A third woman has sued Nick Carter for alleged sexual assault and is accusing the Backstreet Boys performer of forcing her to have sex with him on multiple occasions in 2003 when she was 15 and he was 23.
The 10-page complaint obtained by The Times was filed Monday in federal court in Las Vegas, where Carter lives, alleges sexual battery and intentional and negligent emotional distress and seeks $15,000 in damages. The suit further alleges that the singer — whose legal name is Nickolas Carter — infected her with HPV during three alleged assaults in Florida. The woman, identified only as “A.R.,” is the third to come forward against Carter, accusing the pop singer of sexual assault in the early 2000s during the height of his fame.
“We hope that A.R. receives some measure of justice and that this lawsuit will pave the way for other survivors to hold their abusers to account,” attorney Margaret Mabie said in a statement. Mabie, with the New York-based Marsh Law Firm, filed the lawsuit on A.R.’s behalf.