A fourth woman has come forward accusing Nick Carter of sexual misconduct.
In a new lawsuit, filed last week in Nevada, a woman named Laura Penly claims the Backstreet Boys singer sexually assaulted her and gave her a sexually transmitted disease that led to cervical cancer. Carter has vehemently denied the allegations.
Penly alleges in court documents that she met Carter, now 45, in late 2004 when she was 19 years old and he was in his mid-20s, according to multiple reports.
She claims in the lawsuit that they had a “sexually intimate relationship and would see each other approximately every few weeks” when she visited Los Angeles.
The two allegedly had consensual sex multiple times. However, per the court documents, Carter allegedly “refused” to wear a condom, insisting he was “clean” of STDs.
Penly further claims that she never had unprotected sex before meeting the musician.
According to the lawsuit, Penly went to see Carter at his Los Angeles apartment in early 2005. When she arrived, she allegedly told him that she did not want to have sex and just wanted to hang out.
He allegedly “told her ‘no’ because the only reason she was there was to have sex,” per the documents.
Penly alleges in the lawsuit that Carter then picked her up and “forcefully” assaulted her on his bed despite her “saying ‘no’ multiple times.”
She claims he did not wear a condom during the alleged rape.
Per the lawsuit, the singer allegedly tried to silence Penly, telling her that no one would believe her if she came forward.
However, a few months later, the boy band member allegedly apologized and asked to see her again.
She claims in the lawsuit that he sexually assaulted her a second time after she agreed to meet with him.
Penly further alleges in the court documents that Carter “infected” her with “various sexually transmitted diseases, including the human papillomavirus (commonly known as HPV), a sexually transmitted infection known to cause health problems such as cervical cancer.”
She allegedly tested positive for chlamydia and gonorrhea in July 2005. The doctors also found cancerous cells which she believes stemmed from an HPV infection.
The following month, she “was diagnosed with Stage 2 Cervical Cancer and had to undergo numerous treatments.”
Penly allegedly dealt with “severe emotional distress, physical anguish, medical issues, intimacy issues, and other complex trauma” as a result of the diagnosis and alleged assault.
She is seeking damages and demands a jury trial.
Carter’s legal team has vehemently denied the accusations, telling Page Six that they plan to “fight” the lawsuit.
“Nick does not recall ever even meeting Laura Penly. He certainly never had any romantic or sexual relationship with her. Ever,” his lawyers said in a statement.
“This is just more of the same nonsense from the gang of conspirators and their lawyers who continue to abuse the justice system to try to ruin Nick Carter. It’s drawn from the same predictable playbook – lie in wait for decades until Mr. Carter is celebrating a professional milestone, then hide behind litigation privilege to make utterly false claims in an attempt to inflict maximum damage on Nick and his family.”
They suggested that Penly was looking for a payout, claiming she “has a documented history of financial and legal trouble, has filed for bankruptcy, and has been sued for fraud.”
In November 2017, Dream singer Melissa Schuman alleged that Carter raped her in 2003 when she was 18 and he was 22. She officially sued him for sexual assault and battery in April 2023.
The “Everybody” singer has denied her allegations, alleging that Schuman “never expressed to [him] while [they] were together or at any time since that anything [they] did was not consensual.”
In December 2022, another woman, Shannon Ruth, also sued Carter for sexual battery, claiming he raped her on his tour bus in 2001. She was 17 at the time of the alleged assault.
Then, in August 2023, a third accuser came forward claiming Carter assaulted her when she was just 15. She claimed he “knowingly provided alcohol and drugs” to the then-minor before the alleged assault.
The accuser’s mother allegedly reported the incident to the police, who investigated but found no grounds to move forward with charges, per Carter’s legal team.
The “Facing the Music and Living to Talk About It” author has denied all the allegations. He countersued both Ruth and Schuman for defamation.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.
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