How Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are Coping Following Sexual Assault Allegations

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00:00As sexual assault allegations against Garth Brooks send shockwaves through the country

00:04music scene, insiders reveal how the star and his wife Trisha Yearwood are coping

00:09behind closed doors.

00:11Brooks' legal issues quietly began back in mid-September, when the country music superstar

00:15filed an anonymous lawsuit alleging he was being extorted by an unnamed former

00:21makeup artist, who he says was threatening to publicly file false sexual misconduct

00:25claims against him unless he paid her millions of dollars.

00:29On October 3rd, Jane Roe filed a suit accusing Brooks of sexual assault and battery.

00:34A few days later, Brooks, who denied the allegations to Us In A Statement, hit back

00:38with legal filings in which he named the former employee and sued her for compensatory

00:43and punitive damages.

00:44The Grammy winner has long had a reputation for being one of the nicest guys in the

00:48business and a dedicated family man to his wife of nearly 19 years, Trisha Yearwood.

00:53And he also has three adult daughters with his ex-wife.

00:57Well, a source tells Us Weekly that he's trying to push forward and stay positive.

01:01All Garth cares about is his family and his fans.

01:04Another source adds,

01:13Another source adds that they are a very tight-knit family, so this has been

01:16devastating to them.

01:17She and the girls hope the truth will prevail in court.

01:21Now that they aren't the only ones in his corner, one of Brooks' brothers tells Us

01:25Weekly exclusively that he has no doubts that the star is innocent.

01:29He says,

01:45And the Nashville community is also rallying around him, with a source saying that many

01:49people think this is out of character and something Garth would never do.

01:53Garth is so down-to-earth and makes everybody around him feel like he's their best friend.

01:59He remembers everybody's name and is the kind of guy who would give you the shirt

02:03off his back.

02:04They feel like if Garth is capable of something like this, then anybody is.