Nick Carter has been sued for sexual assault by Melissa Schuman, who claimed the Backstreet Boys singer assaulted her when she was 18. Carter's lawyer called it a 'PR stunt' to 'damage, defame and extort Nick'
After her then-manager Nils Larsen allegedly informed her that she’d likely be “buried in humiliation” and irreparably damage her career, Schuman wrote in her post that she chose to stay silent, claiming she didn’t want to risk her livelihood by speaking out.
The suit accuses Carter of continuing to “manipulate and torment” her after the alleged assault, claiming he texted her, “Why did you make me do that.” Schuman also claims that the singer attempted to contact her by phone repeatedly, demanding to speak with her. Schuman’s solo career never took off and in her blog post, she questioned if Carter had interfered with her career by influencing Kenneth Crear – who managed both Carter and Schuman — to slowly ice her out. “I could tell by his tone that he was no longer interested in working for me and I couldn’t help but wonder if Nick had any influence in it,” she wrote.
The suit claims that a “well-known and powerful manager in the music industry” that was a “close personal friend” of Carter told her that he wanted her to record a duet that was being pitched for a movie soundtrack. Schuman was reluctant to speak negatively of Carter, per the filing, and agreed to the recording after confirming that his part of the duet was pre-recorded.
In the complaint, Carter is accused of using the song to “generate the false impression that he and Plaintiff had a friendly relationship.”in 2018. “It’s not just the assault. It affects the rest of your life. It’s still affecting my life… The one thing that I have, is I have my voice back. And that means more to me than anything else, is that I am empowered, and I’m not shutting up, and I’m not going away. I’m not scared anymore.
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