A lawsuit was filed accusing country music singer Garth Brooks of alleged sexual assault and battery. Brooks denied it and said he filed his lawsuit against the plaintiff for "extortion and defamation of character."

In this episode of Zone 7, Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum, is joined by Jack Fox to analyze the statement by Garth Brooks regarding recent sexual assault allegations. Jack, dissects the language used in Brooks' statements, focusing on symbolic references, indirect denials, and emotionally charged language. Sheryl and Jack touch on themes of fame, the perception of truth, and how celebrities handle public scrutiny. Jack also discusses the victim's allegations, highlighting language that suggests familiarity and potential consent. Lastly, Sheryl breaks down why sexual assault cases are often challenging to investigate and stresses the need for objective analysis without assuming guilt or innocence.

Jack Fox is a seasoned statement analysis expert with a background in media. Having transitioned from shaping narratives to unraveling them, Jack has worked with law enforcement, private investigators, and professionals across various industries. He has developed a comprehensive system for analyzing language and identifying deception, which he shares on his channel, Never a Truer Word.

Listeners can learn more about Jack Fox at his website, and on X @truer_word

Previous Episodes with Jack Fox: 

Detecting Deception | Analyzing the Colt Gray Case with Jack Fox  

Show Notes:

• (0:00) Welcome back to Zone 7 with Crime Scene Investigator, Sheryl McCollum  
• (0:30) Sheryl introduces Jack Fox back to Zone 7 to dissect Garth Brooks’ statement analysis 
• (2:10) Key observations and inconsistencies in Garth Brooks’ statements
• (4:00) Jack Fox on the absence of direct denial in Brooks' statements
• (8:30) The order of priorities within the statement
• (11:30) ‘Jane Doe's’ allegations
• (13:00) The role of emotions in statements
• (15:30) Dissecting the allegations
• (20:30) The hurdles for law enforcement 
• (23:45) Fox discusses the power dynamics in employer-employee relationships at play 
• (24:00) The Trisha Yearwood threesome allegation and its implications
• (27:00) The concept of the liar's number
• (32:00) The role of money, power, and the accessibility to “break the rules”
• (37:00) The complexity of sexual assault cases
• (40:00) Potential fallout and future implications
• (42:30) “When we got married almost 10 years ago now, we made a commitment to really be together, which means we hardly ever spent a night apart and being madly in love is important. But I think it's equally important to be in deep like, I like this guy.  We talk about everything, and we laugh a lot.  Life is good.” -Trisha Yearwood
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Sheryl “Mac” McCollum is an Emmy Award winning CSI, a writer for CrimeOnLine, Forensic and Crime Scene Expert for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, and a CSI for a metro Atlanta Police Department. She is the co-author of the textbook., Cold Case: Pathways to Justice. Sheryl is also the founder and director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, a collaboration between universities and colleges that brings researchers, practitioners, students and the criminal justice community together to advance techniques in solving cold cases and assist families and law enforcement with solvability factors for unsolved homicides, missing persons, and kidnapping cases.  

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