Garth Brooks’ former hair stylist, who used a pseudonym when she sued the singer final week for alleged sexual assault, is reacting to his revealing her identify.
The Grammy winner, 62, recognized his accuser in a grievance filed in Mississippi Tuesday, in response to paperwork obtained by Us Weekly. The accuser had beforehand been recognized as “Jane Roe,” a former make-up artist to Brooks and his spouse, Trisha Yearwood.
“Garth Brooks just revealed his true self. Out of spite to and to punish, he publicly named a rape victim,” learn an announcement the accuser’s authorized group shared with the outlet. “With no legal justification, Brooks outed her because he thinks the laws don’t apply to him. On behalf of our client, we will be moving for maximum sanctions against him immediately.”
The “Friends in Low Places” singer stated he had deliberate to make use of pseudonyms for each himself and Roe, who started working for him in 2019 till she “threatened to publish lies about him — intending to blackmail Plaintiff into paying her millions of dollars,” in response to the submitting.
However, he stated, when Roe gave the courtroom “fewer than 48 hours after filing her opposition before publicly leaking Plaintiff’s identity to the press,” Brooks figured a “John Doe vs. Jane Roe” submitting was “moot” and determined to make use of each events’ names in his submitting, in response to Tuesday’s grievance that recognized them each.
Brooks additionally alleges that Roe’s accusations date again to mid-July, when he says she was struggling financially and threatened to file her go well with except he “pay Defendant millions of dollars not to,” per Us. He says a letter adopted with related threats.
Roe alleged in her go well with final week Brooks raped her in a Los Angeles lodge room in 2019. Roe additionally accused Brooks of long-running sexual harassment throughout her employment.
Brooks has denied the allegations.
Douglas H. Wigdor, “America’s most prominent #MeToo lawyer,” is among the many attorneys representing Roe.
Initially Printed: October 9, 2024 at 10:56 a.m.
