CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Deadline reports:

Less than a week after Garth Brooks was accused of rape in California, the country singer was back in federal court in Mississippi today to kneecap his own attempts to keep real names in the matter out of the public eye.

Having been revealed in the extremely graphic October 3 filing in LA Superior Court by a “Jane Roe,” Brooks in an amended complaint Tuesday published the identity of the former make-up artist and stylist to himself and his spouse, the country music icon Trisha Yearwood.

With talk of his “stellar public image and selfless philanthropic work” being in jeopardy, Brooks today described being “the victim of a shakedown” and a “blackmail” move by said Jane Roe to get him to pay out “millions of dollars” to her.

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Garth Brooks Rape Accuser’s Lawyers Slam Singer For Revealing Jane Roe’s Real Name; Musician Insists Assault Claims Part Of “Malicious Scheme” https://t.co/udgK46f8tH

— Dominic Patten (@DeadlineDominic) October 9, 2024