Nick Carter Wins Authorized Battle with Accuser, Decide Permits His Countersuit

Nick Carter can have a good time successful a authorized battle over Melissa Schuman — the singer who’s suing him for allegedly raping her again in 2002 — however the struggle continues to be to come back.

The Backstreet Boy singer had filed a countersuit towards Schuman for defamation, however in response, she and her father filed a movement to dam his authorized motion. Carter was in a Las Vegas courtroom Wednesday to listen to a ruling on the matter.

The choose sided with Carter, denying Melissa’s try and get the countersuit dismissed. The choose determined Carter offered ample proof to warrant his defamation case shifting ahead.

As we reported, Schuman — who sang within the lady group Dream — claims Carter raped her again in 2002 at a pal’s condo in Santa Monica. She filed a lawsuit towards him again in April, and shortly thereafter, Nick filed his countersuit.

Carter’s lawyer Liane Okay. Wakayama reacted to Wednesday’s ruling, telling us … “For years, Melissa and Jerome Schuman have been conspiring with anybody they may manipulate to drum up false claims towards Nick Carter in a brazen try and get wealthy off of him. At present’s ruling confirms that Nick will have the ability to pursue that fact to its inevitable conclusion and expose the Schumans’ and their co-conspirators’ deceit and deplorable conduct.”