In the lawsuit filed in Mississippi, the plaintiff alleges that allegations of sexual misconduct in a letter the woman’s attorneys sent him in July before they sued him were untrue.

“However, Defendant is well aware of the significant, irreparable harm that such false allegations would cause to Plaintiff’s well-deserved reputation as a decent and caring person, together with the inevitable harm to his family and the irreparable harm to his career and livelihood that would the consequences if she were to make good on her threat to ‘publicly file’ her trumped-up lawsuit,” according to the lawsuit against the woman.

The plaintiff’s attorneys see the Mississippi lawsuit as a preemptive attempt to silence their client.

“We are confident that Brooks will be held accountable for his actions and his attempts to silence our client by filing a preemptive complaint in Mississippi were nothing more than an act of desperation and attempted intimidation,” the statement reads. statement from the lawyers. “We encourage others who may have been victimized to contact us as no survivor should suffer in silence.”