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The second night of Investigation Discovery’s Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter docuseries wasted no time before diving into Aaron Carter’s mental health struggles and deeper into the allegations of sexual assault against Backstreet Boys frontman Nick Carter.

The final two episodes of the four-part docuseries featured interviews with Aaron Carter’s ex-girlfriend, Lina Valentina, and his ex-fiancée, Melanie Martin, whom he had a child with before he died in November 2022. Nick Carter’s ex-girlfriend, Kaya Jones, was also interviewed about her public support for Melissa Schuman, a former member of the pop girl group Dream, who was the first person to accuse Nick Carter of sexual assault publicly.

The third episode opened with a recording of a phone conversation between Aaron Carter and Schuman. In it, the “I Want Candy” singer tells Schuman he had been seeing everything that had been happening to her since she came forward,...

Investigation Discovery’s newest docuseries Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter dives into the allegations of sexual assault against Backstreet Boys frontman Nick Carter and brother Aaron Carter’s struggles with mental health and substance abuse.

The four-part series, which airs Monday and Tuesday, spends its first two episodes introducing Melissa Schuman, a former member of pop girl band Dream, who was the first woman to publicly come forward, in 2017, to allege that Nick Carter sexually assaulted her.

Schuman spoke out when the #MeToo movement was rocking the entertainment world. Two other accusers — Ashley Rapp and Shay Ruth — subsequently revealed their own accusations of assault. Over the course of four episodes, Schuman, Rapp and Ruth open up about their stories and the backlash they’ve received since coming forward to accuse someone as beloved by the band’s superfans as Nick Carter.

The second half of the docuseries explores Aaron Carter’s struggles,...

Investigation Discovery brings fans a captivating new docuseries delving into the history of brothers Nick and Aaron Carter. Over the course of four episodes and two evenings, ID looks at the celebrities’ rise to fame, their downfall, and their massive feud. You can stream the first two episodes of “Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter” on Investigation Discovery on Sling TV on Monday, May 27 at 9 p.m. Et Then, tune in on Tuesday, May 28 at 9 p.m. Et for the final two parts. You can watch with a subscription to Sling TV.

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About 'Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter'

In its four episodes, “Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter...

Nick and Aaron Carter are the next subjects of an Investigation Discovery docuseries. The network is behind the recent bombshell docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. The sexual assault allegations against the Backstreet Boys member are the main story of the Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter trailer released on April 24, and they’re supplemented by the controversies surrounding the late Aaron and his public statements supporting Nick’s alleged victims. Aaron died in November 2022 at the age of 34. TV Insider reached out to Nick’s representation for comment on the upcoming documentary. Nick was accused of sexual assault by singer and actress Melissa Schuman, a former member of the popular girl group Dream, in 2017. Dream was popular when the Backstreet Boys were at the height of their fame in the 1990s. Two more women, Ashley Repp and Shay Ruth, have come forward with their own...

Investigation Discovery is continuing to dive into early 2000s scandals following controversial docuseries “Quiet on Set.”

ID announced the four-part docuseries “Fallen Idols” about brothers Nick and Aaron Carter, focusing on the sexual assault allegations against Nick. Per the official synopsis, the docuseries will chart the Carters’ fame in the late 1990s and early 2000s to their headline-making struggles in recent years, including Aaron’s death in 2022.

In 2017, Nick was accused of sexual assault by singer and actress Melissa Schuman, former member of popular girl group Dream while Nick and Backstreet Boys were at the height of their fame. In the years following Schuman’s decision to come forward, additional accusers, Ashley Repp and Shay Ruth, spoke out with similar accusations.

Schuman accused Nick of assault in a 2017 blog post, claiming he raped her in 2003. Ruth filed a sexual battery lawsuit against Nick in 2022 alleging that he raped her in...

The controversies surrounding Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter and his late brother, Aaron Carter, will be the subject of an upcoming Investigation Discovery docuseries.

The four-parter set to debut over two nights from May 27 on ID and Max follows the success for the cable network of Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, about former Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider. The docuseries Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter will recall the Carter brothers’ outsized fame in the late 1990s and early 2000s before headline-making struggles in recent years.

The ID series will explore accusations of sexual assault against Nick Carter by three women, while also diving into his brother, Aaron Carter’s, struggles with mental health and substance abuse — and the rift that occurred after Aaron decided to support his brother’s accusers. “Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter not only offers a deeper understanding around the allegations, but...