Garth Brooks performs in Vegas after denying sexual assault allegations: I really needed this
The show went on for Garth Brooks amid his sexual assault lawsuit. The country star shared an emotional Instagram post on Thursday after performing in Las Vegas on the heels of a former employee filing a lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault and rape.“If there was ever a night that I really needed this, TONIGHT was that night! Thank you for my life!!!!! Love, g,” Brooks, 62, wrote alongside a picture of himself performing to a sold-out crowd. The singer is in the middle of his residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, which started in May 2023 and is set to run through early 2025. Earlier that day, news broke that a woman who claims she worked as his hairstylist and makeup artist accused Brooks of raping and battering — but the CMA winner has maintained his innocence.He compared the allegations to “having a loaded gun waved” in his face.The lawsuit, filed in a California court Thursday by a woman referred to only as “Jane Roe,” states that Brooks allegedly raped her in a hotel room where she felt “trapped” and alone with the artist.
The pair allegedly traveled alone in his private jet to Los Angeles for a Grammy taping in May 2019 at the time.The woman who filed the suit said she was first hired as a hair and makeup artist for Brooks’ wife, Trisha Yearwood, in 1999, but was moved to Brooks’ team in 2017, the suit states.In addition to sexual assault and battery, Brooks is accused of repeatedly exposing his genitals and buttocks, talking about sex and sharing sexual fantasies with Roe, regularly changing his clothing in front of her, and sending her sexually explicit text messages, according to the complaint in the case, obtained by CNN. The suit alleges these incidents occurred in 2019. “We are confident that Brooks will be held accountable for his actions,” attorneys Douglas H.Wigdor, Jeanne M.
Christensen and Hayley Baker said in a statement to CNN.“We applaud our client’s courage in moving forward w...