Garth Brooks has insisted he is "incapable" of the "ugly acts" he has been accused of by a former employee. The 62-year-old country star is the subject of a sexual assault and battery lawsuit filed by a make-up artist, known anonymously as Jane Roe, who alleged she was raped during a 2019 work trip with the 'River' singer, but he's issued a statement in which he claimed he had spent months being subjected to "threats and lies" warning what would happen if he didn't hand over "many millions of dollars". He said in a statement: "For the last two months, I have 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.
It has been like having a loaded gun waved in my face. “Hush money, no matter how much or how little, is still hush money. In my mind, that means I am admitting to behavior I am incapable of — ugly acts no human should ever do to another.
We filed suit against this person nearly a month ago to speak out against extortion and defamation of character. We filed it anonymously for the sake of families on both sides." The 'Unanswered Prayers' hitmaker does "not fear the truth" and has faith in the legal system that he will be exonerated.
He added: “I want to play music tonight. I want to continue our good deeds going forward. It breaks my heart these wonderful things are in question now.
I trust the system, I do not fear the truth, and I am not the man they have painted me to be..
