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Nick Carter is going through new sexual assault allegations in a lawsuit that claims he sexually assaulted a lady and gave her a sexually transmitted an infection (STI) that led to cervical most cancers.
Within the lawsuit, filed final week in Nevada, a lady named Laura Penly claims that she met Carter in late 2004 when she was 19 years outdated and he was in his mid-20s and so they started having a consensual sexual relationship after they “would see one another roughly each few weeks” when she visited Los Angeles, in accordance with paperwork obtained by Folks.
Penly alleges that she had requested the Backstreet Boys singer to put on a condom and he “refused,” telling her that he was “clear” from STIs, in accordance with her submitting. (International Information has not independently considered the authorized paperwork.)
In keeping with the lawsuit, Penly says that previous to Carter, now 45, she by no means had unprotected intercourse with anybody.
She alleges that in early 2005, she went to Carter’s condominium however solely needed to look at a film with him. Her lawsuit alleges that Carter “instructed her no as a result of the one motive she was there was to have intercourse.”
The lawsuit alleges that the sexual assault “forcefully” occurred on his mattress, regardless of Penly “saying ‘no’ a number of occasions.”
Carter allegedly “failed to make use of safety to forestall the unfold of sexually transmitted infections.”
Penly says she was instructed to maintain the assault a secret since nobody would imagine her anyway. However a number of months later, Carter allegedly apologized and she or he went to see him once more the place she alleges she was sexually assaulted for a second time, in accordance with the lawsuit.
The girl alleges that Carter “contaminated plaintiff with varied sexually transmitted ailments, together with the human papillomavirus (generally often called HPV), a sexually transmitted an infection recognized to trigger well being issues corresponding to cervical most cancers.”
Penly allegedly examined constructive for chlamydia and gonorrhea, in addition to cancerous cells following a health care provider’s go to in July 2005.
By August 2005, Penly “was identified with Stage 2 cervical most cancers and needed to bear quite a few remedies,” in accordance with the swimsuit.
Penly claims she handled “extreme emotional misery, bodily anguish, medical points, intimacy points, and different complicated trauma” following the analysis and alleged assault.
She is looking for damages in extra of $15,000 and is demanding a jury trial.
“It takes profound braveness and resilience for survivors of sexual assault to publicly come ahead in pursuit of justice, notably within the music business that has lengthy fostered a pervasive surroundings of sexual exploitation,” Penly’s lawyer, Gianna N. Elliot, mentioned in a press release.
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“Carter used his energy, standing, and fame to sexually abuse and assault a number of younger ladies and keep away from any accountability. This lawsuit goals to alter that sample,” Elliot continued.
“We hope that Laura receives the justice she rightfully deserves and that this lawsuit serves as a catalyst, empowering different survivors to boost their voices and maintain their abusers to account,” Elliot concluded.
Carter has denied Penly’s accusations, which his attorneys, Liane Ok. Wakayama and Dale Hayes, Jr, known as “nonsense from the gang of conspirators and their attorneys who proceed to abuse the justice system to attempt to break Nick Carter.”
“It’s drawn from the identical predictable playbook — lie in wait for many years till Mr. Carter is celebrating knowledgeable milestone, then conceal behind litigation privilege to make completely false claims in an try to inflict most injury on Nick and his household,” his attorneys mentioned in a press release.
Carter’s attorneys declare that the singer doesn’t recall ever assembly Penly.
“He definitely by no means had any romantic or sexual relationship along with her. Ever,” they mentioned.
Penly’s lawsuit marks the fourth sexual assault lawsuit filed in opposition to Carter.
In August 2023, an unnamed Pennsylvania lady filed a lawsuit in Clark County, Nev., alleging that the singer raped her when she was 15 years outdated in 2003.
Within the authorized submitting, the lady, recognized solely as A.R., claimed Carter sexually assaulted her a number of occasions in 2003, when Carter was 22 and 23 years outdated. She alleged Carter raped her in separate situations onboard a yacht and a ship in Florida, and sexually assaulted her on a bus.
In a single occasion, A.R. claimed Carter supplied her medication and alcohol at a celebration onboard a ship in October 2003. After she turned drunk, A.R. alleged Carter took her to a cabin the place he allowed three different males to look at him rape her.
A.R. additionally claimed she contracted HPV from Carter.
She sued him for sexual battery, intentional infliction of emotional misery and negligent infliction of emotional misery.
She was the third lady to file a lawsuit of this nature in opposition to the Backstreet Boys star.
Two different ladies, Shannon Ruth and Melissa Schuman, have additionally accused Carter of rape and sexual assault. Ruth mentioned Carter raped her when she was 17 years outdated.
In February 2023, Carter filed a countersuit and denied each ladies’s claims. He known as Ruth and Schuman “opportunists” who took benefit of the #MeToo motion to “defame and vilify” him for monetary acquire.
As a part of earlier lawsuits, Ruth mentioned Carter invited her onto a tour bus after a live performance in Tacoma, Wash., when she was 17 years outdated. She claimed Carter gave her alcohol and compelled her to carry out oral intercourse earlier than he raped her. Ruth additionally alleged that she contracted HPV from Carter.
In 2017, Schuman, a former member of the lady group Dream, accused Carter of sexually assaulting her when she was 18.
Schuman instructed the courtroom Carter sexually assaulted and raped her at his Santa Monica, Calif., condominium in 2003 after giving her a sedative. On the time, Carter (then 22) and Schuman (then 18) have been co-workers filming the thriller film The Hole.
In August 2024, Carter filed a $2.5-million countersuit in opposition to Schuman for defamation and interference with current and potential enterprise contracts after she filed a swimsuit in opposition to him for sexual assault and battery in April 2023.
Via his attorneys, Carter mentioned Schuman’s lawsuit induced him to lose $2.5 million in enterprise partnership offers with MeUndies, VRBO, Roblox and The Youngsters’s Place, in accordance with a Rolling Stone report. Carter additionally mentioned ticket gross sales for his reveals had slowed on account of the lawsuit, resulting in much less revenue.
Carter’s countersuit maintained he had been “falsely accused” of wrongdoing by Schuman, who has a “thirst for Web relevance.” His lawsuit claimed Carter and Schuman had a “flirtatious” dynamic previous to having consensual intercourse in 2003.
Carter has by no means confronted any prison expenses in relation to those allegations.
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When you or somebody you already know is experiencing abuse or is concerned in an abusive state of affairs, please go to the Canadian Useful resource Centre for Victims of Crime for assist. They’re additionally reachable toll-free at 1-877-232-2610.
— With recordsdata from International Information
