Revealed: Backstreet Boy Nick Carter 'tried to choke a bouncer' when being kicked out of Florida bar resulting in arrest for 'misdemeanor battery' 

  • The former Backstreet Boy was arrested in The Hog's Breath Saloon
  • He was arrested for misdemeanor battery after allegedly trying to choke a bouncer
  • He was already restrained by bar staff when police arrived
  • The site reported a source said Nick showed up to the bar already drunk 
  • The star's occupation was listed as 'None' on arrest documents  

By Zoe Nauman For Dailymail.com

Published: 22:45 EST, 13 January 2016 | Updated: 15:05 EST, 14 January 2016

Nick Carter has been arrested in Florida.

TMZ reported the former Backstreet Boy allegedly tried to 'choke a bouncer' at the Hog's Breath Saloon in Key West.

The former Dancing With The Stars contestant became angry after he was refused service, a source claimed. It was added that Carter and a friend arrived at the bar at 7 pm already drunk and the staff asked them to leave.

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Booked: Nick Carter has been arrested in Florida. TMZ reported on Wednesday the Backstreet Boy, according to an eyewitness, was at the Hog's Breath Saloon in Key West, in Florida

Booked: Nick Carter has been arrested in Florida. TMZ reported on Wednesday the Backstreet Boy, according to an eyewitness, was at the Hog's Breath Saloon in Key West, in Florida

The location: Hog's Breath Saloon in Key West, Florida where Nick Carter was arrested 

The location: Hog's Breath Saloon in Key West, Florida where Nick Carter was arrested 

Witnesses told TMZ that Carter's friend Michael Papayans 'headbutted' the bar manager after demanding to be given a drink.

According to the source police eventually turned up to investigate the altercation and arrested Carter. He was heard telling police the bar staff acted like Navy Seals.

The site also said that Carter and Papayans were already restrained by staff when the police showed up, with Papayans having a bloody face, hands and knees. 

They arrested him at 8:13 PM and then booked the star for misdemeanor battery. According to arrest documents, Carter's occupation was listed as 'None.' 

The 35-year-old is expecting his first child with his wife Lauren Kitt who he married in 2014. The couple are having a baby boy. 

Scuffle: Reports suggested the singer had been involved in an altercation at the Hogsbreath Saloon in Key West, where the incident happened - he is pictured here at Good Morning America in November last year

Scuffle: Reports suggested the singer had been involved in an altercation at the Hogsbreath Saloon in Key West, where the incident happened - he is pictured here at Good Morning America in November last year

Pictured: The bar where the incident is said to have happened

Pictured: The bar where the incident is said to have happened

The singer recently came second behind Bindi Irwin in the Fall 2015 season of Dancing With The Stars.

He said of being runner up and his time on the show: 

'This experience was a bonding experience, it was something I will always remember. Bindi deserved it, she kicked butt.' 

In trouble with the law before: Carter had a run in with the police in Florida in 2002 - then 21, he was busted in Tampa when on suspicion of refusing to follow police orders to vacate the nightclub Pop City

In trouble with the law before: Carter had a run in with the police in Florida in 2002 - then 21, he was busted in Tampa when on suspicion of refusing to follow police orders to vacate the nightclub Pop City

Carter was last in trouble with the police in Florida in 2002 - then 21, he was busted in Tampa when on suspicion of refusing to follow police orders to vacate the nightclub Pop City.

A brawl broke out inside, according to  reports at the time.

Tampa Police said in the report on the incident: 'The defendant was told to leave over 10 times. 

Busy: Carter has most recently appeared in Season 21 of Dancing With The Stars

Busy: Carter has most recently appeared in Season 21 of Dancing With The Stars

Second place: He was runner up to Bindi Irwin

Second place: He was runner up to Bindi Irwin

'(He) continued the argument and would not leave and was arrested without incident.'

Carter, was charged with a misdemeanor count of resisting and opposing a law enforcement officer without violence.

He was handcuffed, put in a police car and released on his own recognizance.

Soon to be a dad: Carter is expecting his first child with wife Lauren Kitt who he married in 2014 

Soon to be a dad: Carter is expecting his first child with wife Lauren Kitt who he married in 2014 

 

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