{"id":84499,"date":"2023-03-19T08:16:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T08:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/19\/nick-carter-fires-back-in-sexual-battery-lawsuit-witnesses-say-accuser-is-lying\/"},"modified":"2023-03-19T08:16:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T08:16:23","slug":"nick-carter-fires-back-in-sexual-battery-lawsuit-witnesses-say-accuser-is-lying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/19\/nick-carter-fires-back-in-sexual-battery-lawsuit-witnesses-say-accuser-is-lying\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Carter Fires Back In Sexual Battery Lawsuit, Witnesses Say Accuser Is Lying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-162c40cdab6d9df40defaae647a60a5a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230317_091dac53f4084542905eedf46f5d9bd2\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:9fa532da-d4dd-46d7-9f9b-c5144d55e8f2\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/09\/4by3\/2023\/03\/17\/091dac53f4084542905eedf46f5d9bd2_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"NICK CARTER\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-162c40cdab6d9df40defaae647a60a5a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4d46a53ca33235668a72a6207ccb3e37\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/nick-carter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Nick Carter<\/strong><\/a> is bringing backup to the sexual battery lawsuit towards him &#8230; he says he has a dozen witnesses who declare his accuser is stuffed with BS.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4d46a53ca33235668a72a6207ccb3e37--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8bbca4ea1b79cda920b0f86f84ca3323\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>According to new authorized docs, obtained by TMZ, the Backstreet Boys member says he has 12 individuals who have testified the alleged sufferer&#8217;s model of occasions cannot probably be true.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8bbca4ea1b79cda920b0f86f84ca3323--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-791f575ed73af0262d680a24d1ea0aac\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>TMZ broke the story &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/12\/08\/nick-carter-sued-sexual-battery-alcohol-minor-backstreet-boys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Nick is being sued<\/strong><\/a> by a girl named <strong>Shannon Ruth<\/strong>, who filed a lawsuit in December claiming he sexually assaulted her after a live performance means again in 2001 when she was underage.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-791f575ed73af0262d680a24d1ea0aac--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-817173b5584f56a7f1cbdeae64b6a98c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230317_28a9eb37893b42268ef3d93c4aeb10e5\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:9fa532da-d4dd-46d7-9f9b-c5144d55e8f2\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/28\/4by3\/2023\/03\/17\/28a9eb37893b42268ef3d93c4aeb10e5_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"SHANNON RUTH\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-817173b5584f56a7f1cbdeae64b6a98c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-dd4fc0961c21e417929bd5afb2162df1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>But, Nick says not so quick &#8230; he claims he has 12 witnesses from the live performance &#8212; followers, safety personnel and a expertise supervisor &#8212; who say the accuser&#8217;s story is &#8220;factually unattainable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-dd4fc0961c21e417929bd5afb2162df1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0cba0ed9ff4bb53439adf80636b3f220\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Remember &#8230; Ruth, who says she is autistic and has cerebral palsy, claims she bought in line to get Nick&#8217;s autograph after the present, when he allegedly invited her again to his tour bus, plied her with alcohol and compelled her to carry out oral intercourse on him.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0cba0ed9ff4bb53439adf80636b3f220--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ff6de32453c83e6f96ec49040c53e715\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-71c0bbda-9fd3-4a74-9fa2-80607eb2ad27-1488924133-image-holder\" class=\"embed-responsive-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-71c0bbda-9fd3-4a74-9fa2-80607eb2ad27-1488924133-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/93\/16by9\/2023\/03\/16\/9368b03de082413189f2459ef64f0864_md.png\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ff6de32453c83e6f96ec49040c53e715--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-acbdf30b23160b0841deee188b97f2eb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>But, Nick says his dozen witnesses testified it was unattainable for him to work together with the alleged sufferer after the live performance &#8230; they are saying there was no autograph line and followers had no entry to the tour bus staging space.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-acbdf30b23160b0841deee188b97f2eb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-93fe1cd164af39f81364325146f1822d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-93fe1cd164af39f81364325146f1822d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9962675ed8357cdc2abf9307216e540d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>What&#8217;s extra, Nick says certainly one of Ruth&#8217;s shut pals on the time testified Ruth is mendacity about being autistic and affected by cerebral palsy &#8230; and he or she does not even consider Ruth was on the live performance.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9962675ed8357cdc2abf9307216e540d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f2b0a53ce11a7f5ba59642c97b9d14e4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In the docs, Nick claims one other witness testified they have been on calls the place Ruth&#8217;s title was introduced up as a part of a plot to extort Nick &#8230; an alleged cash seize he is beforehand talked about in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/02\/02\/backstreet-boys-nick-carter-suing-woman-accusing-sexual-battery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>his countersuit<\/strong><\/a> towards Ruth.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f2b0a53ce11a7f5ba59642c97b9d14e4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-088891bbc4ad4adc25db0438e957bb34\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-088891bbc4ad4adc25db0438e957bb34--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-626ee0aedfe3224ae85d622898eb473b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Bottom line for Nick &#8230; he says his accuser is not credible and he is bought the receipts.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-626ee0aedfe3224ae85d622898eb473b--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Nick Carter is bringing backup to the sexual battery lawsuit towards him &#8230; he says he has a dozen witnesses who declare his accuser is stuffed with BS. According to new authorized docs, obtained by TMZ, the Backstreet Boys member says he has 12 individuals who have testified the alleged sufferer&#8217;s model of occasions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}