LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas judge on Wednesday declined to dismiss Nick Carter’s claim that a woman who accused him of sexual assault had defamed him.
Carter was sued in December by Shannon Ruth who accused Carter of raping her while on his tour bus following a Backstreet Boys performance in Tacoma, Washington, when she was 17.
District Judge Nancy Allf allowed the singer’s counterclaim to move forward but did not grant the attorney fees that Carter requested.
