SANTA MONICA, Calif. (CNS) -- A former member of the girl band Dream is suing Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter, alleging he raped her in his Santa Monica apartment in 2003, an allegation Carter has previously denied.
Melissa Schuman filed suit in Santa Monica on Tuesday, alleging sexual battery, sexual assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Schuman first went public with her allegations against Carter in 2017.
In her lawsuit, Schuman claims Carter invited her to his Santa Monica apartment in 2003, while both were working on filming a teen horror film called "The Hollow.'' The lawsuit contends that Carter, who was with a male friend, invited her over to "hang out and play video games.''
Schuman went to his apartment with her roommate, and while there, Carter began making cocktails, and the lawsuit contends he put some type of drug in her drink. Carter led her to a back office under the pretense of sharing some new music he was working on, but he began sexually assaulting her, eventually raping her in a bedroom, the lawsuit states.
In a statement Wednesday to "Entertainment Tonight,'' Carter's attorney again denied Schuman's allegations.
"Melissa Schuman has been peddling this tale for many years,'' attorney Liane Wakayama said in a statement. "But her allegation was false when she first made it back in 2017, and it still is.''
In February, Carter filed a lawsuit of his own against Schuman and another woman -- Shannon "Shay'' Ruth -- who took legal...
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