Backstreet Boys Christmas TV show pulled after Nick Carter rape allegation

A Backstreet Boys Christmas peculiar has been pulled by US TV web ABC pursuing quality that a pistillate is suing vocalist Nick Carter, alleging helium raped her during a 2001 circuit erstwhile she was 17.

A Very Backstreet Holiday was slated to tally connected 14 December, but is nary longer listed successful ABC's vacation specials guide.

On Thursday, a civilian lawsuit was filed successful Las Vegas by Shannon Ruth, present 39, who said she had been a instrumentality astatine a 2001 show.

Carter's lawyer said it was "legally meritless" and "entirely untrue".

The quality of ABC's determination to propulsion the festive show, which was filmed successful LA this month, was reported by Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, which added that drama repeats would beryllium shown successful its place.

Ms Ruth, who has cerebral palsy and is autistic, filed her intersexual artillery lawsuit connected Thursday, accusing the vocalist of raping her and infecting her with HPV.

Her lawyer Mark Boskovich told a virtual property league the battle happened aft she had queued for an autograph aft a performance successful Tacoma, Washington.

He said Carter invited her onto the bus, "gave her a comic tasting beverage that helium called VIP juice" and ordered her to "perform intersexual acts connected him" and raped her.

According to the lawyer, the vocalist said "no-one would ever judge successful her" due to the fact that of her disability, the AFP quality bureau reported.

Carter's lawyer, Michael Holtz, responded successful a connection to Variety: "This assertion astir an incidental that supposedly took spot much than 20 years agone is not lone legally meritless but besides wholly untrue.

"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 called the announcement a "press stunt", adding: "There is thing to this assertion whatsoever, which we person nary uncertainty the courts volition rapidly realise."

The BBC has approached his representatives for comment.

A Very Backstreet Holiday was to diagnostic Carter, AJ McLean, Kevin Richardson, Brian Littrell and Howie Dorough performing hits from their 10th medium A Very Backstreet Christmas, with appearances from different stars including Seth Rogen and Meghan Trainor.