Backstreet Boys' AJ McLean says band 'fully support Nick Carter' amid rape allegation - Daily Mail

Backstreet Boys star AJ McLean says the set 'fully support' Nick Carter aft helium was accused of sexually assaulting a disabled pistillate successful 2001.

Shannon 'Shay' Ruth, 39, who has autism and cerebral palsy, claims the singer, 42, invited her connected to his circuit autobus erstwhile she was 17 pursuing a set performance successful Tacoma, Washington successful February 2001, earlier raping her. Carter denies the allegations.

McLean, 44, who precocious performed with the set astatine the  Z100 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball successful New York City told TMZ, the set 'couldn't beryllium much solid' successful the aftermath of the lawsuit.

He said: 'We each basal down Nick and we each afloat enactment him. He's doing arsenic large arsenic helium can

'[The band] couldn't beryllium much solid.

The interrogation comes days aft Ruth announced her suit against Carter connected December 8.

Ruth claims the prima pulled down his trousers and exposed himself to her successful a bath aft a concert  - earlier allegedly forcing her to execute oral enactment connected him and past raping her.

She elaborate the 'pain, confusion, frustration, shame and self-harm' brought connected by the alleged incidental and claimed Carter 'threatened and tried to soundlessness her' successful the contiguous aftermath.

Ruth's lawyer Mark J. Boskovich said 3 different women - named lone arsenic Jane Doe - are named successful a associated suit alongside her. 

According to tribunal documents obtained by TMZ, Ruth alleges she was invited connected to the autobus and Carter asked if she wanted a portion - aft requesting pome juice, she claims helium offered her cranberry and gave her a 'red coloured' portion helium called 'VIP juice'.

Ruth claims the portion tasted 'off' arsenic she drank it and says she believes it was a premix of cranberry foodstuff and alcohol.

It was claimed by Ruth that Carter took her to the autobus bath and ordered her to execute oral enactment connected him. She alleges she was crying passim but Carter 'kept instructing her'.

 And she further claims Carter past took her to a furniture connected the autobus and continued his alleged intersexual assault.

She claims afterwards that she told Carter she would archer radical astir the alleged battle - but that helium reportedly threatened to crook radical against her, allegedly calling her a  'r******* small b**** that nary 1 would believe'.

She said: 'The past 21 years person been filled with pain, confusion, frustration, shame and self-harm that are a nonstop effect of Nick Carter raping me.

'Even though I’m autistic and unrecorded with cerebral palsy, I judge that thing has affected maine much oregon had a much lasting interaction connected my beingness than what Nick Carter did and said to me.

She alleged: 'After helium raped me, I retrieve him calling maine a r******* small b**** and grabbing maine and leaving bruises connected my arm.  

She added: 'Carter tried to scare maine into soundlessness … helium was nasty and threatening.'

'He told radical helium would crook radical against maine and due to the fact that helium was Nick Carter, helium had the powerfulness to wreck my life.' 

She said she was motivated to talk retired to 'stop' Carter from 'assaulting much teens and women.' 

Ruth claims she contracted intersexual transmitted infection, Human papillomavirus corruption (HPV) from the alleged assault, having been a virgin beforehand.

She is present seeking damages. 

She said: 'Just due to the fact that Nick Carter is simply a personage does not mean that helium is excused from his crimes. I americium a subsister and ever volition be.'

Mr Boskovich claimed 'Nick Carter has a agelong past of abusing women' and added that the euphony manufacture has allegedly 'looked away' successful the past

He added: 'Shay is determined to bring Carter to justice. She believes it’s worthy it to support different women.'

Following the allegations, the Backstreet Boys Christmas peculiar that was filmed this period successful Los Angeles has been cancelled, according to Variety.

A root adjacent to Carter has denied the allegations and told TMZ: 'This accusation is categorically false, Nick is focusing connected his household and mourning the decease of his brother.' 

Carter's younger member Aaron Carter was recovered dead aged 34 successful his bathtub successful Lancaster, California, on November 5. 

No origin of decease has been officially declared, but helium was known to have struggled with intelligence wellness problems and addictions. 

Carter's lawyer Michael Holtz called the allegations 'entirely untrue' successful a connection to DailyMail.com connected Thursday.

'This assertion astir an incidental that supposedly took spot much than 20 years agone is not lone legally meritless but besides wholly untrue,' helium said.

Mr Holtz said: 'Unfortunately, for respective years now, Ms. Ruth has been manipulated into making mendacious allegations astir Nick - and those allegations person changed repeatedly and materially implicit time.'

He added: 'No 1 should beryllium fooled by a property stunt orchestrated by an opportunistic lawyer - determination is thing to this assertion whatsoever, which we person nary uncertainty the courts volition rapidly realise.'

Carter personally has remained soundless connected the allegations - but shared a station promoting a foundation performance for Aaron connected Thursday - hours earlier the claims came to light. 

Carter has antecedently faced rape allegations - which helium has denied - helium has ne'er been charged with immoderate crimes. 

In 2017 vocalist Melissa Schuman said that the lad bander allegedly raped her successful 2003.

In 2018 the LA County District Attorney's bureau announced it would not property charges against Carter owed to the statute of limitations, which expired successful 2013.

Melissa, who is from the 90s miss radical named Dream, had filed the constabulary study successful February that year.

She claimed that successful 2003 Nick had pushed her successful a bath for forced oral enactment and past claimed she was raped successful the bedroom.

Nick has denied allegations of rape.

Later the Backstreet Boys prima said successful a connection that helium was 'shocked and saddened' astir the accusations.

He said: 'Melissa ne'er expressed to maine portion we were unneurotic oregon astatine immoderate clip since that thing we did was not consensual.'

Nick added that helium 'was ever respectful and supportive of Melissa some personally and professionally.'

He concluded successful the connection that 'this is the archetypal clip that I americium proceeding astir these accusations astir 2 decades later. It is contrary to my quality and everything I clasp beloved to intentionally origin idiosyncratic discomfort oregon harm.'

He continued, noting that they 'went connected to grounds a opus and execute together.'

Melissa primitively made the allegations successful a November blog post.

She claimed that she was 'forced to prosecute successful an enactment against my will' by Nick, who allegedly took her virginity erstwhile she was 18 and helium was 22.