already sued by three women alleging sexual assault, is facing a new rape claim.
A fourth woman has come forward with disturbing allegations about the 45-year-old pop star, including assertions that he raped her twice in 2005 and infected her with sexually transmitted diseases, one of which led to a cervical cancer diagnosis. The accuser, Lauren Penly, filed her lawsuit earlier this month in Nevada’s Clark County. According to the lawsuit, reviewed by The Times, Penly said she and Carter engaged in a brief “sexually intimate” relationship from December 2004 to February 2005, when she was 19.
Penly sued Carter on three counts: sexual assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress. She seeks at least $15,000 covering “past and future” medical expenses and “pain and suffering,” plus legal fees and additional damages. She is requesting a jury trial.
