A lawsuit was filed against Garth Brooks in Los Angeles Superior Court by a former makeup artist for Garth and his wife Trisha Yearwood, accusing the country superstar of sexual assault and rape.
According to the lawsuit, the defendant who is identified only as Jane Roe began working for Yearwood in 1999 as a makeup artist and hair stylist. She began working for Garth in 2017, and in 2019, after hearing that Roe was struggling financially, Garth began hiring her more often.
Roe says she was initially grateful for the extra work, but that in 2019 she arrived at Brooks' house to do his hair and makeup but was greeted by a naked Garth walking out of the shower with an erect penis. She says he forced her to touch him and encouraged her to perform oral sex, telling her that he had fantasized about this moment and wanted to "come all over her face," especially while she wore her glasses.
She claims was naturally horrified and said no, but continued to work for him, as she needed the money.
Then in May of 2019, she accompanied Brooks to Los Angeles for a Grammy tribute to Sam Moore. When they arrived, she found out that Garth had only booked one hotel room for the both of them and it was in that hotel where she claims Garth violently raped her.
The lawsuit reads:
"Tragically, her worst fears came true when seconds later he was towering over her, his 6-foot and almost 300-pound frame ready to pounce on Ms. Roe, who is less than 5 feet and 100 pounds. As she began to panic, he grabbed her hands and pulled her into the next room and onto the bed where she could not escape his physical domination."
The allegations contained in the complaint are extremely graphic, but the alleged victim also claims that Garth would subject her to other sexual abuses, such as talking about cunnilingus, exposing himself, sending her explicit text messages, touching her breasts, and openly talking about his fantasies (with her and others) and sexual encounters.
The complaint alleges that Roe has emails, text messages and audio recordings to support her allegations, though as of right now we haven't seen or heard any of those - except for a screenshot of one text message included in the filing.
The message, allegedly between Garth and the plaintiff, shows the woman texting the singer about the "huge stick" that he carries, apparently referring to his penis, and then calling him "Roosevelt."
(In case you don't get it, "Roosevelt" is obviously a reference to the famous quote from President Theodore Roosevelt, "Speak softly and carry a big stick.")
The text message is just one that the accuser alleges to have, though she also claims that the singer at one point took her phone while she wasn't looking and deleted many of their messages.
For his part, Garth has denied the allegations and compared the woman's demands for money to "having a gun waved" in his face.
"For the last two months, I have been hassled to no end with threats, lies, and tragic tales of what my future would be if I did not write a check for many millions of dollars. It has been like having a loaded gun waved in my face.
Hush money, no matter how much or how little, is still hush money. In my mind, that means I am admitting to behavior I am incapable of - ugly acts no human should ever do to another.
We filed suit against this person nearly a month ago to speak out against extortion and defamation of character. We filed it anonymously for the sake of families on both sides.