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4:35 PM PT — Nick‘s lawyer, Liane Ok. Wakayama tells us, “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 judge in Nevada recently ruled, after reviewing the extensive evidence we laid out, that there are strong grounds for Nick Carter to proceed with his lawsuit against Ms. Schuman for plotting to damage, defame and extort Nick, his associates, his friends and his family.”
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Liane continues, “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.”
Nick Carter is being taken to court docket by singer Melissa Schuman, greater than 5 years after she pushed for him to be criminally charged for allegedly sexually assaulting her.
Here’s the deal — Schuman is suing the Backstreet Boys singer, claiming he sexually assaulted her in 2002 in Santa Monica … when she was 18 and he was 22. In the swimsuit, she alleges he forcibly carried out oral intercourse on her, and made her do the identical to him.
Schuman, who was within the lady group Dream, claims Carter then took her virginity, regardless of her telling him she was saving herself for marriage.
She initially accused him of this again in 2017 … she filed a police report and needed Carter to face prison prices, however the D.A.’s workplace declined to prosecute.
Schuman now believes a brand new invoice amending the statute of limitations for civil actions revives her declare, which is why she’s trying to take all of it to a decide.
Nick has denied all of her allegations, and, in actual fact, sued Schuman for $2.3 million earlier this yr … claiming she had been making an attempt to extort cash from him for years. That swimsuit was a part of his ongoing litigation in opposition to Shannon Ruth, who’s additionally accused Carter of sexual assault on a tour bus.
Originally Published — 4:22 PM PT
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