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Garth Brooks raped me and sent me dirty text messages
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Garth Brooks raped me and sent me dirty text messages

One of country music’s biggest stars was hit with horrific allegations of rape and sexual assault on Thursday.

A longtime hair and makeup artist for Garth Brooks and his wife, Trisha Yearwood, alleged in a lawsuit that the musician raped her so brutally in a Los Angeles hotel room that it felt like he was “breaking her in half.”

The musician was also accused of forcing the woman to touch his erect penis, groping her, forcing his sexual fantasies on her and, in separate incidents, sending her “explicit” text messages.

The woman was identified only as “Jane Roe” in the lawsuit, which was filed in a California state court and obtained by the Daily Beast. A representative for Brooks did not respond to a request for comment and the musician has not spoken publicly about the allegations.

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood smile together.

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, photographed last year, have been married since 2005.

Shelby Tauber/Reuters

One of the most graphic allegations came in 2019 when Brooks, 62, allegedly walked out of the shower naked and “grabbed” Roe’s hands and “forced” them onto his genitals while making explicit comments. The lawsuit alleged that Brooks then pressured Roe to give him oral sex while she had her glasses on, but she refused.

Things reportedly escalated later that year when Roe traveled to Los Angeles with Brooks for a Grammy tribute. Roe claims she and Brooks were the only passengers on a private flight across the country and upon arrival she learned that Brooks had only booked one suite for them to share.

It was in that suite where Roe claims Brooks suddenly “appeared in the bedroom doorway completely naked.”

“He stood there and flexed his muscles,” the lawsuit alleges. “Mrs. Roe immediately felt a sick feeling in her stomach, knowing she was stuck in the room alone with Brooks, unaided and far away from Nashville.

Moments later, Roe alleged, Brooks took her to the room’s bed and began raping her. The lawsuit described some aspects of the alleged assault, but added that “Brooks engaged in other acts that were too explicit to record.”

After the alleged assault occurred, the lawsuit said it was “business as usual.” Roe said she did Brooks’ hair and makeup for the event and they left.

Garth Brooks sings outside while holding a black cowboy hat

Garth Brooks performed at Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration.

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The lawsuit alleges that Roe continued to be harassed after the alleged rape, with Brooks sharing his sexual fantasies with her (which he allegedly implied included a threesome with Yearwood) and repeatedly grabbing her breasts and making sexual comments while she was the work was.

Included in the lawsuit were dozens of purported texts between Roe and Brooks, with the musician’s accuser at one point writing bluntly, “Honestly, I’m a little scared of you…I really am.”

Brooks’ accuser said she started working for Yearwood, a star musician in her own right, in 1999. Yearwood, 60, married Brooks in 2005 and the makeup artist began working for both parties.

Although Brooks has not yet publicly discussed the allegations, Roe’s lawsuit said the musician filed a preemptive lawsuit against her last month in Mississippi, where she lives. In that motion, Brooks alleged that his accuser was trying to extort millions from him and that her “allegations are not true.”

Brooks’ accuser is represented by Douglas Wigdor, a high-profile attorney who has represented numerous #MeToo victims.