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Nick Carter buddy arrested in vicious beatdown of Mets fan at Dodger Stadium

Los Angeles cops busted a Southern California punk and his foul-mouthed mom for allegedly brutalizing a Mets fan in the parking of Dodger Stadium during last fall’s playoffs, authorities said on Thursday.

Michael Rae Papayans, 27, was charged with felony assault and faces up to seven years in prison if convicted, prosecutors said.

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Nick Carter’s mugshot from his January arrest with friend Michael Ray Papayans.

Papayans, from tony Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., is a pal of former Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter. The two got into brawl with workers at a Florida bar when they were refused service back in January, authorities said.