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Garth Brooks accused of raping and assaulting hairstylist
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Garth Brooks accused of raping and assaulting hairstylist

Garth Brooks has been accused of raping and assaulting a woman who claims she worked as a hairstylist and make-up artist.

The woman – identified as “Jane Roe” – is suing the country star, 62, for sexual assault and battery, according to CNN.

According to the complaint, which was filed Thursday in California and obtained by the outlet, the alleged incidents occurred in 2019.

Garth Brooks has been accused of raping and assaulting a woman who claims she worked as a hairstylist and make-up artist. Getty Images for dcp
The woman – identified as “Jane Roe” – is suing the country star for sexual assault and battery, according to CNN. WireImage

According to CNN, Brooks previously denied his accuser’s allegations, although his representatives did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment on her lawsuit.

The filing accuses Brooks of repeatedly exposing his genitals to Roe; regularly changing his clothes in her presence; talking to her about sex and his sexual fantasies; and sending her sexually explicit text messages.

During an alleged incident in 2019, Roe claims she was at Brooks’ home for work when he walked out of the shower naked, “grabbed her hands and forced them” on his genitals while saying vulgar things to her.

According to the complaint, which was filed Thursday in California and obtained by the outlet, the alleged incidents occurred in 2019. Getty Images for ACM
The filing accuses Brooks of repeatedly exposing his genitals to Roe; regularly changing his clothes in her presence; talking to her about sex and his sexual fantasies; and sending her sexually explicit text messages. Getty Images for The Recording Academy

In another alleged incident in May of that same year, Roe claims Brooks raped her in a hotel room during a business trip to Los Angeles, where the musician was recording a Grammy tribute performance.

According to the complaint, the couple traveled to LA on his private plane.

“There were usually others on Brooks’ private jet, but this time Ms. Roe and Brooks were the only two passengers,” the complaint states, which alleges that Brooks also “booked a one-bedroom hotel suite.”

Once inside the suite, Roe claims the singer-songwriter “appeared in the bedroom doorway completely naked,” making her feel “trapped.”

During an alleged incident in 2019, Roe claims she was at Brooks’ home for work when he walked out of the shower naked, “grabbed her hands and forced them” on his genitals while saying vulgar things to her. Getty Images
During another alleged incident that same year, Roe claims Brooks raped her in a hotel room during a business trip to Los Angeles. Getty Images

After the alleged rape, Roe claims Brooks groped her and continued to tell her about his sexual desires, including reportedly “repeated comments” about “having a threesome” with his wife Trisha Yearwood, whom he married in 2005.

The complaint states that Roe started working for Brooks in 2017, but was first hired in 1999 to do hair and makeup for the 60-year-old Yearwood.

According to CNN, an anonymous celebrity accuser — identified by the outlet as Brooks — previously tried to stop Roe from making her allegations public; he denied the claims in an earlier complaint he filed as “John Doe.”

As Doe, Brooks claimed in his lawsuit that Roe’s attorney sent him a request letter alleging sexual misconduct after denying her request for “gainful employment and medical benefits.”

After the alleged rape, Roe claims Brooks groped her and continued to tell her about his sexual desires, including reportedly “repeated comments” about “having a threesome” with his wife Trisha Yearwood. Getty Images
The complaint states that Roe started working for Brooks in 2017, but was first hired to do hair and makeup for Yearwood in 1999. Getty Images for The Recording Academy

“The suspect’s allegations are not true,” he emphasized in his complaint. “Defendant is, however, well aware of the substantial, irreparable harm that such false allegations would cause to Plaintiff’s well-deserved reputation as a decent and caring person, together with the inevitable 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 – Douglas H. Wigdor, Jeanne M. Christensen and Hayley Baker – told CNN that Brooks’ attempts to silence (their) client by filing a preemptive complaint in Mississippi were nothing but an act of desperation and attempted intimidation. ”

“We are confident that Brooks will be held accountable for his actions,” the attorneys continued. “We applaud our client’s courage in moving forward with her complaint against Garth Brooks. The complaint filed today shows that sexual predators exist not only in corporate America, Hollywood, and the rap and rock ‘n’ roll industries, but also in the world of country music.”

If you or someone you know is experiencing any of the issues raised in this story, please call the Sexual Violence Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.