Makeup artist Jane Roe accuses rape, singer denies

Garth Brooks, a household name in country music, has been accused of sexual assault and battery by a former hair and makeup artist for raping her in a Los Angeles hotel room in 2019.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday in a California court by Jane Roe and obtained by USA TODAY, accuses Brooks, 62, of “taking advantage of the opportunity to introduce a female employee to a side of Brooks that he had presented.” “Brooks' side believes that he has a right to sexual satisfaction when he wants it and that using a female employee to do so is fair game.”

Prior to Roe's filing, CNN reported that an anonymous celebrity plaintiff — now apparently Brooks — tried to block his accuser from publicly repeating her allegations and denied the woman's various claims of physical and sexual abuse.