A lawsuit Has Been Filed Against Garth Brooks by a Former Hair-And-Makeup Artist Who Alleges Sexual Assault and Battery

 

A lawsuit has been filed against Garth Brooks, the country music star, by a woman identified as "Jane Roe." The woman claims she worked as a hairstylist and makeup artist for Brooks and accuses him of sexual assault and battery.

According to the complaint, filed in a California state court on Thursday and obtained by multiple media outlets, the alleged sexual assault and battery incidents involving Garth Brooks took place in 2019. The woman claims she was raped by Brooks during a work trip.

In a statement to CNN on Thursday, Brooks said he had been facing threats, lies, and extortion attempts, with people demanding large sums of money from him.

Brooks said, "Any payment used to silence someone, no matter the amount, is hush money. That suggests I am admitting to behavior I am incapable of – reprehensible acts that no human should ever do to another." He added, "We filed a lawsuit against this person almost a month ago to address the extortion and defamation of character. We filed anonymously to protect both families."

Before Roe filed the lawsuit, an anonymous celebrity plaintiff, now known to be Brooks, had attempted to silence Roe from publicly repeating her allegations and vehemently denied the claims, according to a previous complaint he had filed anonymously.

The lawsuit indicates that Roe began providing hair and makeup services for Brooks in 2017. She also mentioned that she was first hired to do hair and makeup for his wife, Trisha Yearwood, in 1999.

Representatives for Yearwood for comment:

Douglas H. Wigdor, Roe's attorney, said in a statement on Friday: "I cannot discuss settlement negotiations, but Brooks' claim that he was unwilling to pay millions is simply false. We are very confident in our case, and over time, the public will see his true character rather than his carefully crafted image."

The lawsuit accuses Brooks of not only sexual assault and battery but also repeatedly exposing himself, discussing sexual topics and sharing sexual fantasies with Roe, changing his clothes in front of Roe, and sending sexually explicit text messages.

The lawsuit claims that during one alleged incident in 2019, Roe was at Brooks' home for work when he walked out of the shower naked, grabbed her hands, forced them onto his genitals, and used sexually explicit and vulgar language towards her.

The lawsuit alleges that during a work trip to Los Angeles in May 2019, Brooks raped Roe in a hotel room while he was there for a Grammy tribute performance.

 

The lawsuit alleges that Brooks and Roe traveled to Los Angeles on Brooks’ private jet.

The complaint mentions that "Usually there were others on Brooks' private jet, but this time, Ms. Roe and Brooks were the only two passengers." It also states that "Once in Los Angeles at the hotel, Ms. Roe was astonished to find that Brooks had booked a hotel suite with only one bedroom and she didn't have a separate room."

The complaint states that once they arrived at the hotel suite, Roe alleges that the country singer "appeared in the doorway to the bedroom, completely naked." Roe's complaint also states that she felt "trapped in the room alone with Brooks."

According to the complaint, after the alleged rape, Brooks continued to share his sexual fantasies with Roe more frequently and physically assaulted her. Brooks also repeatedly mentioned "having a threesome" with his wife.