A new lawsuit filed in California state court alleges that country star Garth Brooks sexually assaulted and battered a hair and makeup artist working for him. The lawsuit, filed Oct. 3, 2023, by a "Jane Roe" alleges that the incidents happened over the course of several years while Roe was working for Brooks, who has denied the accusations.
In the 27-page lawsuit, Roe makes several allegations against the country singer. She alleges that in 2019, Brooks forced her to touch his erect penis while she was at his home to style his hair. That same year, Roe alleges, Brooks brought her to Los Angeles to style him for an event and then raped her in a hotel room.
Roe's suit also accuses Brooks of repeatedly exposing his genitals and buttocks to her, talking about sex, sharing sexual fantasies and sending sexually explicit text messages. The lawsuit goes on to say that Brooks attempted to cover up his alleged harassment of Roe, going as far as to surreptitiously take her phone and delete explicit texts he'd sent her. The lawsuit notes that Roe first worked for , starting in 1999 and only started working for Brooks himself in 2017.
Roe moved to Mississippi in 2021, the lawsuit says. In a statement, Roe's legal team — Douglas H. Wigdor, Jeanne M.
Christensen, and Hayley Baker — said that Brooks tried to "silence" Roe with a preemptive complaint in Mississippi. The Sept. 13, 2024, Mississippi complaint was filed by a "John Doe" who is a "celebrity and public figure who resides in Ten.