Garth Brooks filed legal complaint claiming extortion and defamation against makeup artist weeks before she sued him for assault

Garth Brooks has previously filed an anonymous complaint against his former makeup and hair stylist, claiming that she was trying to extort him. According to his complaint filed on September 13 in a United States District Court in in Mississippi, Brooks claimed that the accuser, now known as "Jane Roe," was threatening to "publicly file" a lawsuit against him using "fabricated allegations." Jane Rone had recently accused Brooks of s*xual assault and battery.

Reportedly the complaint also stated that the purpose of the suit was to "irreparably harm" Garth's reputation unless he paid her millions of dollars. Roe allegedly asked the singer-songwriter for money after she faced financial difficulty.

Brooks mentioned in the complaint that while he complied with the initial monetary demands, Roe reportedly increased her demands for salary and medical benefits, in which case, Brooks declined. However, when the musician refused to give her what she wanted, Roe allegedly came up with "false and outrageous allegations of s*xual misconduct."

In Roe's October 3 lawsuit, she claims that Garth Brooks r*ped her, sending her s*xually explicit messages, exposed himself, and asked her to have a thr**some with him and his wife, Trisha Yearwood.

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Garth Brooks' preemptive complaint requested the court for a "declaratory judgment" of his innocence

Garth Brooks' preemptive complaint against Jane Roe mentioned that he received multiple demand letters from the latter to pay him "millions of dollars." He allegedly received the demands from Roe in July and August. Hence, in his complaint, he is requesting for the judge to award him a "declaratory judgment that [the] Defendant's allegations against him of s*xual misconduct are untrue.

Garth Brooks, who is one of the wealthiest country stars, also wanted the court to award him compensatory and punitive damages, among others. He also noted in the complaint that he prefers to have a trial by jury.

Roe's camp, however, addressed Brooks' earlier complaint in a complaint of their own, which partly reads:

"With a draft of Ms. Roe's California s*xual assault complaint in hand, Mr. Doe [Brooks] raced to this courthouse in an obvious attempt to further control and bully his s*xual assault victim."

Roe's counter-complaint called Garth Brooks' filing a "frivolous action" that he did after learning that Roe wanted to hold him accountable for his "conduct and s*xual violence." They also allege that the country singer has "improperly utilized the Declaratory Judgement Act" for his own gain because he's desperate to prevent the truth from going public.

Garth Brooks has maintained his innocence and publicly denied any wrongdoing since Roe's accusation came to light. He shared a statement on October 4, a day after news of Roe's lawsuit came out, that he's been "hassled to no end with threats, lies, and tragic tales" for the last two months because he did not write "a check for many millions of dollars.

He described his current predicament as "like having a loaded gun waved in my face." The country music star also explained why he refused to pay Roe any money, saying that "hush money, no matter how much or how little, is still his money." He further noted that, in his mind, if he gives in to the monetary demands, it means he is admitting to things that he is "incapable" of doing.

Meanwhile, Jane Roe's attorneys, Douglas H. Wigdor, Jeanne M. Christensen, and Hayley Baker, told CNN in a statement on Friday that they are "confident" that the country star will be held accountable for his actions.