FoxNews: Nick Carter countersues alleged rape victim for $2.5M, claiming defamation

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Nick Carter countersues alleged rape victim for $2.5M, claiming defamation

Nick Carter sued Melissa Schuman for $2.5 million, claiming the singer falsely accused him of rape. Schuman originally sued Carter in 2023 and alleged the singer raped her in 2003....                        ...                        ...                            ...You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login denied sexually assaulting musician Melissa Schuman in a countersuit.......Carter, 44, claimed Schuman's lawsuit, where she allegedly falsely accused the pop star, was "intentional, malicious and oppressive" in a lawsuit filed July 26 and obtained by Fox News Digital. The Backstreet Boys star sued for a minimum of $2.5 million in damages, attorneys' costs and more to be determined at trial.......Carter's legal team painted Schuman's accusations as a "plot to smear" the "I Want It That Way" singer's image and "extort" him financially, according to the court documents.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Additionally, Carter claimed the accusations forced him to retain security to keep his family safe......."Carter and his family have been harassed for years, including being stalked, receiving relentless phone messages and even receiving multiple death threats – forcing the family to retain full-time security," the court documents read.......Fox News Digital has reached out to representatives for both Carter and Schuman.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Schuman and Carter first met while filming the TV movie "The Hollow" together. She first came forward in 2017 accusing Carter of rape. The "He Loves U Not" singer claimed that Carter raped her in 2003 when she was just 18 years old. He was 22 at the time, according to court documents.......The lawsuit claimed Carter used "his role, status, and power as a well-known singer to gain access to, groom, manipulate, exploit, and sexually assault" Schuman......."I've faced extraordinary backlash for standing up for myself; I am not the first, however my intention is that I am the last," Schuman said in a statement at the time. "It's time that powerful figures in the music industry get the message that they can no longer afford to enable and protect sexual predators. I'm fighting to make the music industry a safer place to work and perform."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Carter denied the allegation in 2017, saying, "Melissa never expressed to me while we were together or at any time since that anything we did was not consensual. We went on to record a song and perform together, and I was always respectful and supportive of Melissa both personally and professionally."......Prosecutors declined to pursue charges You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login at the time because the statute of limitations had expired......."The reporting party alleged that, in 2003, she was the victim of a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login perpetrated by the suspect in his apartment," prosecutors said. "The statute of limitations expired in 2013. Therefore, an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the evidence is not warranted, and the matter is declined."...

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