Content warning: This story discusses rape. Garth Brooks is facing legal troubles. The country singer has been accused of assault, battery and sexual battery in a lawsuit brought about by his and wife Trisha Yearwood 's former hairstylist and makeup artist, according to docs obtained by E! News.
In the Oct. 3, filing, the woman—referred to in the suit as Jane Roe —says she began working for Yearwood, 60, in 1999, and started handling hair and makeup for Brooks, 62, in 2017. The docs allege that in 2019, "Brooks learned that Ms.
Roe was experiencing financial difficulties, he hired Ms. Roe more often," and accused the "Friends in Low Places" singer of seizing "an opportunity to subject a female employee to a side of Brooks that he conceals from the public. This side of Brooks believes he is entitled to sexual gratification when he wants it, and using a female employee to get it, is fair game.
" The suit accuses Brooks of "openly talking about sexual subjects," changing "clothing in front of Ms. Roe, and often purposefully exposed his genitals and buttocks to Ms. Roe," repeating his "sexual fantasies" to her, sending her sexually explicit text messages, as well as remarks "about having a threesome with his wife, Ms.
Yearwood." E! News has reached out to reps for Brooks and Yearwood for comment, but has not heard back. Roe also alleges in the lawsuit Brooks raped her during a work trip to Los Angeles for the Grammy Awards in 2019.
According to the filing, "Once in Los Angeles.