Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter has sued for alleged sexual battery | US news

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Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter was sued for sexual battery after an alleged incident with a teenager in 2001.

According to the lawsuit, Shannon Roth was 17 when Carter, then 21, invited her onto the band’s tour bus after a concert in Tacoma, Washington.

Mrs. Ruth, who has autism and cerebral palsy, said he served her a drink he called “VIP juice”, which she now believes contained alcohol.

Court documents, seen by Sky News, claim Carter then led Ms Ruth into the bathroom of the tour bus and ordered her to perform oral sex on him, despite her crying.

She alleged that he then took her to the bed and continued to sexually assault her while she begged him to stop, later telling her that no one would believe her if she spoke about it publicly.

According to court documents, Ms. Ruth was a virgin before she met Carter, but contracted HPV, a sexually transmitted infection, as a result of the encounter.

At a press conference this week, she said, “Even though I’m autistic and live with cerebral palsy, I believe nothing has affected me more or had a more lasting impact on my life than Nick Carter did and told me.”

She said Carter, now 42, “tried to scare me and make me shut up,” adding that it was “nasty and scary.”

Carter did not address the allegations, but his attorney, Michael Holtz, told NBC: “This allegation of an incident that supposedly occurred more than 20 years ago is not only legally baseless but also completely untrue.

“Unfortunately, for several years Ms. Ruth was manipulated into making false allegations about Nick, and those allegations have changed frequently and materially over time.

“No one should be fooled by a journalistic stunt run by an opportunistic lawyer.

“There is absolutely nothing in this claim that we have no doubt the courts will quickly realize.”

Ruth is seeking more than $30,000 (£24,000) in punitive damages.

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