Garth Brooks Returns to Vegas Stage amid Sexual Assault Allegations: 'I Really Needed This'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Garth Brookshas returned to the stage amid his sexual assault lawsuit.

“If there was ever a night that I really needed this, TONIGHT was that night! Thank you for my life!!!!! Love, g,” Brooks wrote as he shared a photo of himself onstage in front of a sold-out crowd during his show.

The singer’s residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas began in May 2023 and is scheduled to run until early 2025.

In the complaint, the plaintiff “Jane Roe” alleges that throughout 2019, Brooks, 62, raped her, exposed his genitals and buttocks, spoke openly about sex and related fantasies, changed clothes in her presence and sent sexually explicit text messages.

“Hush money, no matter how much or how little, is still hush money. In my mind, that means I am admitting to behavior I am incapable of — ugly acts no human should ever do to another,” Brooks continued. “Wefiled suit against this person nearly a month agoto speak out against extortion and defamation of character.  We filed it anonymously for the sake of families on both sides."

Brooks added, “I want to play music tonight. I want to continue our good deeds going forward. It breaks my heart these wonderful things are in question now. I trust the system, I do not fear the truth, and I am not the man they have painted me to be.”

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The Nashville community is reeling from the news of the allegations against the singer, a music industry sourceshared with PEOPLEon Thursday, Oct. 3.

“The news is definitely shocking. Garth and Trisha are the king and queen of Nashville — he literally refers to her as the queen,” the insider said, referring to Brooks' wifeTrisha Yearwood.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go torainn.org.

source: people.com