Nick Carter sued for alleged sexual assault — he calls it a ‘PR stunt’

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would not pursue sexual assault charges against Carter because the statute of limitations had expired, but a recently passed California law temporarily lifted the statute of limitations for sexual assault claims to be brought in civil court.“I’ve faced extraordinary backlash for standing up for myself; I am not the first, however my intention is that I am the last,” Schuman said Tuesday in a statement to The Post.“It’s time that powerful figures in the music industry get the message that they can no longer afford to enable and protect sexual predators.

I’m fighting to make the music industry a safer place to work and perform.” As the #MeToo movement got underway, Schuman detailed her accusations against Carter in a 2017 blog post that has since been deleted.“The attack by Nick Carter on Melissa is intolerable.

He is a coward…and a dangerous one,”Schuman’s attorney, Jeff Anderson, said in the Tuesday statement. “Melissa’s case describes how powerful, celebrated individuals can weaponize their fan base to intimidate and harass the survivors of their crimes.

Finally, we have an opportunity now to prove that there are legal consequences to these crimes.”Schuman’s legal team claims a pattern of “online intimidation by Defendant Carter’s friends, associates and/or agents,” which allegedly constituted “an organized attempt to intimidate, blame, harass and discredit Plaintiff and her allegations of sexual assault in the court of public opinion.”Schuman, a band member of the early aughts pop group Dream, was allegedly pressured into recording a “duet” with Carter that she was reportedly told “was being pitched for a movie soundtrack.” Schuman says she recorded her portion of the “duet” independently of Carter. “The recording was.