A woman accused Backstreet Boysโ Nick Carter of raping her at a concert in Washington State two decades ago, when she was 17, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday.
According to the suit, which was filed in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas, where Carter lives, the pop star allegedly gave the woman HPV and threatened her with jail if she revealed what happened.
He used a slur to describe the womanโs disability โ she has autism and cerebral palsy โ and said that no one would believe her, the suit alleges.
"He also said heโd turn people against me because heโs Nick Carter and he would wreck my life," the woman is quoted as saying in a news release from her lawyer, Mark Boskovich.
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In a statement, Michael Holtz, an attorney for Carter, called the allegations "legally meritless" and "entirely untrue."