ABC Cancels Next Week’s Backstreet Boys Christmas Special After Nick Carter Accused Of Raping A Fan In 2001

ABC has canceled a Backstreet Boys holiday special that was scheduled to air next week. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the cancellation of A Very Backstreet Holiday — which was pegged to the boy band’s recent Christmas album of the same name — is due to a lawsuit filed Thursday accusing Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter of rape in 2001.