Fox News - An Oklahoma hospital in country singer Garth Brooks' hometown must return his $500,000 donation because it failed to build a women's center in honor of his late mother, jurors ruled Tuesday. Brooks said he thought he'd reached a deal in 2005 with the hospital's president, James Moore, but sued after learning the hospital wanted to use the money for other construction projects. The hospital had argued that Brooks gave it unrestricted access to the money and only later asked that the hospital build a women's center and name it after his mother, Colleen Brooks, who died of cancer in 1999. Brooks said he gave the gift anonymously, as he does with all charitable donations. During cross-examination, an Integris lawyer highlighted statements that Brooks made in a deposition after he sued. Brooks said couldn't say whether the women's center was promised, or whether his mother's name would be attached to an existing center.
Sooo....Garth, you're kind of a dick, huh? I totally get wanting to get your mother's name up on a hospital wing, but really? Asking for a refund when it was used for other construction purposes? That's pretty low. Doubt Mother Brooks raised her son to go around town Indian giving wheelbarrow's full of cash to local charities. Wouldn't it have been a better idea to go back and ask that they name the next wing after your Ma?
And does Garth know how much an entire Woman's Center would cost? $500k might cover the bill for a couple of x-ray machines, maybe one of those mammogram things too, but it sure as hell isn't building an entire wing of a building. According to this handy chart we're talking about millions. Surely someone that's had an uber successful country music career under not one, but two names, could afford a little more than a re-callable $500k donation, no?
