Former pop starlet Melissa Schuman accuses Backstreet Boy Nick Carter of raping her at 18

Melissa Schuman, an actress and singer best known for the all-girl teen band Dream, claimed Tuesday that pop star Nick Carter raped her in 2002.

In a lengthy post on her personal blog, Schuman, now 33, said she first interacted with the Backstreet Boys singer when their reps suggested they date.

Schuman, who had a boyfriend at the time, said she took the call “out of respect.”

Later, they were shooting the 2004 made-for-TV movie The Hollow when Carter invited Schuman, 18 at the time, and her friend to his Santa Monica apartment for a “casual hangout,” she wrote.

After a few shots, Carter took Schuman into an office, where he played some of his music for her before they started making out, she wrote.