A woman who worked for country superstar says he assaulted her multiple times, groped her and sent sexually explicit messages
Garth Brooks has been sued by a Jane Roe who claims the country music star sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions in 2019 when she was working for him as a hair and makeup artist.
In the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court and obtained by Rolling Stone, the anonymous woman says the first alleged battery took place at Brooks’ home while she was working for him. She claims Brooks stepped out of a shower naked and approached her. “He grabbed her hands and forced them onto his erect penis” while stating he “had fantasized about this moment and wanted her to perform oral sex on him,” the 27-page complaint from lawyers Douglas H. Wigdor, Jeanne M. Christensen and Hayley Baker states.
The woman says she declined the proposition but remained as a staffer because she was financially dependent on the job. She says a second incident happened when she agreed to travel with Brooks to Los Angeles for a Grammy tribute to Sam Moore. She claims Brooks “trapped” her in a hotel room, “grabbed her hands and pulled her” onto a bed where she alleges he raped her.
She claims that at on point during the alleged assault, Brooks held her upside down by her feet and penetrated her. “She was helpless to move from this grip and terrified of what was happening to her. While he held her upside down, dangling by her ankles – all the blood rushed to her head, causing her to be dizzy and sick. While Brooks forcefully penetrated her, her said perverse things to Ms. Roe about his sexual prowess.” (Reps for Brooks did not immediately reply to a request for comment.)
Roe says she was first hired to do hair and makeup for Brooks’ wife, Trisha Yearwood, in 1999, but that she transitioned into working for Brooks in 2017. She alleges Brooks also groped her and sent her explicit text messages.
“We are confident that Brooks will be held accountable for his actions,” Wigdor, Christensen and Baker said in a statement. “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.”
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