Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter is being sued by one other popstar for alleged sexual assault and battery.

Carter has been accused of utilizing his "role, status, and power as a well-known singer" to allegedly groom and manipulate Dream singer Melissa Schuman.

Ms Schuman made the court docket submitting on Tuesday in Los Angeles, the place she alleged Carter drugged and assaulted at his house in Santa Monica in 2003, when he was 18.

They have been each filming The Hollow collectively, and in line with the submitting, which additionally alleges Carter invited Ms Schuman and a buddy to his flat to play video video games.

It is then alleged that he made her an alcoholic drink, the place he added "some form of flunitrazepam or a similar drug".

Flunitrazepam is usually used as a so-called date rape drug.

Ms Schuman alleged Mr Carter made her masturbate for him and compelled himself on her, regardless of repeated objections, in addition to claiming she had contracted HPV, for which there is no such thing as a recognized remedy, and may trigger cervical most cancers.

The submitting additionally says although Ms Schuman went public with the claims in 2017, in a weblog publish known as "Don't Worry, I Won't Tell Anybody", she additionally instructed folks on the time concerning the incident.

She tried to keep away from Carter, however the paperwork declare he continued to "intimidate, blame and harass" her.

"Defendant Carter's conduct exceeded all bounds of decency and is odious and utterly intolerable in a civilized society," it learn.

"Defendant Carter's conduct, including sexual assault and internet intimidation, caused emotional distress in Plaintiff and this emotional distress was and continues to be severe."

In the submitting, Ms Schuman provides she nonetheless has psychological and emotional points, together with melancholy, anxiousness and PTSD.

A jury trial has been requested by Ms Schuman, and for damages to be decided by the court docket.

Carter beforehand introduced he was counter-suing Ms Schuman over the allegations.

In an announcement to Sky News, Carter's legal professional Liane Ok Wakayama mentioned: "Melissa Schuman has been peddling this tale for many years, but her allegation was false when she first made it back in 2017 - and it still is.

"A choose in Nevada lately dominated, after reviewing the in depth proof we laid out, that there are sturdy grounds for Nick Carter to proceed together with his lawsuit in opposition to Ms Schuman for plotting to break, defame and extort Nick, his associates, his buddies and his household.

"In light of our progress in Nevada, this kind of response is at once both predictable and pathetic. But this PR stunt won't shake Nick from his determination to hold Ms Schuman and her co-conspirators to account for the immeasurable pain and suffering their extortionate conduct has caused."

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