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Garth Brooks is accused of raping and abusing a hairdresser

Garth Brooks has been accused of raping and abusing a woman who claims she worked as his hairdresser and makeup artist.

The woman – identified as “Jane Roe” – is suing the 62-year-old country star for sexual assault and assault, according to CNN.

According to the complaint filed Thursday in California and obtained by the store, the alleged incidents occurred in 2019.

Garth Brooks has been accused of raping and abusing a woman who claims she worked as his hairdresser and makeup artist. Getty Images for dcp
According to CNN, the woman – identified as “Jane Roe” – is suing the country star for sexual assault and assault. WireImage

According to CNN, Brooks previously denied his accuser's allegations, although his representatives did not immediately respond to Page Six's request for comment on her lawsuit.

The filing accuses Brooks of repeatedly exposing his genitals to Roe; regularly changed his clothes in front of her; talk to her about sex and his sexual fantasies; and sending her sexually explicit text messages.

In one alleged incident in 2019, Roe claims she was at Brooks' home for work when he came out of the shower naked, “grabbed her hands and forced them on his genitals” while saying vulgar things to her.

According to the complaint filed Thursday in California and obtained by the store, the alleged incidents occurred in 2019. Getty Images for ACM
The filing accuses Brooks of repeatedly exposing his genitals to Roe; regularly changed his clothes in front of her; talk to her about sex and his sexual fantasies; and sending her sexually explicit text messages. Getty Images for The Recording Academy

In another alleged incident in May of that year, Roe claims Brooks raped her in a hotel room during a business trip to Los Angeles, where the musician was recording a Grammy tribute performance.

According to the lawsuit, the couple traveled to LA on their private plane.

“There were usually others on Brooks' private jet, but this time Ms. Roe and Brooks were the only two passengers,” the complaint says, alleging that Brooks also “booked a one-bedroom hotel suite.”

Upon entering the suite, Roe claimed the singer-songwriter “showed up in the bedroom doorway completely naked,” which left her feeling “trapped.”

In one alleged incident in 2019, Roe claims she was at Brooks' home for work when he came out of the shower naked, “grabbed her hands and forced them on his genitals” while saying vulgar things to her. Getty Images
In another alleged incident that same year, Roe claims Brooks raped her in a hotel room during a business trip to Los Angeles. Getty Images

Roe claims Brooks groped her after the alleged rape and continued to tell her about his sexual desires, which allegedly included “repeated comments” about “having a threesome” with his wife, Trisha Yearwood, whom he married in 2005.

The complaint states that Roe has worked for Brooks since 2017, but was first hired to do hair and makeup for Yearwood, 60, in 1999.

According to CNN, an anonymous celebrity plaintiff — whom the outlet identified as Brooks — previously tried to stop Roe from making her allegations public; He denied the claims in a previous complaint he filed as “John Doe.”

As Doe, Brooks claimed in his lawsuit that Roe's attorney sent him a demand Letter alleging sexual misconduct after he denied her request for “employment and medical benefits.”

Roe claims Brooks groped her after the alleged rape and continued to tell her about his sexual desires, which allegedly included “repeated comments” about “having a threesome” with his wife, Trisha Yearwood. Getty Images
The complaint states that Roe has worked for Brooks since 2017, but was first hired for Yearwood in 1999 as a hair and makeup artist. Getty Images for The Recording Academy

“The defendant’s allegations are not true,” he emphasized in his lawsuit. “However, Defendant is aware of the significant, irreparable harm that such false allegations would cause to Plaintiff’s well-deserved reputation as a decent and caring human being, along with the inevitable harm to his family and the irreparable harm to his career and livelihood.” This is what would happen if she followed through on her threat to “publicly file” her fabricated lawsuit.

Roe's lawyers – Douglas H. Wigdor, Jeanne M. Christensen and Hayley Baker – told CNN that Brooks was “seeking to silence him [their] The attempt to condemn the client by filing a preemptive action in Mississippi was nothing more than an act of desperation and an attempt at intimidation.”

“We are confident that Brooks will be held accountable for his actions,” the attorneys continued. “We applaud our client’s courage in moving forward with her complaint against Garth Brooks. “The complaint filed today shows that sexual predators exist not only in corporate America, in Hollywood, and in the rap and rock and roll industries, but also in the world of country music.”

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226.