Garth Brooks has denied the rape accusations made against him, even going as far as to branding the claims as "hush money" blackmail. The 62-year-old country star has been accused of sexual assault and battery (which he firmly denies) in a complaint filed in a state court in California on Thursday by a makeup artist who worked for his wife Trisha Yearwood, 60. In the hours that followed the filing, Brooks responded in a statement to DailyMail.
com , claiming that he had been "hassled to no end with threats, lies, and tragic tales of what my future would be if I did not write a check for many millions of dollars". How Iran breached Israel's $200m Iron Dome - hailed world's best defense system Michael Jordan's NASCAR lawsuit could change sport as 23XI hires top lawyer He alleged that the threats went on for two months but he refused to pay up as "hush money, no matter how much or how little, is still hush money". He went on: "In my mind, that means I am admitting to behavior I am incapable of — ugly acts no human should ever do to another.
" The Dance singer likened the situation to "having a loaded gun waved in my face." The Express US has reached out to "Jane Doe's" legal team for comment on the hush money accusation made by Brooks. "I want to play music tonight.
I want to continue our good deeds going forward," he noted, as he admitted the accusations "break my heart". Brooks added: "I trust the system, I do not fear the truth, and I am not the man they have painted me to be.
