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Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter jailed after Florida bar fight

Reuters | By, Orlando, Florida
Jan 15, 2016 05:21 PM IST

Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter was arrested and jailed in Florida, USA on a charge of battery after he punched a bouncer at a bar, police said on Thursday.

Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys fame was arrested and jailed in Key West, Florida, on a charge of battery after he punched a bouncer at a bar, police said on Thursday. Carter, 35, got into the altercation Wednesday after bartenders at the Hog’s Breath Saloon refused to serve alcohol to him and a companion and asked them to leave because they appeared to be “heavily intoxicated”, according to an arrest report.

Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys poses at 30th annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards in Hollywood, in this California April 17, 2013 file photo.(REUTERS)
Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys poses at 30th annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards in Hollywood, in this California April 17, 2013 file photo.(REUTERS)

Carter punched one of the bouncers and Michael Papayans of California head-butted the bar manager, the report said. Papayans, 27, was also charged with battery. Police said a video of the altercation, plus physical evidence and witness statements, confirmed that Carter committed the battery.

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Singer Nick Carter is surrounded by media after being released on $1,500 bond from the Monroe County Detention Center in Key West, Florida, January 14, 2016. Carter was charged with misdemeanour battery. (AP)
Singer Nick Carter is surrounded by media after being released on $1,500 bond from the Monroe County Detention Center in Key West, Florida, January 14, 2016. Carter was charged with misdemeanour battery. (AP)

Carter was released from jail on Thursday afternoon on $1,500 bond, a Monroe County jail officer said.

The pop singer rose to fame as a teenager in the mid-1990s as a member of the boy band, which formed in Florida in 1993. The Backstreet Boys went on to sell more than 130 million albums worldwide and score hits including I Want It That Way, and Shape of My Heart.

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Reuters was not able to establish whether Carter had named an attorney to represent him. Agents and managers for Carter did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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