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Garth Brooks' accuser has shared a 'sexually explicit' text message he allegedly sent her, as she slammed the country star for publicly naming her in his countersuit.
Brooks, 62, was accused of sexual assault and battery in a complaint filed on Thursday, by a makeup artist who worked for his wife Trisha Yearwood, 60. She filed anonymously as 'Jane Roe.'
As part of her lawsuit she included an alleged screenshot of text messages between the pair.
'And that huge stick you carry! Roo-sevelt!!' the plaintiff allegedly wrote in a redacted text featured in the lawsuit, as per In Touch.
'I'll take that nick-name. Thank you. I love you,' Brooks allegedly replied, with laughing and heart emojis.
Garth Brooks', 62, accuser shared a 'sexually explicit' text message he allegedly sent her, as she slammed the country star for publicly naming her in his countersuit; Brooks seen in 2023
According to the court docs, Brooks allegedly 'used more than one cell phone, and sometimes would use different "names" and email addresses to communicate with Ms. Roe. He would tell Ms. Roe ahead of time that it would be him sending her communications, under a different name.'
In the plaintiff's filing she also claims Brooks allegedly 'encouraged Ms. Roe to speak in a sexualized manner to him' like in the text screenshot.
'[Garth] sent [Jane] sexually explicit text messages and pressured her to engage in sexting with him,' the lawsuit read.
Additionally, she claims that although Brooks thought he deleted 'everything on Ms. Roe’s phone,' some of their alleged texts remain on her phone.
The Friends In Low Places singer previously denied the claims in a complaint filed under 'John Doe' in Mississippi in mid-September, to try to suppress her accusations, before she filed suit against him.
Now, the plaintiff's attorneys at Wigdor LLP have issued a statement to DailyMail.com, stating he named the accuser 'out of spite.'
'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,' the statement read.
'And that huge stick you carry! Roo-sevelt!!' the plaintiff allegedly wrote in a redacted text featured in the lawsuit. 'I'll take that nick-name. Thank you. I love you,' Brooks allegedly replied
In the plaintiff's filing she also claims Brooks allegedly 'encouraged Ms. Roe to speak in a sexualized manner to him' like in the text screenshot; he's seen in 2019
Brooks was accused of rape in a complaint filed last week by a makeup artist who worked for his wife Trisha Yearwood, 60. She filed anonymously as 'Jane Roe'; seen with Trisha in August
Attorneys Douglas H. Wigdor, Jeanne M. Christensen, and Hayley Baker added they intend to file the motion for sanctions in order to revert to Jane Roe.
The day prior, Brooks fought back against the lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault and battery during a livestream with his fans.
'A lot’s happened in the last two weeks,' he said during TalkShopLive's Inside Studio G chat, 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.
In the livestream, 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.'
Earlier this week Brooks denied the rape accusations, calling it a 'hush money' shakedown.
He responded to the accusations in a statement to DailyMail.com: '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.'
'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,' he added.
The singer previously denied the claims in a complaint filed under 'John Doe' in Mississippi, to try to suppress Roe's accusations, before she filed suit against him; seen in 2023
Now, the plaintiff's attorneys have issued a statement to DailyMail.com, stating he named the accuser 'out of spite' and 'to punish' because 'he thinks the laws don’t apply to him'; seen 2021
He added: '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.'
Brooks said the situation 'has been like having a loaded gun waved in my face.'
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.'
Last week, an insider told Us Weekly that Brooks' wife and his three children are all convinced of his 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 fostering a sexually hostile workplace prior to the alleged rape in 2019.
She claimed he 'took advantage' of financial difficulties she was suffering around 2019 by calling on her for sexual favors.
Roe accused Brooks of emerging naked from a shower on one occasion 'with an erection' that he forced her to touch. He allegedly grabbed her hand and told her that he fantasized about the moment and wanted her to perform a sex act on him.
In the complaint, the plaintiff alleges Brooks raped her, exposed his genitals, spoke openly about sex and his fantasies, and sent her sexually explicit text messages, in incidents that took place throughout 2019; Garth seen in 2019
The plaintiff also said he tried to talk her into a threesome with Trisha, who allegedly overheard one of the discussions; Brooks and Yearwood are pictured in 2019
She claimed things escalated in May 2019, when he asked her to travel with him to Los Angeles for a Grammy Awards tribute to Sam Moore. She claimed he booked a one-bedroom hotel suite and refused to provide her with her own room.
She accused Brooks of brutally raping her during the trip, before going on to send her explicit text messages and encouraging her to sext him in return.
The woman also claimed he boasted that he had 'f***ed multiple women in every corner of a hotel room,' 'white, Black, brown, or whatever… on every surface'.
She said Brooks repeatedly spoke of the potential of having a threesome with Yearwood and Roe, and he allegedly exposed himself to her and groped her body including her breasts multiple times, the lawsuit claimed.
Strikingly, Roe believed Yearwood 'overheard [his suggestion of a threesome] on at least one occasion,' and she said his wife was present for one particularly lewd conversation in which Brooks spoke of inventing a shampoo bottle that would double as a dildo.
Roe claimed the conversation made her so uncomfortable that she would not join in, which angered Brooks so much he allegedly 'slammed his fists down on the kitchen counter in frustration so hard that items on the counter moved and he leaned in and spoke in a threatening manner to Ms. Roe.'
Roe's legal team accused Brooks of pretending to entertain talks of a settlement, even as he used her sexual assault complaint to file his own preemptive lawsuit.
In the country superstar's lawsuit, he claimed Roe began suffering financial difficulties following a relocation to Mississippi.
He alleged that she asked him for financial help, which he said he provided, but Brooks said the woman's 'demands for financial assistance only increased, with defendant ultimately asking plaintiff for salaried employment and medical benefits.'
Brooks refused and, he claimed, 'she responded with false and outrageous allegations of sexual misconduct she claims occurred years ago'.
Brooks claimed the woman suffered financial difficulties after moving to Mississippi. He said her demands increased after he initially helped her; seen in 2021
His lawsuits says an attorney acting for Roe on July 17 sent Brooks a 'demand letter alleging a litany of sexual misconduct…ranging from allegations of sexual "grooming," creation of a sexually hostile work environment, unwanted sexual touching, and sexual assault.'
In his lawsuit, Brooks claimed Roe also alleged her belief that he, 'planned to hire someone to murder her.' This allegation was not included in Roe's own lawsuit.
Brooks claimed the demand letter was the first time he heard any of the allegations being made against him.
He stated that the letter threatened to 'publicly file' a civil complaint — the draft of which was included — unless he 'agreed to pay… millions of dollars.'
'The letter referred to various celebrity sexual misconduct lawsuits featuring multi-million-dollar jury awards,' his lawsuit claimed.
In a follow-up letter dated August 23, 2024, Brook's filing says Roe again 'offered to refrain from publicly filing her false and defamatory lawsuit…in exchange for a multi-million-dollar payment.'
He claimed: 'She threatened that if [Brooks] failed to meet this demand, he would face exposure of many millions of dollars 'based on [his] net worth.'
As the Recording Industry Association of America's top solo artist in history, selling nearly 150 million albums, the Friends in Low Places, singer has an estimated net worth of between $300 million and $350 million.
Last week, Us Weekly reported that Yearwood and his three children are all convinced of his innocence; Brooks pictured with daughter Allie, 28, (center) and Yearwood (left) in 2019
He shares his three grown daughters - Taylor (right), 32, August (left), 30, and Allie (center) - with his first wife Sandy Mahl
He has at times been the highest-paid celebrity on the planet. Between June 2017 and June 2018, he earned $45 million. In the same period in 2019 — the year Roe accuses him of raping her — he earned $25 million.
Brooks's country singer wife Trisha's own wealth brings their net worth as a couple to around $400 million.
Married for 21 years, Yearwood, 60, and Brooks have homes in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as well as Nashville, Tennessee, and Malibu, California.
Brooks broke his silence on Thursday night, hours after issuing a strenuous legal denial of the allegations of rape and battery claims leveled by the make-up artist whom he has known for more than 20 years.
Sharing an update to Instagram after his show at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Brooks wrote to fans that he 'really needed this.'
Uploading a photograph of the huge crowd who turned out to cheer him on he wrote, 'If ever there was a night that I really needed this, TONIGHT was that night! Thank you for my life!!!!love, g.'
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