US country singer Garth Brooks has been accused of sexual assault and battery by a hair and make-up artist. “Jane Roe” has filed a lawsuit alleging the incidents occurred in 2019. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Garth Brooks and his wife Trisha Yearwood Perform The Boxer.
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today In the suit, filed in a California state court, Roe claims she was once raped by the singer, according to CNN which said it obtained the court documents. Brooks, 62, has denied the claims. Prior to this court filing, and as first reported by CNN , an anonymous celebrity plaintiff — now disclosed to be Brooks — had tried to block Roe from publicly repeating her allegations.
He fiercely denied the claims, according to a previous complaint he had filed as “John Doe”. Brooks’ wife Trisha Yearwood hired Roe as her hairdresser in 1999, and from 2017 Roe did hair and makeup for Brooks. Roe accused Brooks of exposing his genitals and buttocks, sharing explicit thoughts and text messages, changing clothes in front of her and detailing sexual fantasies with Roe.
She alleged in 2019 when she was at the Brooks’ home for work, he exited the shower naked and “grabbed her hands and forced them” onto his genitals while speaking to her in sexually explicit and vulgar language. That same year she alleged he raped her in a hotel room while on a work trip to Los Angeles, where Brooks was taping a Grammy tribute performance. “Usually there were others on Brooks’ pri.
