Backstreet Boys Christmas special dropped after Nick Carter accusations

December 9, 2022

A Backstreet Boys Christmas special TV show has been dropped amid sexual assault allegations made against singer Nick Carter.

The decision to pull the show comes after Carter was reportedly sued for sexual battery of a minor, an allegation he denies.

In a lawsuit filed on Thursday 8 December, alleged victim Shannon Ruth claimed that Carter invited her onto the band’s tour bus while they were playing in Washington in 2001.

Ruth, who says she is autistic and lives with cerebral palsy, waived her right to anonymity and attended a press conference on Thursday with her lawyer Mark Boskovich in Beverly Hills.

The lawsuit claims that Carter gave her “VIP juice” that tasted alcoholic. According to the files, Carter is reported to have then demanded that she perform oral sex on him, before raping her.

During the recording Ruth, who alleges that she contracted HPV after the incident, claimed that “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”.

“Even though I’m autistic and live with cerebral palsy, I believe nothing has affected me more… than what Nick Carter did to me,” she said.

Michael Holtz, who is Carter’s attorney, strongly refutes the claims. “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 reads.

In 2017, Dream singer Melissa Schuman, claimed that Carter had raped her when she was 18 and he was 22. The court case was dismissed in 2018 on the grounds of the case exceeding the statute of limitations.

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