Garth Brooks Performs Onstage After Denying Sexual Assault Allegations

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00:00Garth Brooks has returned to the stage.

00:03The country music legend resumed his Las Vegas residency

00:06just hours after bombshell sexual assault allegations

00:10from a former employee went public.

00:13According to NBC News, a hairstylist and makeup artist

00:16who previously worked for Brooks and his wife,

00:18Trisha Yearwood, filed a lawsuit on October 3rd,

00:21accusing him of unwanted sexual conduct,

00:24including rape, groping, lewd text messages,

00:27and exposing himself on multiple occasions.

00:30The woman, identified as Jane Rowe,

00:33claims that the inappropriate behavior started in 2019

00:36when she went to Brooks' home on a styling appointment

00:39and allegedly found him coming out of the shower naked

00:42and asking her to perform oral acts.

00:45Rowe claims she refused but continued working for Brooks.

00:49She further alleges that Brooks raped her

00:51on a work trip to Los Angeles that May

00:53and claims that the trauma from the alleged incident

00:56was so unbearable she contemplated suicide.

00:59Rowe also claims that Brooks continued

01:01the alleged inappropriate behavior

01:03despite her trying to ward him off.

01:05She eventually stopped working for him

01:07and moved to Mississippi.

01:09Brooks denied the allegations in a lengthy statement

01:11to Access Hollywood and has claimed

01:13that Rowe is allegedly seeking, quote, hush money.

01:17The artist's statement confirmed that he had previously

01:19filed an anonymous complaint against Rowe in September

01:22to, quote, speak out against alleged, quote,

01:24extortion and defamation of character.

01:27Brooks was scheduled to perform at Caesars Palace

01:29the same day the lawsuit was filed

01:31and he acknowledged his intent to, quote,

01:33play music tonight and continue our good deeds going forward.

01:37After wrapping his Caesars Palace show,

01:39Brooks posted an Instagram photo from the venue

01:41and shared gratitude for the crowd's support,

01:44writing in his caption,

01:46if there was ever a night that I really needed this,

01:48tonight was the night.

01:49Thank you for my life.

01:51Love, G.

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