Country music star Garth Brooks has been accused of rape and sexual assault in a lawsuit filed by his former hair and makeup artist.
The woman, who has not been named in the lawsuit and is identified as Jane Rowe, claims the attack happened while she was traveling from Nashville to Los Angeles with the singer, who is performing at the 2019 Grammy Awards.
The suit, filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges that although Brooks usually travels with an entourage, she and Brooks flew alone to the event on his private jet and that he only booked one hotel suite for the two of them.
The woman claims that he appeared in the apartment naked on the threshold of the bedroom and raped her.
Brooks representatives declined to comment.
The suit goes on to say that Bux acted like nothing happened and expected her to do his hair and makeup right after.
The woman also alleged that earlier that year, when she was at Brooks’ home, he appeared naked in front of her, grabbed her hands and placed them on his genitals.
Preempting the charges, Brooks allegedly filed a separate lawsuit in federal court in Mississippi last month in which both he and the woman were anonymous, Thursday’s filing alleges.
In court documents in that case, the plaintiff, called John Doe, said the allegations were “totally false” and he first learned of them in July when she threatened to publicly sue him unless he gave her millions of dollars.
He asked a judge to stop the woman from “intentionally inflicting emotional distress, defamation and false invasion of privacy.”
Jane Roe’s lawsuit alleges that in addition to the two incidents described, Brooks exposed himself to her on numerous other occasions, talked about sexual fantasies with her and sent her explicit text messages.
She says she was forced to continue working for him because of financial difficulties he knew about and took advantage of.
The unnamed plaintiff is also believed to have worked for Brooks’ wife, fellow country singer Tricia Yearwood, since 1999.
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Oklahoma native Brooks, 62, was country music’s biggest star of the 1990s with hits including Friends In Low Places and The Thunder Rolls.
He remains the best-selling solo artist in US history with 20 Billboard No. 1 singles and 157 million record sales, according to his official website.
In March of this year, he completed a residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.
He married fellow country star Yearwood in 2005.
