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Judge Rules Nick Carter Can’t Sue Accuser for Defamation: ‘The Truth Is an Absolute Defense’

Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter lost in court when a judge shot down his defamation claim against one accuser and upheld another accuser's lawsuit

At a hearing in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Clark County Judge Joe Hardy Jr. said Carter had no grounds to go after Repp for calling him a “rapist” because their sexual interaction met the standard for statutory rape under Florida law. In a related ruling Tuesday, Judge Hardy also shot down Carter’s attempt to get the sexual battery lawsuit filed by another accuser, Shannon Ruth, thrown out. “Her accusations are factually impossible,” Carter’s lawyer Liane Wakayama argued at the Tuesday hearing posted online by the nonprofit website Our Nevada Judges.

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