Nick Carter has denied the allegations of sexual assault made in the new documentaries Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carterwith his lawyers calling the claims “outrageous”, o Los Angeles Times References.
The four-part Investigation Discovery series, which premiered earlier this week, features interviews with three women, Melissa Schulman, Shannon Ruth and Ashley Repp, who have all accused Carter of sexual assault. Carter denied the charges and filed his own counterclaims.
In a statement, Carter's attorneys, Liane Wakayama and Dale Hayes Jr., said of the claims in Fallen Idols: “These are exactly the same outrageous claims that led us to sue this gang of conspirators. These cases are working their way through the legal system now, and based on both the initial court rulings and the overwhelming evidence, we believe we will prevail and hold them accountable for spreading these falsehoods.”
Shuman, a former member of the girl group Dream, was the first to accuse Carter of assault in 2017. He denied it at the time, no further allegations emerged and Carter continued to perform with the Backstreet Boys. Then in 2022, Ruth sued Carter, claiming he assaulted and raped her after a Backstreet Boys concert in 2001. Carter fired back, denying the allegations and saying Ruth had been manipulated into making false allegations. ” by various people, including Schumann.
Schuman proceeded to file her own lawsuit, while a third complaint, filed by a Jane Doe identified as AR, was filed in August 2023. Carter denied all allegations against him and filed defamation lawsuits against his accusers.
Along with Schuman, Ruth and Repp, Fallen Idols features an interview with Carter's ex-girlfriend Kaya Jones of the Pussycat Dolls. The film also digs into the life of Carter's younger brother Aaron, and the mental health and substance abuse issues that ultimately led to his death in 2022 (a coroner's report said Aaron drowned after diving and taking a generic form of Xanax). Part of the film explores the backlash Nick Carter's accusers faced and the tensions that arose between the brothers after Aaron spoke up for Nick's accusers.
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