American Country music star Garth Brooks sued for s*xual ass@ult by his makeup artist
American country music sensation Garth Brooks has been sued over s*xual ass@ult and battery in a lawsuit filed by a woman identified as “Jane Roe,” who alleges she worked as a hairstylist and makeup artist for the Grammy Award-winning artist.
The lawsuit, submitted to a California state court on Thursday, October 3, 2019, details the alleged incidents that took place in the same year. Roe claims she was subjected to a s*xual assault by Brooks during a work trip.
Before Roe came forward with her allegations, an anonymous plaintiff, who has since been revealed to be Brooks, attempted to prevent Roe from publicly sharing her claims and vehemently denied the accusations, as detailed in a previous lawsuit filed under the pseudonym “John Doe.”
Roe began handling hair and makeup services for Brooks in 2017, according to her suit, which states that she was first hired to do hair and makeup for his wife, Trisha Yearwood, in 1999.
The lawsuit also alleges that Brooks engaged in repeated acts of s*xual assault and battery, including exposing his genitals and buttocks, discussing s*x and sharing s*xual fantasies with Roe, frequently changing his attire in her presence, and sending s*xually explicit text messages.
In her complaint, Roe recounts an incident in 2019, while she was at Brooks’ residence for work, where he emerged from the shower naked, grabbed her hands, and forced them onto his genitals, all while speaking in s*xually explicit and vulgar language.
In another alleged incident in May 2019, the suit alleges that Brooks raped Roe in a hotel room during a work trip to Los Angeles where Brooks was taping a Grammy tribute performance.
According to the suit, Brooks and Roe traveled to Los Angeles on Brooks’ private jet.
“Usually there were others on Brooks’ private jet but this time, Ms. Roe and Brooks were the only two passengers,” the complaint states. “Once 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.”
Once they arrived at the hotel suite, Roe alleges the country singer “appeared in the doorway to the bedroom, completely naked.” Roe’s complaint states she felt “trapped in the room alone with Brooks.”
After the alleged rape, Roe claims that Brooks continued to tell her his s*xual fantasies with more frequency and physically groped her.
The complaint states Brooks “repeated remarks” about “having a threesome” with his wife.
In his complaint as plaintiff John Doe, Brooks claims defendant Roe’s attorney sent him a “confidential” demand letter alleging s*xual misconduct after he declined Roe’s request for “salaried employment and medical benefits.”
“Defendant’s allegations are not true,” Brooks’ previous lawsuit states. “Defendant is well aware, however, of the substantial, irreparable damage such false allegations would do to Plaintiff’s 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 ‘publicly file’ her fabricated lawsuit.”
Roe’s attorneys told CNN;
“Efforts to silence our client through the filing of a preemptive complaint in Mississippi was nothing other than an act of desperation and attempted intimidation.”
“We are confident that Brooks will be held accountable for his actions,” attorneys Douglas H. Wigdor, Jeanne M. Christensen and Hayley Baker said in a statement to CNN.
“We applaud our client’s 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.”