Backstreet Boy Nick Carter Sued for Sexual Battery on a Minor in 2001
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A 39-year-old woman has filed suit against Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, claiming he raped her on his boy band’s tour bus when she was 17. Shannon Ruth, who has autism and cerebral palsy, says that Carter invited her onto the bus after a 2001 concert in Tacoma, Washington, when she was waiting backstage for autographs, …