Garth Brooks wants to take his sexual assault case to federal court

Garth Brooks has filed a complaint against Jane Roe, a former employee who has accused him of sexual assault, in federal court. According to People magazinehe has reason to do so because the damages Roe is seeking in her lawsuit are more than $75,000, “which is within the rules of federal court.” A legal expert for Entertainment tonight addressed possible reasons why the country singer might want to move the case to federal court, including a broader jury pool, a faster trial date and perhaps a better chance of having the case dismissed altogether.

Last month, Brooks’ legal team filed documents identity revealed from his accuser, who worked as a hairstylist and makeup artist for him and his wife Trisha Yearwood. Brooks argued that he was justified in doing so because Roe had revealed it are identity; Roe’s team thought differently. “Garth Brooks just revealed his true self. Out of spite and to punish, he publicly named a rape victim,” her lawyers said in a statement. “Without legal justification, Brooks outed her because he thinks the laws don’t apply to him. On behalf of our client, we will immediately push for maximum sanctions against him.”

Brooks has denied all allegations of wrongdoing against him. “Over the past two months, I have been harassed endlessly with threats, lies and tragic stories about what my future would be if I did not write a multi-million dollar check. It was like waving a loaded gun in my face,” he said in an earlier statement. “Hush money, no matter how much or how little it is, is still hush money. In my mind, this means admitting to behavior that I am not capable of doing – ugly acts that no human being should ever do to another… I trust the system, I am not afraid of the truth, and I am not the man they make me out to be. have depicted.”