Garth Brooks sued and accused of rape by former makeup artist
Hairstylist alleges the country music star raped her in a hotel suite in 2019
Garth Brooks has been accused of rape and battery in a lawsuit brought by a woman who says she worked as a hairstylist and makeup artist for the singer.
Brooks, 62, who is one of country musicās biggest stars, has denied the allegations.
He is being sued by a woman identified only as a āJane Roeā who says she was first hired to do hair and makeup for his wife, Trisha Yearwood, in 1999. She said she began working for Brooks directly in 2017.
The complaint, which was filed in a state court in California on October 3, contains the allegation that Brooks raped the woman in a hotel suite during a work trip. CNN was first to report the lawsuit.
She claimed that in May 2019 she traveled with Brooks to Los Angeles on his private jet.
āUsually there were others on Brooksā private jet but this time, Ms Roe and Brooks were the only two passengers,ā the complaint stated. āOnce in Los Angeles at the hotel, Ms Roe could not believe that Brooks had booked a hotel suite with one bedroom and she did not have a separate room.ā

She alleges that Brooks raped her, and that on subsequent occasions he physically groped her and made ārepeated remarksā about āhaving a threesomeā with his wife.
āBrooksā rape of Ms. Roe was painful and traumatic. Having no regard for her wellbeing and intent on his own sexual gratification at the expense of Ms. Roeās physical, mental and emotional trauma, at some point during the nightmare, Brooks even held her small body upside down [and attacked],ā the lawsuit read.
The graphic suit details the alleged hotel result and adds, āDisgustingly, Brooks insisted that Ms. Roe wear her eyeglasses while he carried out his sexual assault fantasy.ā
After the alleged assault, the suit states the woman styled Brookās hair and did his makeup for the unkown event.
In addition to the allegation of rape, Brooks is accused in the lawsuit of repeatedly exposing his genitals to the woman, sharing sexual fantasies with her and sending her sexually explicit text messages.

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The suit asked for an unspecified amount of money.
The Independent has approached representatives for Brooks and Yearwood for comment.

Brooks has previously denied his accuserās claims, and sought to prevent her from repeating the allegations publicly through a previous complaint he filed as a āJohn Doe.ā
In that complaint, he claimed that the woman had sent him a āconfidentialā demand letter alleging sexual misconduct after he had declined her request for āsalaried employment and medical benefits.ā
āDefendantās allegations are not true,ā Brooksā previous lawsuit states. āDefendant is well aware, however, of the substantial, irreparable damage such false allegations would do to Plaintiffās well-earned reputation as a decent and caring person, along with the unavoidable damage to his family and the irreparable damage to his career and livelihood that would result if she made good on her threat to āpublicly fileā her fabricated lawsuit.ā
In a statement to CNN, attorneys acting on the womanās behalf said that they are āconfident that Brooks will be held accountable for his actions.ā
Douglas H Wigdor, Jeanne M. Christensen and Hayley Baker continued: āWe applaud our clientās courage in moving forward with her complaint against Garth Brooks. The complaint filed today demonstrates that sexual predators exist not only in corporate America, Hollywood and in the rap and rock and roll industries but also in the world of country music.ā
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