Garth Brooks Predicted to Receive Major Career Honor Amid Sexual Assault Allegations

Garth Brooks might be receiving a prestigious honor in 2025 despite his ongoing sexual assault allegations.

Axios Cleveland shared a new article attempting to predict who might be in the 2025 class of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees, with Brooks earning a spot on the publication's predicted ballot.

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While considering who has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame recently, the publication stated, "The inductions have been big on country music in recent years and the next artist could be Garth Brooks, who pushed the genre into the mainstream in the 1990s."

As a result, Brooks made it to the final prediction list, alongside other big names in the music industry like Mariah Carey, Billy Idol, Iron Maiden, Oasis and Thin Lizzy.

Brooks has had a long-lasting and successful career, releasing his debut self-titled album in 1989. Some of his past hits include "The Dance," "Friends in Low Places," and "More Than a Memory."

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The interesting prediction for next year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class comes as Brooks is facing sexual assault and battery allegations in a lawsuit filed earlier this month by a former hairstylist.

In an amended complaint from Brooks filed after the lawsuit, he called himself "the victim of a shakedown," claiming that the former hairstylist requested money from him, and when he denied one of her requests, she reportedly made "false and outrageous allegations of sexual misconduct she claims occurred years ago."

As all of this is going on, Brooks is set to return to Las Vegas in December to perform his popular residency, which will continue into 2025.

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