Garth Brooks issued a statement Thursday after being accused by an anonymous “Jane Roe” accuser of sexual assault while she worked for him as a hair and makeup artist.

“Over the past two months, I have been harassed endlessly with threats, lies and tragic stories about what my future would be if I did not write a multi-million dollar check,” the country singer said in a statement to Rolling stone. “It was like waving a loaded gun in my face.”

Brooks continued, “Hush money, no matter how much or how little, is still hush money. In my eyes, this means admitting to behavior that I am not capable of: ugly acts that no human being should ever do to another.”

The statement continued: “We filed suit against this individual nearly a month ago to speak out against extortion and defamation of character. We submitted it anonymously, in the interest of the families on both sides.”

Brooks, who will perform in Las Vegas tonight, concluded: “I want to play music tonight. I want to continue our good deeds in the future. It breaks my heart that these wonderful things are now up for debate. I trust the system, I am not afraid of the truth, and I am not the man they have portrayed me to be.”

On Thursday, news broke of Roe’s lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, in which the woman accused Brooks of an assault that occurred while she was at his home for a styling appointment.

Roe says she was first hired in 1999 to do hair and makeup for Brooks’ wife, Trisha Yearwood, but started working for Brooks in 2017. She claims Brooks also groped her and sent her explicit text messages. The woman claimed a second incident occurred when she agreed to travel to Los Angeles with Brooks for a Grammy tribute to soul singer Sam Moore. She alleged that Brooks “locked her” in a hotel room, “grabbed her hands and pulled her” onto a bed, where she claims he raped her.

De Jane Roe is suing for sexual assault, battery and gender violence under California’s Sexual Abuse and Cover-Up Accountability Act.

Last month, before Roe filed her suit, Brooks denied her allegations in a preemptive complaint filed in federal court in Mississippi. That complaint was filed anonymously, describing the plaintiff only as a “celebrity and public figure living in Tennessee.”