Nick Carter is countersuing a woman with a disability who accused him of raping her on a tour bus in 2001, alleging she cost his band 'The Backstreet Boys' $2.35 million.
The performance comes after a woman named, Shannon Ruth, told a US press conference on Thursday she is to sue the singer of reportedly sexually assaulting her back in 2001 when she was 17-years-old, and he was 21. Nick Carter Is Back on Stage with Backstreet Boys, Days After Being Accused of Rape.
“This claim about an incident that supposedly took place more than 20 years ago is not only legally meritless but also entirely untrue,” the Backstreet Boys member’s attorney Michael Holtz said in a statement. Nick Carter Accused of Rape; ABC Cancels Backstreet Boys Holiday Special Amidst Sexual Assault Allegations Against the Singer.