SINGER/ACTOR AARON CARTER FOUND DEAD IN HIS LANCASTER HOME

Troubled former child star Aaron Carter, who soared to fame as a solo artist on the heels of his older brother Nick Carter's success with the Backstreet Boys, has died at the age of 34, a representative for the singer has confirmed to Breaking Newz Now. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department confirms to Yahoo that deputies responded to Carter’s home in Lancaster, Calif. on Saturday shortly after 11 a.m. Upon arrival, officers found a deceased body. Homicide is handling the investigation, which is standard procedure at this time. A unnamed source claim the singer drowned. He did multiple stints in rehab, including once in 2011 and twice in 2017. He later admitted addictions to Xanax, Oxycodone and huffing. He also struggled with eating disorders and body dysmorphia, weighing just 115 pounds in 2017. Aaron revealed on The Doctors in 2017 that he had extensive mental health issues and had been diagnosed with multiple personality disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and acute anxiety. Aaron's family problems escalated later in his life. He and Nick both fired their mother over money woes, his sister Leslie died of an overdose in 2012 and his father died unexpected in 2017. However, his erratic behavior — and arsenal of guns — led to his siblings Nick and Angel taking out restraining orders against him in September, citing his "increasing alarming behavior." Aaron retaliated by taking to social media to brand his brother a "serial rapist." However, Aaron was plagued by personal problems in the long gap between his albums. His parents, Jane and Robert Carter, sued his former manager, the disgraced and now deceased Lou Pearlman, in 2002 for failing to pay Aaron royalties. One year later, Aaron alleged that his momager Jane took more than $100,000 from his bank account without permission. And a decade later, in 2013, he filed for bankruptcy protection to shed more than $3.5 million in debt, resolving it the following year. Aaron's erratic behavior continued amid his sibling dispute when he debuted a large face tattoo soon after. He was hospitalized for exhaustion. He appeared irate and unstable after a court appearance. He also rehired his mother as his manager, despite the alleged theft years earlier. The most disturbing part is that it all played out on social media. He posted non-stop on Twitter and Instagram, peddling various conspiracy theories about people being out to get him or attacking Nick. By that point, sadly, his music was overshadowed by his personal woes, making for a very sad end to his story. A heartthrob from his early days of stardom, Carter found himself entangled in a teen love triangle with fellow child stars Duff and Lindsay Lohan, dating both of them at the same time in the early aughts. He carried a torch for Duff for more than a decade, declaring his love for her on social media in 2011. At 18, he had a brief engagement to Playboy model Kari Ann Peniche, which they called off after six days. At 22, he was engaged to Maile Hochuli, but that didn’t last either. He also had well-publicized and failed relationships with Kaci Brown, Madison Parker and Lina Valentina. Aaron came out as bisexual in 2017 while dating Parker revealing he had a sexual experience with a male at age 17. However, he clarified that he wanted to marry and have a family with a woman. In 2021 Aaron announced his engagement to Melanie Martin, but the couple split just just days after welcoming their baby, son Prince Lyric Carter, on Nov. 22, 2021. This past September Aaron revealed that he and Martin had lost custody of then-9-month-old son amid concerns about drug abuse and allegations of domestic abuse. At the time, the new dad shared that he'd voluntarily entered a rehabilitation program, for the fifth time, with the intention of regaining custody of his son. "It's an abstinence program and I work with an individual counselor," he told the Sun. "I do group therapy, parenting classes, domestic violence classes, I got myself certified in CPR, just a lot of different things. It's new being a parent but it's actually become really fun and exciting and given me a new chapter of my life. It's been amazing."