A former hair and makeup stylist for Garth Brooks has brought a lawsuit against the country singer over allegations that he sexually assaulted and raped her in 2019, after the country singer filed a preemptive lawsuit against her weeks earlier alleging attempted extortion and defamation. The lawsuit claims that Roe began experiencing financial difficulties in 2019, two years after she was also hired to work for Brooks, and that the musician made unwanted sexual advances that year while Roe was at his home to style his hair and do his makeup. “Knowing that she needed the work, however, Brooks correctly predicted that Ms.
Roe did not leave,” the preliminary statement reads in part. Roe claims she traveled with Brooks in May 2019 to Los Angeles, where he was scheduled to perform for the Grammy Awards’ “Salute to Music Legends” event, honoring the R&B duo Sam & Dave. “Usually there were others on Brooks’ private jet but this time, Ms.
Roe and Brooks were the only two passengers,” the lawsuit alleges. “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.
” Roe alleges that Brooks raped her in the hotel room. “With cold disregard for Ms. Roe, when Brooks was finished, it was business as usual,” the complaint alleges.
“Ms. Roe worked quickly to style his hair and do his make-up for the event so he was on time.” The lawsuit also alleges that Brooks subjected R.