Nick Carter Claims It Was ‘Factually Inconceivable’ for Him to Have Assaulted Shannon Ruth

• Nick Carter has requested a listening to and requested court docket to grant him a abstract judgment on a sexual accuser’s claims
• He claims it was “factually not possible” for him to have assaulted the accuser
• Within the paperwork obtained by PEOPLE, he offers proof disputing the accuser’s claims and “perjurious” testimony

Nick Carter has claimed it was “factually not possible” for him to have assaulted a sexual battery accuser.

In paperwork filed on Tuesday, Might 7 in Nevada and obtained by PEOPLE, the Backstreet Boys singer, 44, has filed a movement requesting a listening to and asking the court docket to grant him a abstract judgment on Shannon Ruth’s claims “for sexual battery, intentional infliction of emotional misery and negligent infliction of emotional misery.”

Additionally named within the movement are Melissa Schuman — a former teen pop singer with the lady group Dream who accused Carter of raping her in his Santa Monica house in 2003 when she was 18 and he was 22 — her father Jerome Schuman, and the @ElaineMoo Twitter account. YouTuber and former actress Alexa Nikolas was additionally subpoenaed.

Ruth — who sued Carter for sexual battery in December 2022 — alleges she was assaulted as an adolescent greater than 20 years in the past, an incident {that a} supply near the singer has denied.

“Ms. Ruth disagrees with a lot of the data that’s contained in Mr. Carter’s movement for abstract judgment,” her lawyer Mark Boskovich instructed PEOPLE in an unique assertion. “She seems to be ahead to with the ability to categorical her aspect of the story in her opposition.”

Ruth claimed that when she was 17 years previous the pop star, then 21, sexually assaulted her on his tour bus after a live performance on the Tacoma Dome in 2001, in keeping with paperwork obtained by PEOPLE. TMZ and Rolling Stone have been the primary to report the go well with.

In the latest submitting, Carter offers proof disputing Ruth’s declare with safety personnel and band administration confirming that Backstreet Boys did a “fast out” after a live performance the place she was allegedly ready in an autograph line. (The singer’s staff claims no such line existed.)

Susan Riggs, a good friend of the band and Carter on the time, 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.

Moreover, followers confirmed that Carter was instantly transported to the 4 Seasons Lodge in Seattle shortly after the live performance.

Carter’s legal professionals declare that Ruth has been unable to recall a number of particulars from the incident in query together with particulars a few beverage known 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 instructed her to “orally copulate him.”

The “As Lengthy as You Love Me” singer additionally claims the accuser lied about him giving her HPV and about figuring out his safety guard who she claimed let him on his tour bus. Additionally, he famous within the submitting that Ruth’s claims that she had been recognized with and was affected by autism and cerebral palsy have been unsupported.

Carter asserts that Ruth was “coached and groomed” by Melissa and Jerome and that Ruth had admitted on social media and in her deposition that she was not sexually assaulted by the boybander.

“Carter is entitled to abstract judgment on this case and shouldn’t be compelled to proceed to trial in a matter the place the plaintiff has failed to provide a shred of dependable proof to help her claims,” the submitting argues.

The musician is asking that Ruth’s “perjurious testimony” is disregarded by the Court docket.

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

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Since 2017, Carter has confronted accusations of sexual assault from three ladies.

Schuman sued Nick for sexual assault and battery in April 2023, whereas Ruth sued him in December 2022 for alleged sexual battery.

A supply near Nick denied the allegations.

In February 2023, Nick filed a countersuit towards Ruth for her accusations, and in that countersuit, he additionally sued Schuman concerning the allegations she made towards him.

The countersuit argued that the 2 ladies 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 spoil his repute for the needs of garnering consideration and fame and/or extorting cash from Carter,” in keeping with the go well with obtained by PEOPLE.

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

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

Carter’s lawyer denied the allegations.