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Posted: 2023-08-31T14:29:01Z | Updated: 2023-08-31T14:29:01Z

Nick Carter is facing his third lawsuit since December accusing him of sexual assault .

The 43-year-old Backstreet Boys singer was sued Monday in federal court in Las Vegas related to sexual battery and intentional and negligent emotional distress, according to a legal complaint obtained by the Los Angeles Times and multiple other outlets .

The woman, who was identified only as A.R. in the 10-page complaint, said Carter forced her to have sex with him three times in Florida in 2003. A.R. was 15 years old at the time and said Carter infected her with HPV. Shes seeking $15,000 in damages.

We hope that A.R. receives some measure of justice and that this lawsuit will pave the way for other survivors to hold their abusers to account, attorney Margaret Mabie, who filed the lawsuit on A.R.s behalf, told the LA Times in a statement Wednesday.

Carter faces a string of lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault. Shannon Shay Ruth, along with three anonymous women, filed a lawsuit in December . Ruth alleged Carter sexually assaulted her in February 2001 after a Backstreet Boys concert in Tacoma, Washington and infected her with HPV. Ruth was 17 at the time; Carter was 21.

In April, singer Melissa Schuman , who was in the girl group Dream, filed a lawsuit that claimed Carter used his celebrity status to groom, manipulate, expoit and sexually assault her in 2002 in Santa Monica. She was 18 at the time; Carter was 22.

Nick is looking forward to the evidence being presented and the truth about these malicious schemes coming to light, Carter attorney Dale A. Hayes Jr. told the LA Times in response to A.R.s lawsuit.

Carters representatives did not immediately respond to a HuffPost request for comment Thursday.