00:00Garth Brooks' song pulled from TV special out of an abundance of caution after assault
00:04allegations.
00:06The broadcaster decided to drop plans to perform the cover for the Oct. 4 program.
00:12Plans for a cover of one of Garth Brooks' most popular songs to be included in an annual
00:16country music TV special were.
00:19Pulled after sexual assault allegations made against the singer were made public last week.
00:24Brooks, 62, was accused of sexual assault and battery by a woman who identified herself.
00:31As Jane Rowan a lawsuit filed in California on Thursday, Oct. 3, the woman said she worked
00:37for Brooks as a hair and makeup stylist, according to court documents obtained by CNN.
00:43Brooks denied the allegations in a statement shared with Parade.
00:46Shortly after news of the allegations broke, Ireland's The Late Late Show was due to record
00:51its annual country music special, which featured several artists performing covers of popular
00:57country songs.
00:58Irish singer Michael English had practiced Brooks' Friends in Low Places during a dress
01:02rehearsal for the special, according to The Irish Independent, but the song was not performed
01:08as part of the official program that aired on Friday, Oct. 4.
01:13There was uncertainty about the specifics of an emerging news story prior to recording
01:17of the song.
01:18A spokesperson for Irish broadcaster RT told The Sunday Independent.
01:23Through an abundance of caution, a decision was made to make an editorial change.
01:28No song was cut from the show.
01:30No Garth Brooks song was performed in front of a studio audience.
01:34Brooks said he was hassled in the two months prior to the Oct. 3 lawsuit by the woman who
01:39made the allegations, which he compared to having a loaded gun waved in my face.
01:44He filed a lawsuit of his own anonymously one month earlier to speak out against extortion
01:49and defamation of character, his statement to Parade said, in part.
01:54Brooks later described himself as the victim of a shakedown in new court documents that
01:58his legal team filed on Tuesday, Oct. 8.
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