Aaron Carter has faced some personal battles.
Worst of all might be his strained relationship with his family.
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In September 2019, during an appearance on "The Doctors," Aaron Carter spoke openly about
his battle with addiction while also revealing he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and
schizophrenia.
Carter shared that his late sister Leslie introduced him to drugs when he was sixteen.
She sadly died from a prescription drug overdose in 2012.
He then went on to call out his family for not supporting him on his journey to sobriety,
saying:
"After going to rehab [in 2017], Nick didn't come, my mom didn't come, nobody came.
I get a tweet, a public tweet from my brother saying if you need any help with rehab, I'm
here.
You live in Las Vegas, you're three hours away [...] get here!
You need to make amends to me, you need to apologize to me.
I haven't even met my nephew."
According to TooFab, Aaron then took to Twitter to continue his rant and accuse Nick of profiting
off his family's hardships.
Citing Nick's 2013 book, "Facing the Music And Living To Talk About It," Aaron reportedly
tweeted that the only reason he spoke openly on "The Doctors" was because:
"Nick started it by using his [family's] shortcomings for profit when he wrote a book."
Following his September 2019 appearance on "The Doctors," Aaron Carter was criticized
by Nick Carter's fans who thought TV wasn't the right outlet for Aaron to voice his claims.
According to TooFab, he quickly fired back on Twitter, not only calling Backstreet Boys
fans cyberbullies, but also alleging Nick was a real-life bully.
As evidence, Aaron shared a video clip from E!'s 2006 reality show "House of Carters"
in which his brother can be seen attempting to intimidate him.
"Yeah, but let me tell you something real quick: You gonna turn the f—---- music down,
and respect me.
Alright?"
"Don't spit in my face!"
"Alright?"
"Don't spit in my face."
"Alright?"
Accompanying the video was a scathing caption in which Aaron demanded:
"LEAVE ME ALONE.
Nick, you bullied me my whole life.
And tortured me as a child.
And everyone knows it."
He also shared another clip showing Nick throwing a pie in his face at the Kids' Choice Awards
when he was just 13 — an act that allegedly caused serious injury.
Aaron reportedly claimed:
"Look at my brother's face before he broke my nose.
Oh, he broke my nose several times.
#MySideToo and it's been in front of all of you Backstreet Boy fans and you've allowed
it."
The tweet reportedly sparked more backlash from Backstreet Boys fans as Aaron tweeted:
"My brother is encouraging his fans to keep calling the police everywhere I go on my tour.
Stop encouraging [your] fans to bully me and others."
As we mentioned earlier, Leslie Carter died from a prescription drug overdose at the age
of 25.
Sadly, her tragic death didn't bring her brothers closer together.
Rather, it drove them apart as Nick skipped her funeral.
According to Today, Nick instead chose to perform a solo concert that day, which took
place seven hours away from the funeral service.
While his decision raised eyebrows, Nick justified it to TMZ, saying:
"I wanted to be at my sister's funeral, but my family has always had a complicated dynamic."
He later explained to Dr. Phil in a 2013 appearance on his show that when his family called to
tell him about his sister's death, the conversation became more about him than about her:
"And then, I started to get blamed by the rest of the family — and I have a large
family who all went there — and they were blaming me for the death."
According to ET, Aaron wasn't swayed by his brother's explanations and decided to rehash
the drama during their escalating feud in 2019, allegedly tweeting:
"[Nick] didn't even show up at our sister's FUNERAL because he had a concert at a bar
two hours away and said he didn't want to be a part of family drama when we were burying
our sister Leslie."
As if proving Nick's claims, he then reportedly blamed him for their sister's death, writing:
"He paid for my first rehab.
At Betty Ford center [...] but shut the door in his own sister's face [...] when she begged
HIM for rehab and she overdosed a month later."
Over the years, Nick Carter has been accused of sexual assault by a number of women, including
Melissa Schuman, a member of girl group Dream.
It was in 2018 that she shared her #MeToo story, claiming she fell victim to Nick when
she was 18 and telling The Daily Beast that his fans, quote, "made it their life's mission
to destroy me."
That sentiment echoed Aaron's claims that Nick's fans are cyberbullies and, in September
2019, he brought Schuman into his brotherly feud.
Tagging the songstress, along with three other women, he reportedly compared his brother
to Jeffery Epstein and tweeted:
"Ladies speak up please.
I'm standing by all these victims.
Please.
Aphrodite Jones, the victims all want to talk now.
Maybe do [an] R.Kelly type documentary."
When Nick's supporters tried to question the truthfulness of Aaron's claims, he fired back:
"The cases were dismissed.
Have you ever heard of corrupt systems or MONEY AND ABUSE OF POWER AND CELEBRITY STATUS
TO SILENCE YOUR ACCUSERS?"
Continuing with abuse allegations leveled against Nick Carter, he made headlines for
all the wrong reasons in 2004 when his ex, Paris Hilton, was spotted with multiple bruises
on her body just a week after their breakup.
Speaking with People at the time, he said:
"I'll tell you one thing: I didn't touch her.
I'm not that kind of guy.
I would never do that."
However, a source told New York Post that Hilton was, quote, "scared to death" of Nick
due to his "major anger-management issues" and claimed that it wasn't the first time
they had seen Hilton bruised.
Jump to 2019 and Aaron Carter rehashed those stories following Nick's decision to seek
a restraining order against him.
He allegedly tweeted:
"I have never been accused of rape mutiple times.
I wasn't accused of beating of @parishilton.
Who's VIOLENT?"
He also alleged that Hilton witnessed Nick being violent towards him, writing:
"You were there and pulled him off of me when he attacked me that morning!!!
And tried to kill me.
Help me @ParisHilton."
He added that he saw the abuse occur himself and reportedly concluded:
"Restraining order says stay 100 feet away.
It's been thousands of miles for years.
Using the court system to shake me down.
Worked on some girls but won't work on me."
The brotherly drama escalated in September 2019 when Aaron Carter took to Instagram Live
to show off an assault weapon and proclaim:
"Don't imprison me and count on me to not battle again and kill everyone."
Nick Carter took it as a personal threat and tweeted:
"I am truly now afraid for my family's safety [...] after careful consideration, my sister
Angel and I regret that we were required to seek a restraining order against our brother
Aaron today."
Explaining his reasoning, he continued:
"In light of Aaron's [...] recent confession that he harbors thoughts and intentions of
killing my pregnant wife and unborn child, we were left with no choice."
Aaron allegedly responded by tweeting that he and Nick's brotherly relationship was over
and claiming his decision was, quote, "obviously a chess game of some sort."
He went on to add:
"All I ask is for my family to leave me alone."
He also reportedly accused his ex, Lina Valentina, of conspiring with Angel — his twin sister
— and Nick to get him put in a psychiatric institution.
After Nick Carter and Angel filed their restraining order, Aaron appeared in a Los Angeles court
where he witnessed a judge grant Angel's request for a year-long order.
Angel claimed that her brother had told her, quote, "I have people that would come and
harm you."
In light of her claims, the judge ordered Aaron to surrender his firearms.
At that moment, the pop star began to yell and proclaim he could simply buy more weapons.
Following the hearing, Aaron took to his Instagram Story to tell followers:
"I am devastated by what happened in court today.
[I'm] saddened by my family and what they have done to me.
Your lies have broken my heart."
He also voiced his anger on Twitter, writing:
"What an awesome twin sister.
Testifying against her brother [when] I've done so much for Angel."
What's more, he tried to expose her as an alleged thief, tagging her husband, Corey
Conrad, and tweeting:
"How will your corporate bosses [and] employees feel knowing [your] wife was arrested for
shoplifting?
AND has the Carter curse of drug use?"
Aaron Carter hasn't just gone after siblings Nick Carter and Angel Conrad — he also flung
serious accusations against his late sister, Leslie Carter.
He reportedly took to Twitter in September 2019 to accuse her of abuse, writing:
"My sister Leslie suffered from bipolar and took lithium to treat it.
[...] When she was off of it she did things that she never meant to do.
I truly believe that."
After that came this shocking claim:
"[Leslie] raped me from the age of 10 to 13 years old when she wasn't on her medications."
He also reportedly claimed that he was sexually abused by his first two backup dancers when
he was only eight years old.
Following these bombshell allegations, Aaron told his followers:
"[I] spent the last 15 years of my life going to therapy for abuse [and] rape."
As for why he chose to speak up, he explained it was about catharsis, saying:
"I feel cleansed all my truth is out.
I just need to focus now on my music, my career and supporting all victims of abuse and rape.
I hope you also feel the strength to tell your story like I did.
Find that strength.
You will feel free!"
When Aaron Carter was just 16, he sought legal emancipation from his mom, Jane Carter, who
was his manager at the time.
According to CNN, Aaron alleged that she took $100,000 from his bank account without his
knowledge and said:
"I feel betrayed by my own mother."
Jane denied the allegations, and Aaron eventually dropped the request in 2004.
However, he regretted the choice.
When the pair appeared on "Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars Family Edition" in 2019 and
Aaron was asked to share a message with his younger self, he proclaimed:
"I would tell you that you should've did it, you should have gotten emancipated."
During the segment, he didn't hold anything back when describing his childhood relationship
with her — especially the time period after she divorced his father and allegedly failed
to provide him with a stable home environment.
"You were a severe alcoholic, and partying with f—--- multiple dudes all the time.
You were a terrible mother at the end after the divorce."
In the end, mother and son appeared to reconcile, and in 2019, Aaron pushed Jane to seek treatment
for alcohol addiction on "The Doctors."
She agreed, but soon relapsed and it fueled another feud.
Aaron blamed his family, allegedly writing on Twitter:
"Thanks to my family and what they have been doing to my mother attempting to stress her
out she has fallen OFF the wagon and relapsed immediately when she got home.
It's sickening what my family is doing.
OPEN YOUR EYES."
Aaron Carter's relationship with his mother and siblings has been volatile, to say the
least.
In 2019, he proclaimed he'd be cutting ties with all of them.
He reportedly unleashed on Twitter after they sought to file a restraining order against
him :
"I'm TELLING YOU I do not want any communication with my family for LIFE!
They need to leave me alone.
Angel, Nick and his spouse and in-laws."
And things sure didn't get better with time, as Aaron continued his rampage the following
month, allegedly writing:
"I never wanted to get to that point where I wouldn't have my 'family' in my life anymore,
but now that time has come.
I have to completely sever [and] distance myself from them to PROTECT myself from them.
They're killing me inside with stress and I will never be in their life."
Aaron shared more of that same sentiment in November, reportedly tweeting:
"[I] asked my family to respect my decision of never seeing them again."
In December, he wrote that he was celebrating Christmas with his "nana" and no one else,
reportedly tweeting:
"Merry Christmas Eve everyone.
To all the ones who think they don't have family like me (which I don't), you do have
family.
I have you and you have me always."
If you or anyone you know is struggling with addiction issues, help is available.
Visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration website or contact
SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).