“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,” the lawyers said in a statement to TMZ. “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.”
Penly stated in her filing, per TMZ, that Carter had told her to keep the assault to herself because no one would believe her.”
In a statement to People, Carter’s representatives added, “Nick does not recall ever even meeting Laura Penly. He certainly never had any romantic or sexual relationship with her. Ever.”
Carter has faced previous sexual assault allegations dating back to 2017 from at least four separate women including Melissa Schuman, Ashley Repp, Shannon Ruth and former fiancée Melanie Martin, all of whom detailed their allegations in the 2024 documentary Fallen Idols.
Carter—who shares kids Odin, 9, Saoirse, 5, and Pearl, 4, with wife Laura Kitt—has maintained his innocence throughout the slew of allegations, and even attempted to file a countersuit for defamation against Schuman—who had publicly accused him of sexual assault in 2017 for a 2003 occurrence—although a judge later ruled that he could not move forward with the lawsuit.
