{"id":1770574,"date":"2022-12-09T11:19:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T16:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1770574"},"modified":"2022-12-09T11:19:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T16:19:14","slug":"abc-pulls-backstreet-boys-special-amid-nick-carter-sexual-assault-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-pulls-backstreet-boys-special-amid-nick-carter-sexual-assault-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC Pulls Backstreet Boys Special Amid Nick Carter Sexual Assault Lawsuit"},"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%2Fabc-pulls-backstreet-boys-special-amid-nick-carter-sexual-assault-lawsuit%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=1770574&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>The Backstreet Boys\u2019 television special \u201cA Very Backstreet Holiday\u201d was scheduled to air December 14 on ABC, but the network has postponed it in the wake of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/sexual-assault\">sexual assault allegations<\/a> against band member <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/celebrities\">Nick Carter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\">special<\/a> has been removed from the network\u2019s schedule, and comedy reruns have taken its place, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/abc-drops-backstreet-boys-holiday-special-nick-carter-1235278505\/\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>. The program was set to feature the boy band singing songs from their just-released holiday album, which was also called \u201cA Very Backstreet Holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carter was recently accused of raping a then-17-year-old fan on his tour bus after a 2001 concert in Tacoma, Washington.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shannon \u201cShay\u201d Ruth filed a lawsuit in Nevada, claiming the singer picked her out of a crowd to join him on the tour bus. While there, Carter allegedly gave Ruth an alcoholic beverage called \u201cVIP juice\u201d and then assaulted her, per THR. Ruth\u2019s attorney said his client thought the beverage tasted \u201cfunny\u201d and believed the drink included alcohol and cranberry juice.<\/p>\n<p>She further alleged that Carter took her to the bathroom and \u201cordered her to perform sexual acts on him.\u201d Ruth claims to have been crying but says he continued the assault in the bedroom. She also claims to have been a virgin at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit also claims that three other anonymous Jane Doe accusers were also sexually assaulted by the Backstreet Boys singer between 2003 and 2006. One of those accusers was also underage at the time.<\/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 Ruth shared in a speech, as The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/backstreet-boys-member-nick-carter-being-sued-for-alleged-sexual-assault\">reported<\/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 continued.<\/p>\n<p>Carter\u2019s attorney Michael Holtz called the allegations \u201cnot only legally meritless but also entirely untrue\u201d in a statement shared by Page Six.<\/p>\n<p>The singer was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-11517975\/Nick-Carter-sued-sexual-battery-star-accused-assaulting-disabled-minor-2001.html\">accused<\/a> of sexual assault in 2017 by Melissa Schuman, a former member of the pop group Dream. Carter said he and Schuman did engage in sexual activity but it was consensual. Charges were never filed against the singer as prosecutors said the statute of limitations had expired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Backstreet Boys\u2019 television special \u201cA Very Backstreet Holiday\u201d was scheduled to air December 14 on ABC, but the network has postponed it in the wake of sexual assault allegations against band member Nick Carter. 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