Attorneys for the Jane Roe who accused Garth Brooks of rape have hit out after the singer revealed the girl’s id in an amended authorized criticism.
“Garth Brooks just revealed his true self. Out of spite and to punish, he publicly named a rape victim. With no legal justification, Brooks outed her because he thinks the laws don’t apply to him. On behalf of our client, we will be moving for maximum sanctions against him immediately,” mentioned Douglas H. Wigdor (Founding Partner Wigdor LLP), Jeanne M. Christensen (Partner Wigdor LLP), and Hayley Baker (HB Advocates PLLC) in a press release to TheWrap.
Brooks’ amended criticism to his preemptive September lawsuit, was filed Tuesday in Mississippi. In it he accused the girl of “ongoing attempted extortion, defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress through outrageous conduct including the publication and threatened wider publication of false allegations of sexual misconduct that would irreparably harm Plaintiff’s reputation, family, career and livelihood.”
The criticism says that the girl labored for Brooks for 15 years earlier than she moved from Tennessee to Mississippi, the place she “apparently encountered financial difficulties and asked Plaintiff for financial assistance.”
The paperwork additionally point out Brooks gave the girl monetary help till she requested for “salaried employment and medical benefits.” Once that was denied, “she responded with false and outrageous allegations of sexual misconduct she claims occurred years ago.”
Brooks goes on to say that he solely grew to become conscious of the allegations on July 17, when he acquired an “ostensibly ‘confidential’ demand letter” that alleged “a litany of sexual misconduct by Plaintiff ranging from allegations of sexual ‘grooming,’ creation of a sexually hostile work environment, unwanted sexual touching, and sexual assault.” The allegations have “no basis in fact,” the paperwork state.
The lady despatched a follow-up letter on Aug. 24 and allegedly requested “a multi-million dollar payment” in trade for her silence.
The “revulsive and untrue allegations” have additionally brought on “emotional distress including anxiety and fear for himself and his family,” the paperwork continued. Brooks is asking the courtroom to concern “a declaratory judgment that Defendant’s allegations against him of sexual misconduct are untrue,” to award “compensatory damages proximately caused by Defendant’s intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, and false light invasion of privacy,” and to concern a “preliminary and permanent” injunction to forestall the girl from persevering with to discuss the case and the allegations.
He has additionally requested “reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees” and “pre-judgement and post-judgment interest.”
In a follow-up submitting, Brooks defined why his amended criticism names the accuser. “For the sake of his family, and out of respect for Roe’s family as well, Plaintiff titled this action ‘John Doe vs. Jane Roe,'” the submitting says concerning the preliminary lawsuit.
“Rather than allow this Court to consider and adjudicate Plaintiff’s request, Roe wrested the decision from the Court. While Plaintiff’s Motion to proceed under a pseudonym was pending, and before it was even fully briefed, Roe’s counsel, Douglas Wigdor, revealed to CNN that Plaintiff was world-famous musician and humanitarian Garth Brooks. CNN published Roe’s counsel’s on-the-record quote on October 3, 2024, two days after Roe represented to this Court that she purportedly ‘respects this Court’s authority to decide whether Mr. Doe can
proceed under a pseudonym,” the submitting additionally mentioned.
Brooks was accused of rape in a lawsuit filed by the Jane Roe on Oct. 3, 2024. According to courtroom paperwork offered to TheWrap, the alleged incidents befell again in 2019. Roe asserts she was as soon as raped by Brooks whereas employed by him at an occasion. The singer has beforehand denied the accusations.
Roe’s lawsuit said that in 2019 she flew with Brooks to Los Angeles to tape a Grammy efficiency to Sam Moore, and he or she alleged Brooks raped her in a lodge room whereas on the journey.
“Usually there were others on Brooks’ private jet but this time, Ms. Roe and Brooks were the only two passengers,” the criticism reads. “Once in Los Angeles at the hotel, Ms. Roe could not believe that Brooks had booked a hotel suite with one bedroom and she did not have a separate room.”
The plaintiff is represented by Wigdor, who beforehand filed quite a few #MeToo lawsuits towards Harvey Weinstein and others.
“We applaud our client’s courage in moving forward with her complaint against Garth Brooks,” Wigdor and co-counsels Jeanne M. Christensen and Hayley Baker mentioned in a press release. “The complaint filed today demonstrates that sexual predators exist not only in corporate America, Hollywood and in the rap and rock and roll industries but also in the world of country music. We are confident that Brooks will be held accountable for his actions and his efforts to silence our client through the filing of a preemptive complaint in Mississippi was nothing other than an act of desperation and attempted intimidation. We encourage others who may have been victimized to contact us as no survivor should suffer in silence.”
Brooks filed a preemptive criticism on Sept. 13 as an try to forestall the girl’s lawsuit. “Defendant’s allegations are not true,” his earlier lawsuit said. “Defendant is well aware, however, of the substantial, irreparable damage such false allegations would do to Plaintiff’s well-earned reputation as a decent and caring person, along with the unavoidable damage to his family and the irreparable damage to his career and livelihood that would result if she made good on her threat to ‘publicly file’ her fabricated lawsuit.”
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