Country singer Garth Brooks is fighting back against allegations of sexual assault against a woman who was his former hairdresser.
In a stunning move, Brooks has publicly named his sexual assault accuser and is now suing her for compensatory and punitive damages after alleging she tried to extort “millions” from him, this according to a Page Six report.
Here are details of Brooks’ court filing, according to the report.
“When Jane Roe threatened to publish lies about him — intending to blackmail Plaintiff into paying her millions of dollars — Plaintiff filed this lawsuit to preserve his reputation, establish the truth, and put a stop to her scheme,” the filing explained.
“For the sake of his family, and out of respect for Roe’s family as well, Plaintiff titled this action ‘John Doe
vs. Jane Roe.’”
Because his accuser allegedly leaked his name, Brooks decided to submit a secondary filing that included both of their names, per the legal documents submitted yesterday.
In the filing, Brooks demanded “compensatory damages proximately caused by Defendant’s intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, and false light invasion of privacy, including incidental and consequential damages” and “punitive damages in an amount sufficient to deter similar future behavior.”
“Defendant will suffer no hardship from an injunction of her wrongful conduct, while Plaintiff will suffer irreparable harm if no injunction is issued,” the docs stated.
Brooks’ new filing also alleged his accuser sent him a letter on July 17 in which she “threatened” to “publicly file” over the claims against him unless he agreed to pay her “millions of dollars not to file the suit.”
According to the Page Six report, in an alleged second letter from August 23, the accuser wrote that she would “refrain from publicly filing her false and defamatory lawsuit against Plaintiff in exchange for a multi-million dollar payment.”
Brooks claimed in his submission that the “allegations are not true” and asked for “a declaratory judgment that Defendant’s allegations against him of sexual misconduct are untrue.”
According to Brooks, he alleged his accuser fell into financial hardship, which is when she requested “financial assistance.”
“Plaintiff complied out of loyalty, friendship, and a desire to improve Defendant’s condition,” the filing stated.
“But Defendant’s demands for financial assistance only increased, with Defendant ultimately asking Plaintiff for salaried employment and medical benefits.”
The accuser’s lawyers, Douglas H. Wigdor, Jeanne M. Christensen and Hayley Baker, slammed Brooks’ filing.
“Garth Brooks just revealed his true self. Out of spite and to punish, he publicly named a rape victim,” they said in a statement to Page Six Tuesday night.
“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.”
This in an on-going story. Check back for more developments.