Garth Brooks has denied the ra¶e accusations against him, calling it a ‘hush money’ shakedown.
ABOUT THE ACCUSATION
The country star, 62, was accused of se*ual assault and battery in a complaint filed in a state court in California on Thursday by a makeup artist who worked for his wife Trisha Yearwood, 60.
Hours later Brooks responded to the accusations in a statement: ‘For the last two months, I have been hassled to no end with threats, lies, and tragic tales of what my future would be if I did not write a check for many millions of dollars.’
‘Hush money, no matter how much or how little, is still hush money. In my mind, that means I am admitting to behavior I am incapable of — ugly acts no human should ever do to another,’ he added.
Brooks, who previously denied the claims in a complaint filed under ‘John Doe’, said: ‘We filed suit against this person nearly a month ago to speak out against extortion and defamation of character. We filed it anonymously for the sake of families on both sides.’
Brooks said the situation ‘has been like having a loaded gun waved in my face.’
He added, ‘I want to play music tonight. I want to continue our good deeds going forward. It breaks my heart these wonderful things are in question now. I trust the system, I do not fear the truth, and I am not the man they have painted me to be.’
The plaintiff, who filed anonymously as ‘Jane Roe,’ alleges the country icon brought her with him to Los Angeles for a Grammy event honoring the R&B singer Sam Moore in May 2019.
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WHAT THE PLAINTIFF SAID
In the suit, the plaintiff claims the Friends in Low Places singer booked only one hotel suite there for both of them, and when she asked for a separate accommodation, he would not provide one.
She accuses him of then accosting her in the doorway nude, hauling her into another room, dangling her upside down by the ankles and raping her, in court documents.
