Garth Brooks’ rape accuser has reacted to the singer publicly revealing her name amid their legal battle.
The country singer, 62, was accused of raping a woman in her lawsuit filed last week. In turn, Brooks filed a complaint with the District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi Northern Division on Tuesday where he named his accuser and sued her for compensatory and punitive damages, according to court documents obtained by The Post.
Brooks said in the docs he wants “compensatory damages” caused by his accuser’s “intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, and false light invasion of privacy.”
The accuser’s legal team released a statement after her name was included in Brooks’ filing.
“Garth Brooks just revealed his true self. Out of spite and to punish, he publicly named a rape victim,” the statement read, which was obtained by the Post.
“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 legal team added.
The Post has reached out to the woman’s legal team for further comment.
On Tuesday, Brooks filed an initial complaint where he referred to himself as “John Doe” and his accuser — who allegedly worked for Brooks as a hair stylist in 2019 — as “Jane Roe.”
Brooks asked a judge to grant both parties anonymity in the case. He also claimed his accuser tried blackmailing him “into paying her millions of dollars.”
But in his second complaint, Brooks named both parties and said he will “suffer irreparable harm to his reputation, his family, and his career” if his accuser is allowed to continue “her attempted extortion, defamation, and false light invasion of privacy.”
Garth alleged that the accuser asked him for “salaried employment and medical benefits,” and when he wouldn’t agree to her demands, “she responded with false and outrageous allegations of sexual misconduct.”
The “Much Too Young” singer claimed his accuser sent him a letter on July 17 where she threatened to file a lawsuit against him unless he paid her “millions of dollars.”
Brooks said the letter was the first time that he learned of the allegations.
The accuser allegedly sent a follow-up letter on August 23 where she wrote she’d “refrain from publicly filing her false and defamatory lawsuit” against Brooks “in exchange for a multi-million dollar payment.”
The complaint filed by Brooks said the accuser was “well aware” that her alleged fabricated lawsuit would cause “substantial, irreparable damage” to Brooks’ “well-earned reputation as a decent and caring person.”
Brooks said the accuser worked for him as an independent contractor for 15 years before she relocated from Tennessee to Mississippi in 2020.
He claimed she “encountered financial difficulties” and requested “financial assistance” from the Grammy winner. Brooks allegedly initially helped her out, he said, but eventually his accuser’s “demands for financial assistance only increased.”
The Post has reached out to Brooks’ rep for comment.
The initial lawsuit against Brooks was filed on October 3.
“Jane Roe” accused the singer of sexual assault and battery, as well as 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.
The alleged incidents all happened in 2019, per the lawsuit.
The accuser claimed Brooks raped her in a hotel room after the pair traveled alone in his private jet to Los Angeles for a Grammy taping in May 2019.
She alleged that Brooks “appeared in the doorway to the bedroom, completely naked,” making her feel “trapped in the room alone” with him.
Brooks, who has been married to fellow country star Trisha Yearwood since 2005, has denied all allegations against him.
