Backstreet Boy Explains Arrest

Back - Index - Submissions - - What is RSS? Date: Jan 10, 2002 Source: Yahoo! News (http://www.dailynews.yahoo.com) Submitted By: TS NEW YORK (AP) - Backstreet Boy Nick Carter said he was simply ``in the wrong place at the wrong time'' when he was arrested at a Tampa, Fla., nightclub. ``I ain't a bad person. I've never been in trouble my whole life,'' said Carter, at 21, the youngest of the five-member pop group. ``I was basically in tears almost.'' In a phone interview with MTV News during the ``Total Request Live'' video countdown show, Carter said Tuesday that he was arrested after a fight at the club that got blown out of proportion, which he said he wasn't involved in. Officers said in an arrest affidavit that Carter was arguing with a woman at the Pop City nightclub on Jan. 2, and when they asked him to leave, he continued arguing. He was arrested on a misdemeanor count of resisting/opposing a law enforcement officer without violence. ``I can't get too into it, but basically I can tell you I did not do anything wrong and I know that for a fact,'' Carter said. ``If I disrespected a cop in any way, I, you know, apologize.'' ``TRL'' host Carson Daly congratulated him on the arrest. ``You're in the Backstreet Boys. This inevitably will be a great thing for your career,'' Daly said. ``I've been busted in strip clubs. We're men. That's what we do.'' Comment on this item. Next Item: Boys Guest Star in Upcoming ARTHUR 'R' Back-to-School Special Prev Item: Backstreet Boys #7 on Forbes' Celebrity 100 for 2001