Aaron Carter, 34, has died. The previous baby star and youthful brother of Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter was “discovered unresponsive in his Palmdale, California dwelling” on November 5. Shortly after emergency personnel arrived, he was declared deceased on the scene. He’s survived by his 11-month-old son Prince, whom he shared with ex Melanie Martin.
“We’re nonetheless within the technique of accepting this unlucky actuality,” Martin stated in an announcement Nov. 5 through the AP. “Your ideas and prayers are tremendously appreciated.” Martin and Carter began publicly relationship in January 2020, and Carter popped the query in June of the identical 12 months.
The 2 welcomed their solely son, Prince, in November 2021, and broke up every week after his arrival. The 2 continued an on-again, off-again relationship till his premature dying.
Talking to TMZ, Martin stated, “My fiancé Aaron Carter has handed away. I really like Aaron with all my coronary heart and it’s going to be a journey to boost a son with out a father. Please respect the privateness of my household as we come to phrases with the lack of somebody we love tremendously.”
Previous to his passing, Carter opened up concerning the turmoil of his relationship with Martin on the Nov. 2 episode of the No Jumper podcast. “She had fairly dangerous postpartum despair after the child. It received tough,” he defined. Previous to getting pregnant with Prince, Martin suffered a miscarriage in April 2021, largely as a result of stress.
“We did issues, we stated issues that weren’t true, similar to of retaliating after one another within the media. We each discovered a precious lesson, at the very least I did. I discovered that that is not what you do. You do not do this,” he stated, including, “We won’t eliminate one another. We love the f*** out of one another.”
Previous to his dying, Carter was within the midst of a custody battle for Prince. He spoke with The Solar in September and defined that his mother-in-law presently had custody of Prince, citing drug and home violence allegations. “I have never had any relapses or something like that, it is simply triggers are huge proper now for me [and] I would like my son again,” Carter stated in a video interview with Martin by his facet.
“I do group remedy, parenting lessons, home violence lessons, I received myself licensed in CPR, simply loads of various things. It is new being a guardian however it’s truly grow to be actually enjoyable and thrilling and given me a brand new chapter of my life. It has been wonderful,” he defined.
It looks as if Carter was doing every thing he may to verify he may very well be a practical and wholesome guardian for his son Prince.
