Garth Brooks claimed he was “hassled” for “millions of dollars” prior to being sued for sexual assault and battery. “I do not fear the truth,” he stated in his denial of the allegations.
Garth Brooks claimed he was “hassled” for “millions of dollars” before he was sued by an alleged ex-employee for sexual assault and rape.
“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,” the country music icon, 62, said in a statement to Page Six Thursday.
“It has been like having a loaded gun waved in my face,” he continued. “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.”
Brooks also confirmed he filed a suit against the woman accusing him of rape “nearly a month ago to speak out against extortion and defamation of character.”
He said he did so anonymously “for the sake of families on both sides.”
“I want to play music tonight. I want to continue our good deeds going forward,” he went on.
“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.
