The woman who has accused Garth Brooks of sexual assault has filed sanctions against the singer after he revealed her name without her consent, calling it an example of his “abusive behavior.” “This afternoon, Wigdor filed for sanctions against Garth Brooks for his intentional and unlawful disclosure of a rape victim’s identity,” the law firm said in a statement to Us Weekly on Wednesday, October 9. “We also filed an emergency motion to seal the aforementioned amended complaint.
” The statement continued: “In revealing our client’s name, Brooks exhibits precisely the type of retaliatory and abusive behavior that compels sexual assault victims to remain silent. We are putting our client’s mental health first and requesting this be rectified immediately.” Us has reached out to Brooks for comment.
On Tuesday, October 8, Brooks, 62, filed a complaint accusing the woman in the lawsuit of leaking his name while the country star was waiting for a judge to sign off on his own filing, according to court documents obtained by Us . Brooks claimed that his filing would have used pseudonyms for both parties, which would have been “John Doe vs. Jane Roe.
” The legal document alleged that Jane Doe’s attorneys confirmed Brooks’ identity while his case was under review. Brooks was initially named in an October 3 complaint that claimed he raped an unnamed woman in 2019 while she was working for him as a hair stylist. Brooks has denied the allegations.
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