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Former Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter has as soon as extra denied any and all wrongdoing following the airing of a brand new docuseries, referred to as Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter, that once more publicized accusations of sexual assault towards the singer.
The four-part docuseries, produced by Investigation Discovery, aired on Monday and Tuesday. The sequence particulars allegations from three ladies — Ashley Repp, Melissa Schuman Henschel and Shannon “Shay” Ruth — who’ve all filed civil lawsuits towards Carter, 44.
The alleged assaults happened between 2001 and 2003, with two of the ladies claiming they have been underage on the time. The lawsuits have been filed between December 2022 and August 2023.
In a press release to The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, Carter’s attorneys vehemently denied any crime ever happened.
“These are precisely the identical outrageous claims that led us to sue this gang of conspirators,” Carter’s lawyer, Dale Hayes, Jr., wrote. “These circumstances are working their method by the authorized system now, and, based mostly on each the preliminary courtroom rulings and the overwhelming proof, we’ve got each perception that we are going to prevail and maintain them accountable for spreading these falsehoods.”
In February 2023, Carter countersued his first two accusers and referred to as them “opportunists” benefiting from the #MeToo motion to “defame and vilify” him for monetary achieve. The third lawsuit, launched by Repp, had but to be filed. Nick has since filed a second countersuit towards her.
Carter was not featured within the docuseries, although Fallen Idols producer Michael Hirschorn advised THR that wasn’t for lack of attempting. He maintains the manufacturing stayed in touch with Carter and supplied him ample alternative to talk on digicam, which he refused.
Hirschorn stated the docuseries closely options authorized paperwork to say that there’s a longtime “paper path of expenses and counter-charges” surrounding Carter.
Carter’s brother, Aaron, died in 2022 on the age of 34.
In addition to protecting the sexual assault allegations towards Carter, Fallen Angels additionally discusses the strained and dramatic relationship between the well-known siblings, in addition to alleged rifts of their prolonged household.
All 4 episodes of Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter are presently accessible to stream on Max.
The allegations towards Nick Carter
The primary claims towards Nick Carter got here from Henschel, who’s a former pop singer with the lady group Dream. She publicly accused Carter of sexual assault in 2017 however didn’t file her lawsuit in Los Angeles till final yr, after California’s Sexual Abuse and Cowl Up Accountability Act was handed in 2022.
Henschel stated Carter, then 22, pressured her to carry out oral intercourse when she was 18. She alleged she didn’t consent, and advised him such, however was made to carry out the intercourse act “towards her will.”
Ruth filed her lawsuit in 2022 and stated Carter raped her when she was 17 years previous. Ruth stated he invited her onto a tour bus after a live performance in Tacoma, Wash., the place she alleged Carter gave her alcohol. She stated he pressured her to carry out oral intercourse earlier than he raped her. Ruth alleges that she contracted human papillomavirus (HPV) from Carter.
Repp was final to make a authorized declare and filed her lawsuit in Clark County, Nev., final yr. She has alleged Carter raped her when she was 15 years previous.
She stated Carter sexually assaulted her a number of occasions in 2003, when he was 22 and 23 years previous. In her lawsuit, she alleged he raped her in a yacht cabin in Florida in August 2003 whereas she was an intoxicated minor, then sexually assaulted her on a bus days later. Repp stated she was additionally raped by Carter in a separate occasion onboard a yacht, and that he allowed different males to observe.
Repp additionally advised the courtroom she contracted HPV from Nick.
The entire ladies’s allegations have been reiterated throughout the 4 episodes of Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter. Nick has denied all the claims.
The three lawsuits are ongoing.
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