Garth Brooks fought back against a newly filed lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault and battery during a livestream with his fans on Monday.
The 62-year-old country music icon addressed ‘the elephant in the room’ during TalkShopLive’s Inside Studio G chat, according to Taste Of Country.
‘A lot’s happened in the last two weeks,’ he said, alluding to the allegations leveled against him.
‘This thing is on, it’s gonna happen, and people are telling me it could be up to two years. OK?’ he continued, seemingly referring to the upcoming legal battle.
Brooks is accused by an anonymous ‘Jane Doe’ of raping her on a work trip to Los Angeles in 2019, which he denied in a preemptive countersuit that was filed anonymous, and then public in a statement last week.
Garth Brooks fought back against a newly filed lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault and battery during a livestream with his fans on Monday; pictured in May 2023 in Frisco, Texas
The makeup artist had reportedly been employed by Brooks as an independent contractor for 15 years prior to the alleged sexual assault.
In the livestream on Monday, Brooks went on to urge his fans to ‘take a deep breath, just kinda settle in and let’s hold hands and take a trip together.’
He indicated that he wouldn’t have much to say about the lawsuit, which he said could take two years to play out in court, adding, ‘It is something that we cannot talk about. That’s all we can say about it.’
The hitmaker avoided going into any specifics and immediately changed the subject by praising his wife, fellow country singer Trisha Yearwood, for her commitment to their philanthropic projects.
Last week, an insider told Us Weekly that Yearwood and the couple’s three children are all convinced of Brooks’ innocence.
The singer filed his anonymous preemptive countersuit in federal court in Mississippi in September, though his accuser eventually filed her suit in California on October 3.
In his filing, he said the lawsuit was filed after he received a ‘demand letter’ from Roe’s attorney.
In her lawsuit, the anonymous woman accused Brooks of
Brooks told fans that the sexual assault lawsuit against him could take two years to play out in court, and he said he wouldn’t be able to publicly discuss it during that time; seen in May 2021 in Washington, DC
He urged his fans to ‘take a deep breath, just kinda settle in and let’s hold hands and take a trip together,’ before changing the subject to praise his wife Trisha Yearwood for her charity work
Last week, Us Weekly reported that Yearwood and the couple’s three children are all convinced of his innocence; Brooks and Yearwood pictured in May 2023 in Frisco, Texas
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