MIAMI: Nick Carter, a singer with the the 1990s heartthrob band Backstreet Boys, has agreed to 25 hours’ community service for his role in a club room brawl, US media reported on Tuesday.
Carter, 35, was due to stand trial Monday on a misdemeanor battery charge for his role in the January melee, but he reached a deal with prosecutors to drop the charges in exchange for the community service and payment of about $300 in court costs.
The Miami Herald wrote that Carter is alleged to have struck and choked a staff member during the fight at the Hog’s Breath Saloon in Key West, Florida.
Carter allegedly became aggressive after the staff member refused to serve him and a friend, who were already inebriated when they arrived at the establishment.
The staff member, Skylar Carden, reportedly has also filed a civil complaint seeking damages for “pain and suffering” after sustaining injuries in the attack.
Singing heartthrob to do community service for his role in January brawl
Singing heartthrob to do community service for his role in January brawl
Musk’s X to open source new algorithm in seven days
Elon Musk said on Saturday that social media platform X will open its new algorithm, including all code for organic and advertising post recommendations, to the public in seven days.
“This will be repeated every 4 weeks, with comprehensive developer notes, to help you understand what changed,” he said in his X post.
Earlier this week, the European Commission decided to extend a retention order sent to X last year, which related to algorithms and dissemination of illegal content, prolonging it to the end of 2026, spokesperson Thomas Regnier told reporters on Thursday.
In July 2025, Paris prosecutors investigated the social media platform for suspected algorithmic bias and fraudulent data extraction, which Musk’s X called a “politically-motivated criminal investigation” that threatens its users’ free speech.
