Nick Carter

In a blog post published earlier this month, Melissa Schuman claimed Carter forced her into a sex act against her will and raped her when she was 18.

"He was relentless, refusing to take my nos for an answer," she alleged.

In a statement, Carter said Ms Schuman had "never expressed to me while we were together or at any time since that anything we did was not consensual".

"It is contrary to my nature and everything I hold dear to intentionally cause someone discomfort or harm," he went on.

Carter, 35, got into the altercation on Wednesday night (local time) 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.

Carter punched one of the bouncers and Michael Papayans of California head-butted the bar manager, the report said.