Nick Carter sued by fourth woman for sexual assault

Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter is facing a new lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted a woman on two occasions while they were involved in a relationship in 2005.

The civil complaint, filed last week in Nevada, alleges the abuse took place when the woman, Laura Penly, would travel from Oregon to visit Carter in Los Angeles while she was 19 and he was 25.

Penly says she had consensual sex with Carter about three separate times, but then on one visit, after she stated she wanted to watch a movie, Carter refused to take no for an answer.

"Carter then picked plaintiff up off the ground and threw her onto his bed," the lawsuit states. The complaint alleges Carter held Penly down and forcefully raped her, despite her repeated protests.

The 10-page complaint, obtained by Rolling Stone, alleges Carter assaulted Penly again about two months later after he apologised and asked to see her again. She alleges he isolated her in a bedroom and raped her a second time.

Penly's legal action is the latest in a series of lawsuits filed against Carter by three other women including former Dream singer Melissa Schuman. In her lawsuit filed two years ago in California, Schuman alleges Carter drugged and raped her at his Santa Monica apartment in 2003 when she was 17.

Carter's lawyers deny the allegations, calling them "nonsense" in a statement to Rolling Stone.