Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter files a $2.5 million countersuit against his long-time sexual assault victim Melissa Schuman.
Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter has filed a countersuit against his longtime sexual assault accuser, Melissa Schuman, alleging emotional suffering and claiming she cost him a job. He claims her version of events never transpired and seeks $2.5 million in damages.
Melissa Schuman is only one of several women who have accused Nick Carter of sexual assault. She sued Carter in California for an alleged sexual assault at an apartment in 2003. Another lady, Shannon Ruth, sued Carter in Nevada in 2001 for an alleged attack on a tour bus.
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Nick subsequently filed a lawsuit in Las Vegas against Shannon, Melissa, and Melissa’s father, alleging Melissa and her father of coercing Shannon into making false charges against him in order to obtain a hefty compensation. Carter also disputed all claims against him, stating that any sex between them was voluntary. He sought $2 million in damages in the claim.
Though the litigation in Nevada are still unresolved, a court has denied Carter’s plea to put the Los Angeles lawsuit on hold until the Las Vegas case is resolved. Carter is now filing a countersuit against Melissa in Los Angeles.
Carter alleges in his countersuit that he and Melissa had consensual sex after meeting on the set of a television movie in 2003. She was a member of the pop girl group Dream, which was active from 1998 till 2003. Carter claims she has “struggled over the years to stay relevant.”
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He claims that Melissa accused him in a 2017 blog post of publicly raping her on the night in question in 2003. Furthermore, Carter claims Melissa and her father “recruited and groomed third parties to defame him.”
According to Carter’s petition, Melissa’s appearances on Dr. Oz’s show, as well as interviews and appearances in the 2024 documentary “Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter,” were intended to “falsely claim” that he sexually abused her.
Carter claims that these allegations cost him a $350,000 agreement with MeUndies, a $1 million deal with Vrbo, an endorsement deal with Roblox, a $125,000 brand partnership with The Children’s Place, and an endorsement with children’s clothing brand Tonies.
Carter’s attorney writes: “After hearing [Melissa’s] defamatory statements, the foregoing companies, including others, terminated their contracts and business relationships with [Nick], costing [him] millions.”
The case finally seeks $2.5 million in damages, punitive damages, and attorneys’ costs. He also claims to be suffering from PTSD as a result of the “false” allegations made against him.
Nick Carter is now ending his European summer tour in Spain.
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