Garth Brooks Alleges Rape Accuser Is Attempting 'Extortion' Due to 'Demand Letter' He Received Ahead of Filed Suit

Mar. 15, 2025

Garth Brooksclaims hisrape accuseris attempting to extort him, citing a “demand letter” he received ahead of her lawsuitalleging sexual assault and abuse filed Thursday.

When he refused to pay Roe more and meet her “demands for salaried employment and medical benefits,” Brooks' complaint alleges he was met with “false and outrageous allegations of sexual misconduct” in a “confidential demand letter” from Roe’s attorneys on July 17. The letter reportedly included allegations of “sexual grooming, creation of a sexually hostile work environment, unwanted sexual touching and sexual assault.”

Garth Brooks attends the 51st annual CMA Awards on Nov. 8, 2017 in Nashville.Michael Loccisano/Getty

Michael Loccisano/Getty

According to Brooks' complaint, the accuser threatened to “publicly file” a suit against Brooks with the same “fabricated allegations” unless he agreed to pay her millions of dollars. Allegedly, the letter referenced many “celebrity sexual misconduct lawsuits featuring multi-million dollar jury awards.”

On Aug. 23, Brooks allegedly received a follow-up letter from his accuser offering to refrain from filing a suit against him in exchange for a multi-million dollar payout, claiming that should he not meet her demands, “he would face exposure of many millions of dollars ‘based on [his] net worth.'”

Brooks alleges that Roe knows how publicly filing a suit would impact his “well-earned reputation” and damage his career and livelihood.

Garth Brooks in Washington DC in May 2021.Paul Morigi/Getty Images

“Indeed, such knowledge no doubt explains why Defendant threatened to file suit through a “confidential” demand letter rather than simply filing suit to redress her alleged (but untrue) injuries.” the complaint reads.

The “Much Too Young” musician is seeking a declaratory judgment that Roe’s allegations against him of sexual misconduct are false, compensatory damages, punitive damages and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief.

During her employment, she allegedly experienced Brooks “regularly changing his clothing” in front of her and “often purposefully” exposing his genitals and buttocks, openly talking about sexual subjects in front of her, telling her his “sexual fantasies” and receiving “sexually explicit text messages” from him, she claims in the complaint.

Roe is requesting monetary and/or compensatory damages and punitive damages/exemplary damages.

“We applaud our client’s courage in moving forward with her complaint against Garth Brooks,” said Roe’s attorneys Douglas H. Wigdor, Jeanne M. Christensen and Hayley Baker (HB Advocates PLLC) in a statement. “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."

They added: “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.”

On Thursday evening, the country legenddenied all accusations, saying he “is not the person she claims him to be.”

Garth Brooks in May 2023.Theo Wargo/Getty

Theo Wargo/Getty

He added, “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.”

“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,” Brooks concluded.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go torainn.org.

source: people.com