COUNTRY music star Garth Brooks has hit back at allegations he raped a hair-and-makeup stylist in 2019, insisting the claims are like a “loaded gun” in his face.
The allegations were filed by his accuser, referred to only as Jane Doe, in a lawsuit via Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday.
The woman says that she started working for Brooks in 2017, having worked for Brooks’ wife, country singer Trisha Yearwood, since 1999.
She alleges in the lawsuit that the assault took place when she and Brooks traveled from Nashville to Los Angeles together, while he performed with soul singer Sam Moore at a Grammy Awards tribute in October 2019.
Addressing the allegations last night, Brooks insisted he is “not the man they have painted me to be.”
“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,” he wrote in an Instagram post.
“It has been like having a loaded gun waved in my face.”
The singer went on to say that “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.
He went on to say that he “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.
“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 U.S. Sun has reached out to representatives for Brooks for comment.
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