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One of the most popular singers of the nineties is Nick Carterwho is one of the members of the Backstreet Boys and went accused of sexual abuse to a minor
The singer was accused by a 39-year-old woman who has autism and suffers from cerebral palsy and assures that she suffered the abuse when she was a teenager in 2001.
This would have happened when the pop group was on tour and the events allegedly occurred inside a tour bus.
Is about Shannon “Shay” Ruth who was the one who filed the lawsuit sexual assault this Thursday in Clark County, Nevada, in which he assured that the star gave him alcohol and then the abuse happened after a concert in Tacoma, Washington, in February 2001.
This was announced through a press conference where the victim was present along with his lawyers to give more details about this accusation and it was there where the alleged victim between tears he recounted what happened to him at the age of 17.
“The last 21 years have been filled with pain, confusion, frustration, shame and self-harm that is a direct result of Nick Carter raping me,” she said.
After the alleged rape, the interpreter of “Incomplete” would have called her a “whore” and even bruises He left him in the body, assuring that he was afraid to raise his voice due to possible reprisals.
“Although I am autistic and living 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,” she added.
“I am a survivor and always will be,” she pronounced.
It should be noted that the member of one of the most famous groups he had previously been accused of sexual abuse by a singer named Melissa Schuman, who assured that the rape occurred when she was 18 years old, while Carter assured that “it was consensual”.
Nick Carter responds to the accusations
Following the lawsuit filed by Ruth, the singer broke the silence and through a communication sent to CNN by his attorney Michael Holtz denied the allegations.
“This claim about an incident that allegedly took place more than 20 years ago is not only without legal basis, but is also completely false,” the statement read.
“Unfortunately, for several years, Mrs. Ruth has been manipulated to make false accusations about Nick, and those accusations have repeatedly and materially changed over time.”
Likewise, Shannon also assures in the complaint that he contracted “the human papilloma virus (commonly known as HPV), a sexually transmitted infection known to cause health problems such as genital warts and cervical cancer.
Although no criminal charges were filed, the ABC network made the decision not to broadcast the band’s Christmas special called “A Very Backstreet Holiday”, which would be televised on December 14.
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