{"id":1768190,"date":"2022-12-08T17:18:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T22:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1768190"},"modified":"2022-12-08T17:18:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T22:18:11","slug":"backstreet-boys-member-nick-carter-being-sued-for-alleged-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/backstreet-boys-member-nick-carter-being-sued-for-alleged-sexual-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Backstreet Boys Member Nick Carter Being Sued For Alleged Sexual Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbackstreet-boys-member-nick-carter-being-sued-for-alleged-sexual-assault%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1768190&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>\u201cBackstreet Boys\u201d member Nick Carter is being sued for an alleged 2001 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/sexual-assault\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sexual assault<\/a>, with a source close to the singer calling the claims \u201ccategorically false.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference live-streamed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/914059282943723\/?ref=newsfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> Thursday, the 39-year-old singer was accused of allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl more than two decades ago after the boy band\u2019s concert in February 2001 in Tacoma, Washington, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/12\/08\/nick-carter-accused-of-raping-underage-autistic-fan-in-2001\/?utm_source=like2buy.curalate.com&#038;crl8_id=7dd1f0c4-d070-495c-8fb7-05f02eebf41b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Page Six<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last 21 years have been filled with pain, confusion, frustration, shame and self-harm that are a direct result of Nick Carter raping me,\u201d Shannon \u201cShay\u201d Ruth shared in a tearful speech.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nick Carter accused of raping underage autistic fan in 2001 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7bL5inZ53i\">https:\/\/t.co\/7bL5inZ53i<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bpsDt6MGvR\">pic.twitter.com\/bpsDt6MGvR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1600945873797652488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though I\u2019m 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,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter he raped me, I remember him calling me a \u2018r*****ed b****\u2019 and grabbing me and leaving bruises on my arm,\u201d Ruth continued. \u201cCarter tried to scare me into silence \u2026 he was nasty and threatening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ruth said she never told anyone because she thought she could \u201cgo to jail,\u201d but said she is speaking out now to allegedly \u201cstop\u201d Carter from \u201cassaulting more teens and women\u201d and \u201chold Nick Carter accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A source close to Carter reportedly told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/12\/08\/nick-carter-sued-sexual-battery-alcohol-minor-backstreet-boys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ<\/a>, \u201cThis accusation is categorically false, Nick is focusing on his family and mourning the death of his brother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the press conference, the attorney detailed the claims made in the lawsuit. He alleges that his client \u2014 who was a minor \u2014 was invited on the bus after the concert where she was given a \u201cred colored\u201d drink that Carter reportedly called \u201cVIP juice.\u201d The attorney said his client thought the drink tasted \u201cfunny\u201d and believes she was given a cocktail of alcohol and cranberry juice.<\/p>\n<p>Carter then allegedly took the girl to the \u201cbathroom\u201d and \u201cordered her to perform sexual acts on him.\u201d The attorney said Ruth claimed she was crying the entire time, but the singer reportedly \u201ckept instructing her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His client claimed that the pop singer then took her \u201cto a bed on the bus\u201d and continued sexually assaulting her despite her repeated pleas. The attorney said she was a virgin at the time, and after the alleged interaction contracted HPV.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/former-pop-star-nick-carter-raped-me-when-i-was-amanda-prestigiacomo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carter<\/a> previously faced multiple allegations of rape. He denied them and has never been charged with any crime, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-11517975\/Nick-Carter-sued-sexual-battery-star-accused-assaulting-disabled-minor-2001.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBackstreet Boys\u201d member Nick Carter is being sued for an alleged 2001 sexual assault, with a source close to the singer calling the claims \u201ccategorically false.\u201d In a press conference live-streamed on Facebook Thursday, the 39-year-old singer was accused of allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl more than two decades ago after the boy band\u2019s concert &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1768193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1768190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1768190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1768190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1768190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1768193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1768190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1768190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1768190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}