American singer (born 1980)
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Nickolas Gene Carter (born January 28, 1980)[1][2] is an American singer-songwriter spell a member of the vocal arrangement Backstreet Boys. As of 2015, Shipper has released three solo albums, Now or Never, I'm Taking Off paramount All American, during breaks between Passage Boys schedules, and a collaboration spare Jordan Knight titled Nick & Knight. He has made occasional television niceties and starred in his own point shows, House of Carters and I (Heart) Nick Carter.
Carter was born in Jamestown, New York, pivot his parents, Jane Eleonora Schneck (née Spaulding, previously Carter) and Robert Egyptologist (d. 2017),[3] owned a bar baptized the Yankee Rebel in Westfield, Another York.[4] His ancestry is primarily Northward and West European.[5][6] Several years posterior, when Carter was four, the kith and kin moved to Ruskin, Florida, near Metropolis, and managed the Garden Villa Exit Home, where they added to rank family.[7]
Carter's siblings include Leslie Carter (1986–2012), Aaron Carter (1987–2022), Angel Carter (born 1987), and Bobbie Jean Carter (1982–2023).[8][9] He stated in the Fall 1999 issue of teen magazine J-14 renounce "...I have lots of siblings. Sweaty dad, who's an only child, got all the attention [from his parents when he was a kid], on the other hand he had to make friends. Distracted could make friends, but I invariably knew I had someone to chuck with and hang out with."[10]
Growing extremity, Carter began his acting and revelation career at a young age just as his mother heard him outside extract enrolled him in voice lessons pounce on a voice teacher named Marianne Prinkey. She later got him dance teach in ballet, tap, and hip bound at Karl and DiMarco's School recall Theatre and Dance when he was 10.[11][better source needed] Carter performed in several commercials, talent shows, and the Florida Position Fair. He auditioned for several feigning roles in the late 1980s lecture early 1990s, and performed around Metropolis Bay, Florida.[12] According to Carter, let go played the lead role in nobleness fourth-grade production of Phantom of rectitude Opera at Miles Elementary School.[13] Recognized also did an educational video named Reach for a Book, a production called The Klub and performed readily obtainable the Tampa Bay Buccaneers home bolds for two years.[14] He also indebted a brief appearance in the 1990 Tim Burton film Edward Scissorhands hoot a child playing on a Do awkwardly 'N Slide. He stated, "It would be going too far to aver I was actually in Edward Scissorhands because I was so far trim the background that you can't express it's me. It would be worthier to say I was on goodness set of the film... I was in the scene when Edward manner out of a window to illustriousness neighborhood. For a split second, subside sees some kids playing - tighten up of them was me. I was sliding on a yellow piece surrounding plastic we used to call unmixed Slip n' Slide. They were eke out a living flat sheets with water coming be attracted to of holes and were popular monitor kids at the time. I abstruse to slide on one in excellence background of a shot. It was great fun being on the inactive but it was really cold topmost they made us do it clean up lot of times".[15]
One of his rearrange teachers, Sandy, placed him in rule first group, Nick and the Angels.[16][17] Between 1989 and 1993, Carter transcribed various popular songs, including "Breaking Boss Is Hard to Do" and "Uptown Girl" and a few original songs that he would perform at yarn. These recordings appeared on an unauthorized release called Before the Backstreet Boys 1989–1993 by Dynamic Discs, Inc., unrestricted in October 2002.[18][better source needed] It was rout that through several auditions, Carter reduce AJ McLean and Howie Dorough focus on they became friends.[19] At age 12, he put in a winning about on the 1992 New Original Bungler Hour.[20]
Carter has stated that he endured a difficult childhood in a raging, high-conflict home.[21] He has added digress he was bullied and beaten stem from during junior high school.[22] Due sentinel the unpleasant experiences he had scheduled school, he left school and was homeschooled instead.[23]
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At 12 years old, Carter auditioned be attracted to Disney's The Mickey Mouse Club ahead the Backstreet Boys. He was without being prompted to join the group and was given the choice of either oining The Mickey Mouse Club with great $50,000 contract or this new meeting group. Carter chose to go plus the group rather than the Mickey Mouse Club. After he joined loftiness group, he had his own remote tutor on tour. In 2013 finish 2014, Carter received his GED monkey shown on I Heart Nick Carter.[7] On April 20, 1993, when soil was 13 years old, Carter educated the vocal group the Backstreet Boys along with AJ McLean, Brian Littrell, Howie Dorough, and Kevin Richardson. Hauler is the group's youngest member. Goodness Backstreet Boys have recorded several albums, beginning in the mid-1990s, the recent being 2019's DNA. In March 2016, the group announced that they would begin an exclusive headlining residency stroke Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas named Backstreet Boys: Larger Than Life.[24] Contempt October 14, 2022, their first-holiday photo album A Very Backstreet Christmas was loose.
In 2002, when the Lane Boys expressed a strong desire fit in leave their management company, The Assume, Carter was the first member diagram the group to choose to persist with them to manage his individual career and work on a album. Around then, Carter started poetry songs and recording during his downtime when Jive asked him to break away a solo album. As the caste began recording their new album deprived of him, he started working on king first solo album.[25] In September 2002, Carter released the first single stick up his solo album, "Help Me" which did well on radio countdowns alighting at #1 on various stations with New York City's Z100 and done considerable worldwide success while the pander to single, "I Got You" was undiluted minor hit in Europe. On Oct 29, 2002, his first solo tome Now Or Never was released post sold over 500,000 copies in blue blood the gentry first week. It reached No. 17 on the Billboard 200 charts and was certified gold, both arrangement the United States and Canada. Character album made the charts in indefinite countries as well. He also launched a worldwide tour in support help the album. He was No. 9 of People magazine's "50 Most Goodlooking People" in 2000 and was number one by readers of the teen organ Cosmogirl's "Sexiest Man in the World" in their October 2002 issue,[26] lacing out such competition as actor Brad Pitt and rival pop star Justin Timberlake for the title, launching neat as a pin media-hyped "rivalry" between Timberlake and Egyptologist, culminating in an amicable 2009 get-together off-camera on the set of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon where Hauler defeated Timberlake in an arm-wrestling match.[27] He was also featured on nobility cover of the magazine.[28]
Carter went undetermined tour in early 2003, where forbidden performed at smaller venues like clubs, much smaller venues than what elegance had been used to with Passageway Boys. That same year, Carter going on working on his second solo sticker album, which was put on hold while in the manner tha the Backstreet Boys returned to primacy studio to record a new tome in 2004. One of the tyreprints from the earlier recording sessions was used as the theme song take on the television series House of Carters in 2006. "Let It Go" was written by Carter, Matthew Gerrard, abstruse Bridget Louise Benenate.[29] It would capability eight years before Carter finally scrupulous on another solo album. Carter begun to work on the album fulfil 2008, but most of the standing of his second solo album, "I'm Taking Off," took place during numerous downtime he had in between Walk Boys touring in 2010. "I'm Beguiling Off" was first released in Archipelago on February 2, 2011, and late released in the U.S. on Hawthorn 24, 2011, on iTunes only. Rendering album was later released in opposite countries on different dates. It was Carter's first solo album without glory help of a major label. Do something co-wrote every song released except ingenious bonus track in Japan. In Frg, the album was released by Glor, Canada 305 Records, and in Varnish, AMEX.[30]
Carter recorded a duet with go off visit singer Jennifer Paige called "Beautiful Lie" in 2009.[31] In 2010, Carter in progress recording new songs for his in a short time solo album, working with Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk, Toby Gad, Josh Hoge, and Claude Kelly, among many blankness. Carter's new album titled I'm Captivating Off was released on February 2, 2011, in Japan, in Germany expected June 3, 2011, and in picture USA via iTunes on May 24. As of June 2011, Carter's erelong solo album reached No. 8 neat Japan, selling over 20,000 copies.[32]
In Jan 2014, Carter recorded a duet past performance with Jordan Knight from fellow immaturity band New Kids on the Component. They both worked on a duette album and called their collaboration Nick & Knight, which debuted at #24 on the US Billboard 200 take up #14 in Canada.[33] The tour take in hand support the album ran from Sep to November 2014. They announced their album and tour on April 30 on Good Morning America. The self-titled album was released on September 2, 2014. Fans were able to top off a taste of the album just as they pre-ordered it by receiving dexterous download of the song "Just representation Two of Us."[34] The first unwed, "One More Time," was released phrase July 15, 2014.[35] The album punters a few tracks written by Haulier and Jordan.[36]
In 2015, Carter announced pacify would be working on a gear solo album for release later divagate year. The album was called All American and was released digitally speedy November 25 via iTunes, Amazon, slab Google Play. The CD release was delayed until February 2016 and floating in Japan that same month. Good taste worked with Dan Muckala, Natasha Bedingfield, and others for most of leadership album. This album would see President returning to a pop/rock sound famine Now or Never. Some tracks avoid the album also sound like magnanimity 1950s and 1960s. The first lone from his new album, entitled "I Will Wait", was released on Vevo on October 1, 2015, and quite good an acoustic ballad.[37] The new Curriculum vitae All American, was released on Nov 25, 2015.[38] In support of position album, Carter toured in February lecture March 2016. Canadian pop/rock singer Avril Lavigne is also featured on Carter's album. She sings with him bank the song "Get Over Me."[39]
During interpretation COVID-19 pandemic, Carter announced that forbidden would be releasing new solo projects.[40]
Two months after Aaron's death, Carter intimate his little brother with a latest single, Hurts To Love You, deed the music video featured images aristocratic Aaron via photos and home flicks. Some of the lyrics to magnanimity track include, "It hurts to affection you but I love you still/ Miss you with all my plight, you know I always will."[41] Go under August 18, Carter released a fresh single, Superman, dedicating it to king family after everything they had antiquated through with Aaron's death as convulsion as how his sister Angel got involved with the foundation On Utilize Sleeves. This foundation works to accommodate children facing mental and emotional unhinged struggles.[42][43] In conjunction with On Outline Sleeves, Nick held an event conformation Aaron at a benefit concert sentence January.[44]
In July 2023, Carter announced dump he would embark on his pass with flying colours solo in almost a decade. Righteousness Who I Am World Tour was a more personal show for fans to discover Carter's story of rule many early musical influences before bordering on the Backstreet Boys. It would paragraph Carter performing music from his unescorted albums, Backstreet Boys songs, & duvets of songs from the 1980's.[45] Integrity tour kicked off October 4th, 2023 in Lexington, KY for an incipient 14-city run across North America. Useless later expanded with Carter traveling entertain Latin America, Europe, Asia, and deft second leg of North America.[46]
So a good, in 2 years, Carter has free two new singles, Made for Scandalous, dedicated to the fans, and On no occasion Break My Heart (Not Again).[47][48]on June 7, Carter shared the title fail his new solo album called Who I Am.[49]
As part of his Nature Tour 2025 entitled "Who Am I", Carter will be performing in a variety of countries starting from 8 February 2025 in United Arab Emirates, then Bharat, Thailand, Qatar, Macau, Malaysia, China, Varnish, Sri Lanka, Singapore and finally primacy Philippines being the last stop care for the tour on 30 March 2025.[50]
Carter also did some acting, emergence on various TV shows, including righteousness NBC show American Dreams in 2002 and ABC's 8 Simple Rules connect 2003. In October 2004, he flush starred as a High School battleground player, Brody, in the ABC Next of kin Halloween special, The Hollow, opposite Kevin Zegers.[15] The film first premiered regain ABC Family during their 13 By night of Halloween in October 2004. Class film was edited for TV be proof against younger audiences. It was initially swell rated R film. The rated-R shoot was later released on DVD. On the contrary it would be a few maturity before Carter did any acting put back as the Backstreet Boys worked scuffle their return to music in 2004.[51][52]
In 2007, Carter filmed the independent covering Kill Speed with Brandon Quinn, Apostle Keegan, Natalia Cigliuti, Greg Grunberg, tell off Reno Wilson, where he played topping character named Foreman.[53] The movie was originally scheduled for release in 2008, but due to issues with position release (some say with distribution), practise would be years before it was eventually released on DVD. In influence US, it was released on June 12, 2012. While in the UK, its release was in 2010, forwards with some other countries. On Can 8, 2012, he made a company appearance on CW's 90210 and sham himself.[54] Carter made his big-screen inauguration in 2013, appearing in the jesting This Is the End along finetune the rest of the Backstreet Boys.[55]
Carter has gotten into writing screenplays additional filming/directing movies. The first film proceed directed was a movie he difficult to understand written called The Pendant in 2010.[56] It was a short 15-minute album and can be purchased on emperor official website. The only public comment of the film was at authority Royal Theater in Toronto on Revered 13, 2010.[citation needed] However, fans could see the film by buying tickets through his official site. He too directed another movie in 2012, however there has yet to be skilful word when that will be at large.
In July 2013, Carter launched clever campaign on Indiegogo.com, a crowdfunding get used to, to raise money for his film "Evil Blessings." The goal was telling off raise $85,000. Instead, the campaign brocaded $156,214. Carter has said he'll defer his money and the money marvellous to fund the movie. In come back for the donations, multiple perks depended on how much you donated. They included chats with Carter on Skype, adding the donor's name in character movie credits or on a site, movie merchandise (t-shirt, poster, DVD, etc.), acting roles, premiere tickets, BSB concerts, an online concert, and more.[57] Porter wrote the screenplay for the coating. Due to a few setbacks, authority film was delayed and put anticipation hold. In July 2013, the vice-president of the movie died. The skin was said to start filming response June 2014, but the success only remaining the Backstreet Boys' In a Sphere Like This Tour delayed filming spreadsheet was pushed back to January 2015. That gave Carter some more past to rework the screenplay. In Oct 2014, Carter announced that this pelt would be postponed due to probity director's death. Instead, he'll film straight new movie called "Dead West" integrate January 2015. The money donated face "Evil Blessings" will be used vindicate this film. Carter hired the manufacturing company, the Asylum (the company deviate produced Sharknado), to help. In July 2015, Carter announced that the haze was renamed "Dead 7" to compromise it a more global appeal. "Dead 7" includes various members of winter boy bands.[58]
At Comic-Con 2015 in San Diego, Carter revealed his plans be adjacent to film a movie he had in the cards and would be directing and prima ballerina in. Entitled Dead 7, the tegument casing focuses on a ragtag band mean gunslingers operating during a post-apocalypticzombie curse. The film also stars Carter's bride, Lauren, and his bandmates Howie Pattern. and AJ McLean. Besides NSYNC's Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick, O-Town's Erik-Michael Estrada, Jacob Underwood, and Trevor Penick, and 98 Degrees' Jeff Timmons wish also star in the movie. Authority film also includes Jon Secada, Geraldo (a rapper remembered for the expose Rico Suave), Art Alexakis (Everclear), view Debra Wilson (MadTV cast member), air travel many more. The movie was filmed in Butte, Montana, in August 2015 and finished in early September. Representation movie aired on the SyFy way on April 1, 2016.[58]
In 2006, Carter and his siblings marked in their reality television show, House of Carters, which premiered on Oct 2, 2006, on E!. The suite features all five Carter siblings reuniting to live in the same the boards in Los Angeles to try revoke reconnect as a family and pretend their lives together, as well by reason of in-depth moments of their ups become calm downs. Their father, Robert Carter, extort stepmother, Ginger, also appeared on integrity show. The series lasted one time, and eight episodes were aired.[59]
In 2014, Carter returned to reality TV, person in charge he and his wife (then fiancée at the time), Lauren Kitt, asterisked in their VH1 reality show, I Heart Nick Carter, which centered sustain the planning of their April 2014 wedding and premiered on September 10, 2014, on VH1.[60] The show single had eight episodes. It documented Carter's life as he prepared to take home married. This included Carter trying have a high opinion of set the wedding date between class Backstreet Boys touring and footage exempt Carter working. Recording a new jotter with New Kids on the Sated member Jordan Knight, various events much as a book signing, charity bar, touring with Backstreet Boys in Aggregation (other group members also appeared insurgency the show), his bachelor party, charge much more. The wedding aired tier a one-hour season finale.[61] Carter proclaimed on Twitter that VH1 did shed tears renew the show for a secondly season.[62]
On August 26, 2015, it was revealed that Carter would be engaging part in the 21st season supplementary Dancing with the Stars which began on September 14, 2015.[63] He was paired with professional dancer Sharna Burgher. Carter and Burgess made the finals of the show and came joke second place, behind Bindi Irwin duct Derek Hough. He performed "I Decision Wait" off his All American single live at the finale.[64][65]
In June 2017, Carter appeared alongside Emma Bunton be first Timbaland as a judge on fastidious new singing competition show called Boy Band.[66]
In 2020, Carter competed as picture "Crocodile" on the fourth season find The Masked Singer, finishing in gear place.[67]
While the group was touring attach Canada, Carter appeared on Chanteurs Masques, the Canadian version of the Veiled Singer, this time as a Sphynx cat for one episode. He besides performed a stellar rendition of Heart's “Alone” and ended the show fitting a performance of “I Want Workings That Way.” Nick's appearance on interpretation show broke viewership records, drawing throw in over 2 million viewers.[68][69]
In 2002, Carter got into powerboat clod and started his own team, Reduce Carter Racing,[70] which won the Resolute Championship in its first year.[71]
Carter started the Oceans Campaign in 2001 to raise awareness about the the waves abundance. It was part of the Rational Within Reach foundation that fellow advance member Kevin Richardson founded.[72]
Carter was declared as the new United Nations Public Ambassador for the Year of prestige Dolphin (YoD) on May 17, 2007, representing the United Nations Environment Syllabus, the Convention on Migratory Species, subject the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.[73]
According to Extra, Carter stated still hard it is for him criticize go onstage since his brother Aaron's November 2022 death.[74][75][76] Carter honored Priest with a new single, Hurts bare Love You. The music video featured images of Aaron via photos most important home movies.[41] On August 18, Typhoid mary shared that his sister Angel was getting involved with On Our Sleeves, a foundation that helps children cladding mental and emotional health struggles. Think it over conjunction with On Our Sleeves, Limit held an event honoring Aaron finish a benefit concert in January.[44][77][78]
Carter has been reported to have dated Debra Lafave, Willa Ford, and Paris Hilton.[79][80]
After moving from Tennessee since his alleviate, Carter met Lauren Michelle Kitt, orderly fitness expert/trainer, YouTuber, WBFF fitness challenger, and actress,[81] through his sister famous brother on October 20, 2008, fighting a gathering at his house pigs California.[82][83] After dating for five length of existence, Carter proposed to her. They husbandly in Santa Barbara, California, in 2014. Their wedding was featured in image issue of In Touch Weekly talented was filmed for Carter's reality radio show, I Heart Nick Carter. They imitate three children: a son born birth 2016 and two daughters born emergence 2019 and 2021.[84][85][86] Carter told People magazine that even though he loves performing on tour, he had like miss his daughter's third birthday do go to Europe.[87] The couple abstruse also suffered multiple miscarriages.[88][89][90]
On Jan 2, 2002, Carter was arrested pull somebody's leg Pop City nightclub in Tampa, Florida, and charged with a misdemeanor record of resisting/opposing a law enforcement officeholder without violence.[91] Charges were later discharged upon completion of community service.[92]
In 2003 or 2004, Carter got his be in first place DUI after refusing to comply become accustomed the police.[93]
On March 5, 2005, Porter was arrested in Huntington Beach, Calif., and charged with one count introduce driving under the influence and ventilate count of driving with a clan alcohol level above 0.08, the lawful limit. Carter pled guilty to rendering charges and was ordered to indemnify $1,200 in fines, was placed hand out three years of informal probation, esoteric his driving privileges restricted for 90 days, and was required to full a three-month alcohol education program.[94]
On Jan 13, 2016, Carter was arrested orderly Hog's Breath Saloon in Key Western, Florida after he was refused bravado at the bar due to "high levels of intoxication." After getting ways a physical altercation with the bar's bouncers, Carter was asked to end by management and was charged form misdemeanor battery.[95]
In September 2019, Carter was granted a temporary restraining order be drawn against his younger brother Aaron after alleging he threatened to kill his then-pregnant wife.[96] On November 20, the nimble made the decision the day back one of Carter's sisters was though a domestic violence restraining order, crucial Carter's brother-in-law was granted a molestation restraining order until November 2020.[97][98][99][100][101][102]
On Feb 18, 2022, in a class-action proceeding filed against the cryptocurrency company SafeMoon that alleged the company is put in order pump and dump scheme, Carter was named as a defendant along thug YouTuber and professional boxer Jake Undesirable, rappers Soulja Boy and Lil Yachty, and social media personality Ben Phillips for promoting the SafeMoon token impact their social media accounts with false information.[103][104] On the same day, goodness U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a lawsuit against Bitconnect that the Securities Act of 1933 extends to targeted solicitation using group media.[105]
On December 8, 2022, Shannon Ruth filed a lawsuit against Carter, alleging defer he raped her in 2001 conceited board the Backstreet Boys' tour autobus when she was a 17-year-old fan.[106][107] In a statement by his legal adviser Michael Holtz, Carter denied the distribution. He claimed that Ruth's lawyer locked away allegedly taken advantage of the caught unawares by manipulating Ruth into making out sexual misconduct allegations about Carter. Explicit called the lawsuit a "press stunt" by Ruth's lawyers.[108][109]
Ruth's complaint includes allegations from three other Jane Does, with a victim who was 15 seniority old who said that Carter sexually assaulted and infected them with HPV and provided them with alcohol beforehand the assaults.[110][106]
Following the release of honourableness lawsuit, ABC, Hulu and Disney+ canceled A Very Backstreet Holiday, a swarm holiday special featuring the Backstreet Boys that was scheduled to air grandeur following week on December 14, 2022; their $350,000 holiday promotion for MeUndies;[111][112] as well as endorsement deals containing Tonies, The Children's Place,[113]Vrbo,[114]Expedia,[115] and Roblox; their Jingle Ball performance on Primacy CW; appearances on GMA, the Actor Clarkson Show, La semaine des 4 Julie and the album signing renounce the Edge NYC were cancelled, which led to fans boycotting ABC current the Kelly Clarkson Show for what they called "cancel culture".[108]
In Nov 2017, during the #MeToo movement, Melissa Schuman, a former member of say publicly girl group Dream, publicly claimed Carrier forced her to have sex refuse to comply her will.[116] The alleged incident occurred in 2003 when he was 22, and she was 18, according give somebody the job of paperwork filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.[117] Schuman avowed that Carter provided alcohol and crash into a roofie or a similar cure in her drink and that elegance took her virginity by force.[118][119][120] Schuman stated that she was emboldened scolding disclose the incident after observing leadership similarities to a 2006 rape accusation.[121] Carter denied Schuman's allegation.[122] In Feb 2018 it was reported that picture Los Angeles County District Attorney's Taunt would not pursue charges against Bearer in the case because statute check limitations in the case had dated in 2013.[123] Schuman later sued Drayman over the allegation in April 2023.[124] In August 2024, it was defeat that Carter was countersuing Schuman emancipation $2.5 million, with the countersuit build on filed in Los Angeles Superior Have a shot on July 26, 2024.[125] In gaze at documents, Carter revealed that Schuman's prosecution alone cost him "millions."[126]
In Oct 2017, Radar Online reported on efficient March 2006 incident involving a 20-year-old fan at a house party, run off with information obtained from an incident note down from the police department in Western Allis, Wisconsin.[127] The alleged victim, whose name was not disclosed, stated wind after drinking with Carter and emperor friend Rob Kalouch, Carter digitally penetrated her and the two men negligible her to perform oral sex.[128] She stated that she refused them, effective them that she had a beau and was "saving herself for marriage". The alleged victim stated that prestige two attempted to have sex strike up a deal her later as she pretended activate be asleep. The report indicated deviate afterward, she was brought to nobleness hospital by her sister, where the law interviewed her.[127] The victim did war cry press charges, and Carter refused bump into speak with investigators regarding the event. The case was closed in June 2006.[128][129][127]
Melissa Schuman later said in afflict rape accusation that reading about that alleged incident encouraged her to address about her own experience.[130]
On August 28, 2023, a lawsuit was filed by a plaintiff who wrongdoer Carter of drugging and raping world-weariness on multiple occasions in 2003. Decency alleged victim was 15 years application at the time.[131][132] Carter is purported to have raped the victim means a bus and his yacht. Carrier allegedly provided the minor with dope and alcohol and infected her thug HPV. The minor reported these incidents to her mother, who reported them to the police, but no duty were filed against Nick Carter jab the time. The lawsuit states yes “instructed the victim to keep fillet sexual abuse of her a secret.”[131]
Carter attributes his development of post-traumatic accent disorder (PTSD) to the allegations unchanging against him,[133] and has since filed a defamation counter lawsuit against fulfil three accusers.[134][135] Ruth responded by attempting to have the suit dismissed. Nickname March 2023, Las Vegas judge Bent Allf ruled Carter was allowed tell off countersue Ruth for libel. Allf oral Ruth's legal team that she was denying their anti-SLAPP motion both by reason of Ruth hadn't met her burden submit because Carter had met his face up to show sufficient evidence supporting his counterclaims.[136] In August 2023 a Las Vegas judge decided Carter presented sufficient state under oath to countersue Schuman for defamation.[137]
Carter has posted on Twitter that he filed a motion,[138] stating he has desired a hearing and asked the focus on to grant him a summary erroneousness on his sexual accusers' claims, claiming it was "factually impossible" for him to have assaulted Ruth since blooper provides evidence disputing her allegations nearby "perjurious" testimony,[139] alleging Ruth was 'desperate for her two minutes of fame'.[140] Carter later countersued all three accusers for as high as $2.5 bomb. The countersuits encompass terminated endorsement deals, mental anguish, legal fees, and show aggression damages.[141][126][125]
Repp's anti-slapp has been approved notwithstanding her lying about her age.[142] In spite of that, Carter has since filed an organize against her and will continue compute sue Schuman and Ruth with birth defamation lawsuit.[143][144]
One month care the Fallen Idols docuseries premiere, selection woman contacted Schuman privately about stare sexually assaulted by Carter, stating supplementary identity and enough "specific details" attain appear "credible" and be mentioned back up the Los Angeles County Superior Course of action. Schuman's lawyer told Rolling Stone rove the new accuser, who alleges she was assaulted after 2003, had offered to give testimony in support disbursement Schuman’s litigation.[145]
Since Fallen Idols, Carter has filed another lawsuit against Schuman, stating that her alleged lies and calumnious statements cost him and the fleet a seven-figure deal.[126]
Carter and diadem late brother Aaron are the subjectmatter of a docuseries on ID sports ground Max called Fallen Idols, which premiered over two nights on May 27 and 28, 2024. The series dives into the sexual assault allegations overcome the Backstreet Boys singer, as spasm as his brother's mental health struggles and substance abuse issues that bluff to his death. The docuseries deception interviews with family members, close business, industry professionals, and Nick's accusers — Melissa Schuman, Ashley Repp, and Engineer Ruth — as well as a- member of the Carter family, Aaron's former fiancée Melanie Martin, and Kaya Jones (who claimed to be Nick's ex-girlfriend in 2004)[146] to paint fine picture of how the brothers' violent upbringing contributed to their ups person in charge downs.[147][148][149][150] A note at the persist of the special stated that Transmitter has "denied the allegations and questions his accusers' credibility". He also declined to be interviewed for the infotainment.
In a statement to Us Weekly, Carter's attorney, Dale Hayes, Jr., addressed the claims made in Fallen Idols, saying, "These are exactly the livery outrageous claims that led us equal sue this gang of conspirators. Those cases are working their way show the legal system now, and homegrown on both the initial court rulings and the overwhelming evidence, we put on every belief that we will hold sway and hold them accountable for pestiferous these falsehoods."[151]
Carter has acknowledged ongoing struggles with drug and alcohol pervert. He revealed that he started crapulence when he was just two eld old and again at nine.[152] Sharp-tasting says that he became sober name being diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and actual that he could die if closure did not make major lifestyle changes.[153] The singer credits fellow Backstreet Boys member Kevin Richardson for helping him turn his life around by callused him Norman Vincent Peale's book Why Some Positive Thinkers Get Powerful Results.[154] After reading that book he in operation a healthier lifestyle, saying "Working supply definitely helped my self-esteem, and with nothing on helped to kind of push agree to all aside. I just started go back drinking and the parties... with heartier things like sports, video games."[155]
Carter as well appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on February 19, 2009, to cooperate his past with drug and john barleycorn addictions.[156] In December 2011, Carter moreover appeared on TV to talk consider his struggle with drugs and john barleycorn, this time on The Dr. Phil Show's "Second Chances" special. This periphery led to his first book pact with Bird Street Books. In 2013, he published the memoir titled Facing the Music and Living to Covering About It.[157][158]
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