NICK CARTER ACUSADO DE ABUSO SEXUAL

Authorities are investigating a woman's sexual assault claim, involving Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter and an assistant, the Key West police chief said Thursday. Carter, an assistant and two young women were spending the night at the Simonton Street home of Tom Oosterhoudt, a former city commissioner and Carter's friend, on March 27 when the assault allegedly occurred around midnight, Police Chief Bill Mauldin said. The women, who were vacationing in Key West, returned to their home in Waukesha County, Wis. One of the women complained to police there on March 28. "Any allegation of sexual assault by Mr. Carter is absolutely not true," said Marathon lawyer Jay Hershoff, who, along with Miami Attorney John Sale, has been retained to represent Carter. Police have talked with both attorneys. "When it is all said and done there should not be an arrest or an indictment. He [Carter] vehemently denies this." The Waukesha County Sheriff's Office are questioning the victim and relaying the information to Key West detectives, Mauldin said. The woman claims she met Carter through his brother, and that Nick Carter paid for their trip to Key West. Key West detectives and Monroe County prosecutors met Thursday to discuss the investigation. Carter, who lives in Los Angeles, visited Key West after a recent tour, Oosterhoudt said. "Nick is a world-class musician who just got off tour with the Backstreet Boys. He has hundreds of women waiting for him after concerts," said Oosterhoudt, who has been friends with Carter for years. "Nothing happened. This is ridiculous. It is just incomprehensible .... If this wasn't Nick Carter this would be yesterday's news. "We are totally cooperating with the investigation," Oosterhoudt said. Carter, 27, lived with his family in Marathon for several years and often stays at Oosterhoudt's family compound, Casa Antigua.

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