Singer Nick Carter has filed a countersuit as part of his fight against a recent rape lawsuit, and not only is he going after a woman who claimed he raped her at a 2001 concert, but he is also suing another singer, Melissa Schuman, who made her own allegation about a 2003 alleged rape.
“In an important development in recent American history, the #MeToo movement was born and rightfully created a platform for victims of abuse,” the counterclaim stated. “Unfortunately, some people chose to take advantage of that platform. Those individuals felt that any voice and any accusation, right or wrong, would carry the day because the world was finally listening to accusers. So, in furtherance of their own agenda, these opportunists set out to thrust themselves into the spotlight and destroy innocent lives.”
Shannon “Shay” Ruth sued Carter in December, alleging that when she was 17, he lured her onto his tour bus when The Backstreet Boys were performing in Tacoma, Washington in February 2001. Though she asked for an apple juice, he plied her with an alcohol-infused cocktail with cranberry juice, her complaint said.
“Despite the strange taste, Plaintiff drank the beverage as to not to be rude,” her lawsuit said. Carter then allegedly took her to the bus bathroom and began to abuse her, the complaint alleges.
In the counterclaim, Carter’s team accused Schuman and her father, countersuit co-defendant Jerome Schuman, of recruiting Ruth to make the accusation.
“Ruth was a vulnerable and...
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