A woman who claims Nick Carter abused her after a concert in 2001 filed a lawsuit against him for sexual battery.
A woman has accused Nick Carter of sexual abuse after she claims the actor raped her when she was a teenager more than 20 years ago; the claim has been refuted by a source close to the star.
According to documents obtained by PEOPLE, the Backstreet Boys singer, 42, was sued by a woman named Shannon Ruth who claimed she was 17 years old when Carter, then 21, allegedly sexually assaulted her on his tour bus following a concert in 2001. The suit was initially reported on by TMZ and Rolling Stone.
