Less than a week after Garth Brooks was accused of rape in California, the country singer today filed a lawsuit in Mississippi to quell his own attempts to hide the real name in question from the public eye. I’m back in federal court.
Brooks, who was exposed in a highly graphic Oct. 3 Los Angeles Superior Court filing by “Jane Roe,” revealed the identity of the former makeup artist and stylist to herself and her spouse in an amended complaint Tuesday. to fellow country music icon Trisha Yearwood. .
On the topic of his “excellent public image and selfless philanthropic work” being at stake, Brooks today said he was a “shakedown victim” and that Jane Roe had “paid hundreds of thousands of dollars.” He said he was the victim of “blackmail” trying to get him to pay “$10,000.” she.
As he did last week, Mr. Brooks denied everything, claiming that the “malicious scheme” was all due to Ms. Roe’s anger over her “salary employment and medical benefits application” being denied. In response, Brooks wants his motion dismissed, saying Tuesday that his mid-September motion seeking “pseudonymous treatment for both parties” has been scuttled by Jane Roe’s own lawyers. Ta.
“Rather than allow this court to consider and decide plaintiffs’ claims, Mr. Roe usurped the decision from the court,” Brooks and his attorneys wrote today in a seven-page response to the defendants’ responses. ” he said. “The plaintiff’s motion to proceed under a false name is pending, and before it can be fully explained, Law’s attorney Douglas Wigdor has confirmed that the plaintiff is the world-famous musician and humanitarian Garth Brooks. “We have made it clear to CNN that this is the case,” the West Coast statement said in response to the claims. “Horrible and traumatic” rapes, assaults and other assaults in 2019. “CNN had been running articles about the dispute even before Mr. Roe’s California lawsuit was filed and posted to the public record. CNN publications also reported that Roe’s lawyers were not involved in the lawsuit. He was quoted as having made derisive remarks about.
Although nearly identical to the original federal application filed by Brooks about a month ago, the SAC filed today changes both Jane Roe’s real name and the singer’s own 2, formerly known as “John Doe.” Only one mention differs from the one submitted before it.
In a motion filed in an Oct. 8 Mississippi jury trial, similar to the Sept. 13 trial, Brooks, who is based in Tennessee, requested a “declaratory judgment that the defendant’s sexual misconduct allegations are false.” , is seeking an unspecified amount of damages in excess of $75,000. Jane Roe’s six West Coast LASC lawsuits also seek an unspecified set of damages.
Deadline will not be publishing the real name of Brooks’ rape accuser at this time.
But Brooks’ disclosure of Jane Roe’s real name may prompt her lawyers, at least indirectly, to make further demands on Southern state courts.
“Garth Brooks has truly revealed his true self,” exclaimed Doug Wigder, Jeanne M. Christensen and Haley Baker in a statement provided to Deadline this evening. “Out of malice and punishment, he made the rape victim’s name public. Without any legal justification, Brooks fired her because he believed the law did not apply to him. In return, we will immediately impose maximum sanctions against him.”
Well-placed sources tell me that it immediately reads October 9th.
On October 4, Brooks added Daniel Petrocelli, one of Hollywood’s go-to lawyers, to his team, presumably to talk about a new, more public strategy Brooks is currently pursuing. Megan Smith and Eric Amdarsky of O’Melveny & Myers California also participated. Mr. Petrocelli and colleagues from his firm will now work alongside Mr. Brooke’s early legal team at Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hughes PLLC in Jackson, Mississippi, led by R. David Kaufman. .
On October 7th, Brooks briefly addressed the “elephant in the room” on Inside Studio G on Facebook Live. “This is happening, it’s going to happen,” the singer said of the allegations and legal battles. “People are saying it could take up to two years,” Brooks added. “So my suggestion is, let’s all take a deep breath, calm down, hold hands and go on a trip together, because that’s something we can’t talk about. That’s all we can say about it. is.”
