A California court has temporarily denied country star Garth Brooks' motion to dismiss a sexual assault lawsuit filed against him. The court's decision, made public on December 16th, awaits the outcome of a separate lawsuit filed against Brooks in Mississippi. That lawsuit accuses Brooks of defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Brooks, who has denied all allegations in the California case, filed the motion to dismiss on November 8th, just a week after requesting the case be moved to federal court.
Over a month after country star Garth Brooks filed a motion to dismiss the sexual assault lawsuit filed against him, a California court has temporarily denied it.In Dec. 16 documents reviewed by E! News, the court details that Brooks’ motion was “denied without prejudice,” or temporarily denied, pending the outcome of another lawsuit against Roe filed in Mississippi Sept. 13.
iling for an “in camera review” of documents in order to dismiss the lawsuit — as “the court does not deem it necessary” to review the documents at all prior to issuing its final ruling. Brooks had filed the motion to dismiss the case Nov. 8, just a week after filing to move the case to a federal court Nov. 1.
The initial sexual assault lawsuit against Brooks was filed on Oct. 3 and accuses the “Friends in Low Places” singer of sexual assault and battery on multiple occasions in 2019.— had denied all of the allegations and alleged he had been pressured into offering “hush money” to the plaintiff prior to the filing.
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