Decide refuses to dismiss rape case in opposition to Garth Brooks

A US choose has rejected nation music star Garth Brooks’ request to dismiss a sexual assault and battery criticism in opposition to him.

In October, a former worker claimed that Brooks raped her in a resort room in 2019 and subjected her to undesirable sexual habits, together with repeatedly exposing himself and “groping her breasts.” .

The girl claimed the trauma attributable to the alleged sexual assault turned “so insufferable” that she thought of suicide.

Asking for the case to be dismissed, Brooks argued that the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Courtroom was a “rehash” of a defamation swimsuit he filed in opposition to his accuser in Mississippi in September.

Nevertheless, U.S. District Decide Michael Fitzgerald denied his movement to dismiss the case.

The choose quickly stayed proceedings within the California case till pending motions in Mississippi are resolved, in response to court docket paperwork.

Jeanne Christensen, the accuser’s lawyer, informed the PA information company: “We stay assured that Brooks shall be held accountable for his actions and his efforts to silence our shopper by submitting a pre-emptive criticism in Mississippi weren’t. nothing greater than an act of desperation and an try at intimidation.

Brooks, a two-time Grammy winner, beforehand described the California lawsuit as an tried extortion of “thousands and thousands of {dollars}.”

“Hid cash, regardless of how small or small, continues to be hush cash. In my thoughts, which means I’m admitting to habits that I’m incapable of – horrible acts that no human ought to ever do to a different,” he mentioned.

Within the lawsuit, the lady claims she was compelled to proceed working for Brooks due to monetary difficulties, which he knew about and allegedly exploited.

“I belief the system, I am not afraid of the reality and I am not the person they portrayed me to be,” Brooks beforehand mentioned.

Representatives for Brooks have been contacted for remark.

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