Nick Carter’s Counterclaim In opposition to Sexual Battery Accuser Will Proceed as Enchantment Denied

• Shannon Ruth, a girl who accused Nick Carter of raping her on a tour bus in 2001, was denied an enchantment for his countersuit by a decide in Nevada
• Ruth claims Carter raped her after a live performance in Tacoma in 2001 when she was 17
• Carter has denied the allegations and filed a counterclaim for defamation

Nick Carter‘s counterclaim in opposition to accuser Shannon Ruth, who sued him in 2022 claiming that he raped her on a tour bus in Tacoma in 2001, has a decide’s permission to maneuver ahead.

On Tuesday, Nov. 26, Nevada Supreme Courtroom decide Nancy L. Allf denied Ruth’s anti-SLAPP movement in opposition to Carter’s counterclaim as a result of she “did not fulfill her burden,” based on paperwork obtained by PEOPLE.

“Our decision of this enchantment has been hindered by Ruth’s failure to establish with specificity any of the statements that kind the idea of Ruth’s anti-SLAPP movement. We subsequently conclude that any statements on which Carter’s counterclaims is predicated that aren’t particularly addressed on this order don’t warrant reversal of the district court docket’s order,” the submitting states.

Carter filed a counterclaim in February 2023 in opposition to Ruth and Melissa Schuman, who accused him of rape in April 2023, stating that the 2 girls took benefit of the #MeToo motion and used it to launch a five-year conspiracy to “defame and vilify Carter and in any other case destroy his popularity for the needs of garnering consideration and fame and/or extorting cash from Carter,” based on the swimsuit obtained by PEOPLE. (He was given the OK to pursue the defamation countersuit in opposition to Schuman in August 2023 and is now suing her for $2.5 million.)

When Ruth filed her enchantment, his authorized workforce offered the court docket with previews of their case, claiming that it could have been “not possible” for Ruth to have been raped on a tour bus in Tacoma in 2001.

His authorized workforce additionally beforehand requested a listening to and requested the court docket to grant him a abstract judgment on Ruth’s claims.

In Ruth’s preliminary submitting, she sued him for “sexual battery, intentional infliction of emotional misery and negligent infliction of emotional misery.”

Ruth claims she was 17 years outdated when the Backstreet Boy, then 21, sexually assaulted her, based on paperwork obtained by PEOPLE. A supply near the singer has denied this incident.

Nonetheless, in his counterclaim, Carter gives proof disputing Ruth’s declare with a number of witnesses, together with Backstreet Boy safety, confirming they did a “fast out” after a live performance the place she was allegedly ready in an autograph line. (His workforce claims no such line existed.)

“It might be not possible for any fan to be alone with any of the band members on their tour bus,” the submitting states.

Susan Riggs, a good friend of the band and Carter on the time, beforehand testified that she “personally noticed Carter exit the venue, board his tour bus and instantly drive away,” whereas Ashley Massive, a fan, went to a meet-and-greet previous to the present, however claims there was no autograph line after the present.

Followers have additionally confirmed that Carter was instantly transported to the 4 Seasons Lodge in Seattle shortly after the live performance.

His attorneys additionally beforehand claimed that she has been unable to recall a number of particulars from the incident in query together with particulars a few beverage referred to as a “VIP Drink” she was allegedly served, how a lot time had handed from between going from the bus to the toilet the place she claimed to be assaulted and the way Carter advised her to “orally copulate him.”

In his request for abstract judgement, Carter requested that her testimony is disregarded by the court docket. He has additionally repeatedly denied the allegations, per his authorized workforce.

“Primarily based on the precise and vital evidentiary report, Carter didn’t rape Ruth and her shifting goal story doesn’t create a real situation the place an affordable jury would return a verdict in her favor,” the movement said.

Attorneys for Ruth didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE’s request for remark.

The singer-songwriter Carter has confronted accusations of sexual assault from three girls since 2017, together with Schuman and Ruth.

Carter was sued by a 3rd accuser who claimed he assaulted her at age 15 in August 2023.

In response to paperwork obtained by PEOPLE, he allegedly sexually assaulted her on a number of events in 2003.

Carter’s lawyer denied the allegations.