Backstreet Boys' member Nick Carter is being sued by a 39-year-old woman with autism and cerebral palsy who says the singer raped her as a teenager on the group's tour bus in 2001.
Shannon "Shay" Ruth filed a sexual battery lawsuit in Clark County, Nevada, on Thursday in which she claims that Carter gave her alcohol and assaulted her after a a concert in Tacoma, Washington in February 2001. She was 17 at the time of the alleged incident."This claim about an incident that supposedly took place more than 20 years ago is not only legally meritless but also entirely untrue," the statement read. "Unfortunately, for several years now, Ms.
Ruth alleges in her complaint that Carter picked her out of a line of autograph seekers, invited her on tour bus and gave her "VIP juice," which she believes was a mixture of cranberry juice and alcohol. After the alleged assault, Ruth says she contracted "the human papillomavirus , a sexually transmitted infection known to cause health problems such as genital warts and cervical cancer," according to the complaint.
, Ruth said "The last 21 years have been filled with pain, confusion, frustration, shame, and self-harm that are a direct result of Nick Carter raping me."ABC will no longer broadcast the television special "A Very Backstreet Holiday," set to air December 14, in light of the suit. Previously aired comedies will broadcast instead, CNN has learned.
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