylvania — a case which saw him convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting a Temple University employee at his Philadelphia-area home in 2004.
A spokeswoman for NBCUniversal, the network that aired The Cosby Show from 1984 to 1992, said the company would not comment on legal issues. Neither Kaufman Astoria nor Carsey-Werner immediately returned phone or email messages left Tuesday afternoon seeking comment.
Cosby served nearly three years in prison before Pennsylvania's Supreme Court overturned the conviction, finding that he gave incriminating testimony in a deposition about the encounter only after believing he had immunity from prosecution. The trial judge and an intermediate appeals court had found no evidence of such immunity.
Bernard, who appeared on The Cosby Show in the early 1990s, also has a pending lawsuit against Cosby in New Jersey over an alleged encounter in Atlantic City.
Seven other accusers received a settlement from Cosby's insurers in the wake of the Pennsylvania conviction over a defamation lawsuit they had filed in Massachusetts. Their lawsuit said that Cosby and his agents disparaged them in denying their allegations of abuse.
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