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On December 8, 2022, the US media exposed a shocking scandal, the two protagonists of the scandal were a top American idol male star, and a middle-aged woman who was Chinese New Year's Eve nine years old at the time, according to the latter, when she was 17 years old, that is, in 2001, the male star drunkenly raped and sexually assaulted herself after a meeting, not only that, but this sex also caused her to suffer from a venereal disease, which has not been cured to this day.
As soon as the news came out, the world was shocked, and everyone had different opinions, and some people said that this is not the American version of the "Wu Yifan incident"? Some people also feel that this may not be true, after all, 21 years have passed since 2001, why did this victim dare to speak out until recently?
So what's going on here? Who is this American male star, what happened to him, and will he be severely punished by the law like Wu Yifan?
Star-chasing girl and backstreet boy
The male star accused of sexual assault is the famous "Backstreet Boys" group member of the American entertainment industry - Nick Carter, in fact, he is not the first time he has been accused of this type, before a number of women exposed Carter's crimes on the Internet, even several of his girlfriends were found abnormal by sharp-eyed media in the process of interacting with him, including the scars on the body, the dynamics of the "circle of friends" and so on.
But unfortunately, even if the evidence has been so conclusive, Carter still did not receive the punishment he deserved, but the victims who dared to expose the truth were subjected to online violence from Carter fans, who stubbornly believed that their idols must not do illegal and criminal things, and even if they did, it must be the other party's fault first, or attempted seduction, or had other plans.
Of course, this is why Carter has not been in trouble to this day and is still at large, or it was not until last Thursday, December 8, with the appearance of a key witness, with the experience she recounted, that the previous adverse situation was reversed.
This person's name is Shannon, born in 1984, around 2001, like many girls of the same age, she is also a complete groupie, for her idol she is willing to spend tens of thousands of yuan to buy products and peripherals endorsed by the other party, for a signed poster she can even be an enemy of her best friend, and among the many idols she likes, the singer of the "Backstreet Boys" idol group Carter is the most favored one.
At that time, in Shannon's heart, Carter was her god, a male god who could bring happiness and fantasy to herself, and she treated Carter in the most crazy way of chasing stars, posters were plastered all over the room, and the cost of buying records drained her parents' savings, and she was reluctant to eat on weekdays just to save money to participate in each other's concerts and see the true face of the idol.
This is the daily life of many American girls at that time, Carter's coffee position, ability, looks, singing voice is indeed worthy of the world's favor, born in 1980, relying on his young body, immature voice, handsome looks, when he was still a minor, he received olive branches from many entertainment companies.
Carter did not live up to the investment of capital, and in just a few years, he grew into the top singer in the United States and became one of the most successful stars in the United States at that time.
Therefore, the number of Carter fans is also a strange number, from forty or fifty-year-old mother fans, down to underage girls such as Shannon, almost half of the women in the United States regard it as idols, of course, this is why Shannon's parents support her star chasing, but at this time, they never thought that where their daughter liked was a national idol, it was clearly a complete devil!
It began in January 2001, when Shannon learned through an advertisement that Carter's boy band would hold a concert in Tacoma, Washington next month, and after looking at the ticket price and looking at her wallet, Shannon quickly made the decision that she would save money to attend the concert, support the idol, and strive to get the idol's autograph.
Just do it, in that month, Shannon saved money while begging her parents, and finally scraped together the ticket cost of the front seat on the eve of the concert, and without the slightest hesitation, she immediately found the scalper to buy the ticket she had in mind, and a few days later rushed to Washington to participate in the "grand event".
After all the way to Shannon, everything was as usual after the concert began, and the moving singing voice of Carter and others fascinated Shannon, and their interactive games with fans made Shannon almost crazy.
The concert for several hours ended quickly, and many fans had already left the scene, but Shannon was not, she and more than a dozen young girls rushed to Carter like crazy, and then shouted with a poster of the other party:
"Carter, Carter give me an autograph!"
These people's voices quickly caught Carter's attention, he didn't want to delay time, but after watching carefully for a while, for some reason he miraculously walked over, facing a group of crazy girl fans, he said aloud:
"Signing is OK, but time is limited and I can only sign for one person."
Hearing this, girls, you look at me and I look at you, and immediately burst out into an even more violent roar:
"I, I, I... Sign me, I love you and I like you the most..."
But what people didn't expect was that in the end, Carter did not choose their crazy shouting fans, but pointed his finger at Shannon, who had not been able to squeeze forward after the crowd:
"That's it, do you want to come with me to visit the tour bus?"
Carter's words made Shannon instantly stunned in place, and the strong sense of impact made her not react for a long time, or until Carter asked several times in succession, she eased up and then said with tears in her eyes:
"I do! I do! ”
At this time, Shannon was very excited, but what she never expected was that what she would face next was not a "pink bubble", but a nightmare that had lasted for more than 20 years!
The crime has been committed
With both nervousness and excitement, Shannon followed Carter to the tour bus to chat, but it was just Shannon wishful thinking, she first introduced herself, said where she came from, how old she was, how many years she liked Carter, and then began to ask Carter various questions, from what he likes to eat, what he likes to play, to the standards of his future girlfriend, a gossipy girl, and in the face of Xiangnong's inquiry, Carter is very perfunctory, but Eun, ah, I don't know that's all.
In this regard, Shannon did not feel anything wrong, after all, the other party is already a great honor to meet with him alone, where dare to expect anything else?
Shannon here is still immersed in full joy, however, Carter on the other side has begun to act, seeing Shannon's dry mouth, he immediately intimately asked the other party if he wanted to drink water, and after getting an affirmative answer, Carter backhanded a glass of "cranberry juice" from the back seat of the car and handed it to Shannon.
Shannon, who took the drink, opened it and drank, who knew that while drinking her, she tasted something was wrong, and she found that this was not a simple juice, but a "fruit wine" mixed with alcohol!
Drink a glass of cider as for all the fuss? Don't say it's true! Because in American law, minors are not allowed to drink, and it is even more illegal to know that minors also provide alcohol to each other, so Carter's behavior has violated relevant laws, so it is no wonder Shannon is so surprised.
But surprised to be surprised, Shannon at this time still did not care, she felt that maybe the idol just took it casually, did not expect it to be an alcoholic drink, or forgot her age and did not know that there was an underage girl in front of her, so she thought and thought Shannon still drank it, but who knew that she had just drunk the nightmare and followed.
Shortly after Shannon drank, Carter took her to the bathroom of the tour bus, first kissed her, then pressed her to the ground and forced her to "serve."
Seeing this situation, Shannon was immediately frightened, perhaps because she loved the idol or maybe she was afraid of being hurt, and in the end she did not choose to resist, but silently "served".
Shannon's reason for doing this is simple, according to her testimony in court, she only wanted to protect herself to the maximum extent and wanted to stop Carter's desire at the minimum cost, but she obviously thought too much, and after a while Carter got on the head, threw Shannon on a bed in the bus and sexually assaulted her.
Not to mention, during the sexual assault, Carter also verbally abused Shannon, saying that she was a star-chasing retard and that she was a shameless D woman until Shannon stopped resisting.
Afterwards, Carter threatened Shannon, saying:
"You can tell people about it, but no one will believe you... If you really say it, I will not only put you in jail, but also use my connections to completely ruin your life..."
The development of things was also the same as Carter expected, for a long time after that, Shannon did not dare to tell others about her sexual assault, let alone call the police, after all, she was indeed afraid that her life would be ruined, and she was afraid that she would be suspected and attacked by the world after telling the truth.
So if that's the case, why did Shannon choose to come forward and take Carter to court in the near future?
The reason is actually very simple, there are basically two, one is that during a physical examination some time ago, Shannon found out that she had the HPV virus, that is, a venereal disease, you must know that after that incident, she never had sex again, obviously this disease is Carter infection beyond doubt.
The second is that many brave girls gave Shannon the courage to expose the truth, and after checking the Internet, she found that in addition to herself, many girls had been sexually assaulted by Carter, and they all chose to resist and make the situation they knew public.
Yes, you heard it right, in addition to Shannon, there are many other girls who have come forward, and I will give you a few typical examples, the first is an unknown young woman who anonymously submitted evidence of her rape by Carter to the judiciary in 2017.
According to her, Carter got drunk and raped himself at a party in 2017, and afterwards kept evidence of the assault, hoping to punish Carter for his crimes.
Unfortunately, the unknown girl did not follow through, and soon after submitting her evidence, she chose to withdraw the lawsuit because of Carter's "financial compensation".
But the withdrawal of the lawsuit, the girl's behavior has encouraged more victims to choose to use legal means to protect their rights and interests, including a well-known singer Melissa.
Melissa immediately chose to take action after learning that someone had sued Carter, and in 2017, she uploaded the whole process of her assault by Carter on her blog.
According to Melissa, it happened in 2002, which was the peak of Carter's career, when she was favored by Carter after a performance as an unknown singer of a girl group, and the other party invited her to his home to a party in August 2002, but who knew that in the middle of the party, Carter broke in directly when he went to the bathroom, and the same method of treating Shannon was to first coerce X sex, and then drag him to the bed to commit aggression.
Melissa resisted throughout the violation, but the gap in strength was too great, and in the end, she could only watch herself being insulted.
And Carter's reply afterwards was the same, using his position to intimidate and threaten Melissa, but unlike Shannon's dare not speak, Melissa directly informed the lawyer of her experience, she hoped to take advantage of the violation of less than twenty-four hours, extract the DNA residue of the other party in her body, but who knew that the lawyer heard the objection, the lawyer said:
"Carter has the best team of lawyers in the United States, and it is irrational for you to choose to prosecute him, which will not only ruin your career, Carter will probably not be punished in any way, and even the public will think that you are making up lies to become famous, so that you are subjected to endless online violence..."
Hearing this, Melissa fell silent, she knew that the lawyer was right, and she knew that the end of her prosecution could only be to hit a stone with a pebble, so she did not dare to speak out for more than ten years, and only chose to respond in 2017.
So why is Carter, relying on Melissa's evidence, still not punished? Could it be that he used the relationship again?
The answer is not, this time Carter can escape has nothing to do with his wealth and status, just because according to US law, the statute of limitations for rape is only ten years, which means that the statute of limitations has expired in 2013, and the court naturally cannot hold Carter criminally responsible.
This result disappointed Melissa, but she never gave up, she has been looking for victims who have suffered the same thing as herself all over the United States, hoping to give Carter a fatal blow.
From 2017 to 2022, Melissa found more than ten victims of that year, but regrettably, some of them either exceeded the statute of limitations like her, or did not dare to speak out, or were quickly bought by Carter and chose to withdraw the lawsuit, and there was no sanction at all.
This continued until December 2022, and it was not until Shannon's appearance that she rekindled hope.
You must know that although 21 years have passed since Shannon was violated, the sentences for assaulting minors and assaulting adult women are very different, and they can use this to judge Carter and make him squat in prison for the rest of his life!
So the incident has been fermenting for a week, what is the current situation, is there any new evidence, and will Carter be tried for it?
Let's start with the progress of the case.
After December 8, 2022, the progress of the case is still quite gratifying, first of all, Shannon added a new information to her litigation materials, that is, as far as she knows, just around 2003, Carter raped three other underage girls, the youngest of whom was even 15 years old at the time! Their experiences are similar: they are drunk, raped and eventually infected with venereal diseases.
Secondly, in addition to Shannon, another victim came forward, this person is not bystand, it is Carter's girlfriend Paris Hilton.
According to Hilton, after she broke up with Carter in 2004, she was subjected to brutal brutality, and the other party frantically beat her face, back and arms, and the reason why Carter did this is also absurd, that is, he wants to fight a "breakup cannon" with Hilton.
It turned out that Hilton had broken up with Carter at that time, but coincidentally, the two met again at a party, and when they saw Carter Hilton, they instinctively wanted to flee, but they didn't expect to be a step late, Carter came forward and took the initiative to say hello, and then said that he wanted to leave with Hilton to open a room at the hotel.
For this unreasonable request, Hilton naturally chose to refuse, not wanting to be rejected, Carter was embarrassed and angry, directly beat her, beating her from head to toe for a full ten minutes, and only gave up after seeing Hilton dying.
Afterwards, Hilton immediately wanted to call the police, but what she didn't expect was that the phone on her side had just picked up, and the news media on the other side exposed an audio and video of her alleged racial discrimination.
This evidence is naturally Carter's handwriting, and his meaning is very simple, that is, he hopes that Hilton will shut up and not make a big deal out of it, and no one will be able to end it.
Of course, this is why Hilton has never dared to speak out before.
But now, with the new evidence provided by Shannon and the accusations of his ex-girlfriend, this can bring down Carter, right?
Unfortunately, the answer is still no, because there are very few people in public opinion who support these victims, but they chose to side with Carter, and the reasons given by these people are also strange, some people said:
"These women saw that the price was not negotiated, and they came to steal money afterwards, which is really disgusting!"
Someone said:
"Carter's brother just died, these women really have no empathy, why did they choose this time to choose the accusation?"
Someone said:
"I see these women just want to be red and crazy, you can take a closer look, every time they stand up and speak out is the spring of Carter's career, they must be competing companies to smear Carter!"
What's more, some people said that the girls have no actual evidence at all, and things have been happening for more than 20 years, which may be that they are making up to gain traffic!
This is the opinion of most netizens on American social networks on this incident, and the actual situation is similar to what they said, because the incident involved is too long, the backstreet boys have become backstreet uncles, and the court is powerless about it.
Therefore, according to the current situation, this scandal can only fall into a long stage of investigation and evidence collection, and it is really not optimistic about the subsequent development.