Country superstar Garth Brooks could have been a movie star, too, but a pesky tornado got in his way. At least, that's one theory in a series of allegations lobbed against the singer in a scathing lawsuit filed last week. Lisa Sanderson, who filed the complaint, was a producing partner at Brooks's Red Strokes Entertainment, whose goal was to develop film and TV projects for the singer. Sanderson claims she was promised 50 percent of producers' profits from those projects, but they never got off the ground, thanks to Brooks's inflated ego. Sanderson alleges that Brooks was poised to launch a lucrative film career, but sabotaged his and others' success at every turn. Her complaint states that Brooks is “a paranoid, angry, deceitful, and vindictive man who will turn against those closest to him on a dime.” According to the complaint, Brooks botched several opportunities to star in big-name Hollywood blockbusters,...
- 4/22/2013
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
Garth Brooks has friends in low places because he's one of the lowest human beings on the planet ... according to a lawsuit filed by his former business partner.Lisa Sanderson -- who worked with Garth for 20 years -- claims in her uber-colorful lawsuit that -- although Brooks passes himself off as "a humble and highly principled 'everyman'" -- he's actually a "paranoid, angry, deceitful and vindictive man who will turn against those closest to him on a dime.
- 4/15/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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