Garth Brooks shared picture holding hands with wife Trisha Yearwood days before rape claims

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Country music star Garth Brooks shared a photo holding hands with his wife just days before he was accused of sexual assault. “Kicking off the build for @habitatforhumanity Carter Work project 2024.” Brooks then made another post wishing Carter a happy 100th birthday. Brooks posted a photo alongside Yearwood just days before a woman identified as Jane Roe filed a lawsuit claiming the country music star raped her in 2019. We filed it anonymously for the sake of families on both sides.” Brooks previously denied his accuser’s claims and tried to prevent her from voicing them publicly through a complaint he filed as a “John Doe.” In that complaint, he claimed that the woman had sent him a “confidential” demand letter alleging sexual misconduct after he had declined her request for “salaried employment and medical benefits.” “Defendant’s allegations are not true,” Brooks’ previous lawsuit states.