Alleging that Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter raped singer and actor Melissa Schuman, a trial date has been set for May 2027.
According to Rolling Stone, on Wednesday (1.21,) the singer’s attorney stated that any attempt at mediation over the alleged crime, which supposedly took place in Carter’s California apartment more than two decades ago, would be pointless, adding:
“The parties are so diametrically opposed in this case, I just don’t think it would be fruitful at all.” “This is a sex assault case where one side claims she was sexually assaulted, and the other side claims she’s making it up. There’s just no wiggle room there.”
Alleging the pop idol invited her over to his Santa Monica home while they were filming the made-for-TV teen horror film The Hollow, she alleges Carter fed her a sedative-laced cocktail and raped her when she was 18 years old.
Schuman, a former member of the pop group Dream, first sued Carter in April 2023, and in response, Carter denied the allegations and filed a $2,500,000.00 cross-complaint against the plaintiff in July 2024.
Not the first such lawsuit again the former teen idol, Shannon ‘Shay’ Ruth has alleged Carter sexually assaulted her on a tour bus in February 2001, and Ashley Repp alleges Carter raped her on a yacht in 2003 when she was 15 years old, claims that were consolidated with those of a fourth accuser, Laura Penly, for a single trial scheduled to begin on 12 October 2026.
In a prior statement to Rolling Stone, Carter’s legal team called the women’s allegations “nonsense” and he has not been charged with any crimes related to the allegations.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Jude Lisa K Sepe-Wiesenfeld previously denied Carter’s effort to dismiss the complaint.
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Author: Saul Goode
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