Articles warning: This story discusses sexual assault.
The Backstreet Boys’ holiday getaway special will no extended be airing on ABC.
“A Extremely Backstreet Holiday getaway” has been pulled from ABC’s program, E! can confirm, and as a substitute comedy repeats will be airing in its area. The news comes 1 working day after Nick Carter was sued for sexual battery Dec. 8, but his lawyer Michael Holtz has because denied the allegations in a assertion.
The exclusive was set to air Dec. 14, and would have featured Carter alongside with fellow members AJ McLean, Kevin Richardson, Brian Littrell and Howie Dorough as they done hits from their album “A Incredibly Backstreet Christmas.” Fellow stars Seth Rogen, Meghan Trainor, Rob Riggle, Nikki Glaser, Ron Funches and Atsuko Okatsuka were also scheduled to look.
In court docket documents filed Thursday and attained by E! Information, plaintiff Shannon “Shay” Ruth, who has autism and cerebral palsy, sued Carter for sexual battery and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. In the lawsuit, Ruth, who was 17 at the time, alleged that Carter invited her onto his tour bus after meeting him in the autograph line at a Feb. 2001 Backstreet Boys live performance.
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The documents declare that Carter introduced Ruth to the bathroom, then demanded she performed oral sex on him. Afterward, the singer allegedly ongoing to sexually assault her on a mattress, and would not allow her go away the tour bus. The plaintiff also alleged that she was a virgin ahead of the face, and that she contracted HPV following the experience.
Carter’s legal professional afterwards denied the allegations.
“This claim about an incident that supposedly took area far more than 20 many years back is not only lawfully meritless but also solely untrue,” Holtz claimed in a statement to E! News. “Sadly, for quite a few yrs now, Ms. Ruth has been manipulated into making wrong allegations about Nick—and all those allegations have improved repeatedly and materially in excess of time.”
Carter’s legal professional added that “no a single should really be fooled by a push stunt orchestrated by an opportunistic lawyer—there is very little to this claim in any way, which we have no doubt the courts will quickly recognize.”
It is not yet apparent if “A Extremely Backstreet Vacation” will air on another network.
