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​Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys arrested at Florida saloon

KEY WEST, Fla. -- Former Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter has been arrested in Florida after a fight outside of a bar.

The 35-year-old waited at the Monroe County jail Thursday to make his first appearance on the misdemeanor battery charge.

According to a Key West Police Department report, Carter was intoxicated when officers arrived Wednesday evening at the Hogs Breath Saloon.

The report says a bartender refused to serve Carter and another man, Michael Rae Papayans, 27, of California and staff repeatedly told both men to leave.

Once outside the venue, Papayans allegedly head-butted one employee and Carter allegedly grabbed a bouncer by the throat.

Papayans was also held on a misdemeanor battery charge. It was not immediately clear whether either man was represented by an attorney.

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