Garth Brooks speaks on the 2023 Music Metropolis Stroll of Fame Induction ceremony at Music Metropolis Stroll of Fame on Might 4, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee. Picture: Jason Kempin/ Getty Photos by way of AFP
Garth Brooks has denied rape accusations in opposition to him as he returned to his Las Vegas live performance residency within the wake of a sexual misconduct lawsuit filed in opposition to the nation star.
In a press release to Individuals journal, the 62-year-old dismissed the allegations, through which a former worker accuses Brooks of rape and repeated undesirable sexual advances, together with exposing himself and groping.
“I’ve been hassled to no finish with threats, lies, and tragic tales of what my future could be if I didn’t write a test for a lot of tens of millions of {dollars},” Brooks mentioned, including his workforce had filed swimsuit in opposition to the lady for extortion and defamation.
“It has been like having a loaded gun waved in my face,” he mentioned. “I belief the system, I don’t concern the reality, and I’m not the person they’ve painted me to be.”
The accuser’s lawyer Douglas Wigdor mentioned in a press release despatched to AFP on Friday, Oct. 4, that Brooks’ suggestion “that he was unwilling to pay tens of millions is solely not true.”
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“It appears as if Sean Combs and Garth Brooks are utilizing the identical public relations workforce by attacking reliable victims.
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“We’re very assured in our case and over time the general public will see his true character reasonably than his extremely curated persona.”
The lawsuit in opposition to Brooks is the most recent leveled in opposition to a music star after greater than 100 individuals filed swimsuit in opposition to rapper and music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, alleging he subjected them to sexual abuse, on high of the federal racketeering and intercourse trafficking fees he’s already going through.
Wigdor additionally represents Cassie, the artist who was in a long-term relationship with Combs and whose preliminary sexual assault lawsuit in opposition to him triggered a spate of different allegations in opposition to him from others.
The swimsuit in opposition to Brooks, which calls for unspecified damages, says the accuser was so traumatized by an assault in Might 2019 that she later thought of suicide.
“Brooks appeared within the doorway to the bed room, utterly bare,” particulars the swimsuit of the alleged assault.
“He stood there and flexed his muscle tissue. (She) instantly had a sick feeling in her abdomen, realizing she was trapped within the room alone with Brooks, with nobody to assist.”
In an Instagram publish centered on his Thursday live performance, Brooks wrote, “If there was ever an evening that I actually wanted this, TONIGHT was that evening!” alongside a picture of The Colosseum at Caesars Palace the place he’s set to proceed a residency by means of early 2025.
Brooks surged to worldwide fame within the Nineties, with hits together with “Associates in Low Locations” and “The Dance.”
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In 2015, he topped Elvis Presley for the very best variety of albums offered by a male artist.
