Garth Brooks is requesting that the sexual assault case be brought to federal court

“For the past two months, I have been endlessly plagued with threats, lies and tragic stories about what my future would look like if I didn’t write a multi-million dollar check,” the 62-year-old said in a statement to E! News shortly after filing: “It was like a loaded gun was being waved in my face.”

He continued, accusing the plaintiff of blackmail: “Hush money, no matter how much or how little, is still hush money.” For me, that means admitting to behavior that I am incapable of – ugly acts that no human being should do this to another.”

In the lawsuit from Jane RoeThe plaintiff accused Brooks of “talking openly about sexual topics” and sending her sexually explicit messages, including one “about a threesome with his wife, Ms. Yearwood.”

Brooks later filed a preemptive action in Mississippi on October 8 to prevent the plaintiff from suing him in her home state.

“[Brooks] is the victim of extortion,” the country wrote in legal documents obtained by E! News available. “When Jane Roe threatened to publish lies about him with the intent of blackmailing him.” [Brooks] to pay her millions of dollars – he filed this lawsuit to protect his reputation, reveal the truth and put an end to her scheme.”