Leslie Carter was the sister of Aaron Carter, who was found dead Saturday at his home in California. Leslie died at the age of 25 on January 31, 2012, due to a prescription drug overdose.

After the news of her death surfaced online, the Carter family released a statement.

“Our family is grieving right now and it’s a private matter,” the statement read. “We are deeply saddened for the loss of our beloved sister, daughter, and granddaughter, Leslie Carter. We request the utmost privacy during this difficult time,” the statement read.

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In September 2019, Aaron made a shocking claim on social media alleging that his late sister raped him for years when he was a child. Aaron wrote that Leslie suffered from bipolar disorder and raped him “when she wasn’t on her medications,” beginning when he was 10 years old.

“My sister Leslie suffered from bipolar and took lithium to treat it. She never liked the way it made her feel and when she was off of it she did things that she never meant to do I truly believe that. I was 10 years old….”

Who was Leslie Carter?

Singer Leslie Carter debuted through DreamWorks Records with the single “Like Wow!” in 2001. From 2006 to 2009, Carter was a member of the band The Other Half.

Born in Tampa, Florida, she was the third of five children of Jane Elizabeth Spaulding Carter and the late Robert Carter.

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She was the older sister of singer Aaron Carter and his twin sister model Angel, and the younger sister of BJ Carter and Nick Carter. She was the younger half-sister of Ginger Carter.

Leslie was the stepsister of Taylen Dobson and the older half-sister of Kanden Carter.

On September 12, 2008, Leslie married Mike Ashton and moved to Toronto, Ontario, where she gave birth to a daughter, Alyssa Jane Ashton, on April 1, 2011.

Just before her death, she was planning to go to rehab to overcome her drug addiction with help from Aaron.