A new lawsuit filed in California state court claims country star Garth Brooks sexually assaulted and assaulted his personal hair and makeup artist.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday by “Jane Roe,” alleges the incidents occurred during the years Roe worked for Brooks, although Brooks denies the accusations.
In the 27-page lawsuit, Law makes several claims against the country singer. She claims Brooks forced her to touch his erect penis in 2019 while he was at her home getting her hair done. That same year, Roe claimed Brooks took her to Los Angeles to style her for an event and then raped her in a hotel room.
Roe’s lawsuit also accuses Brooks of repeatedly exposing his genitals and buttocks to her, talking to her about sex, sharing sexual fantasies and sending her sexually explicit text messages.
The lawsuit also alleges that Mr. Brooks attempted to cover up his alleged harassment of Mr. Lowe, going so far as to secretly take her cell phone and delete explicit messages he had sent her.
Brooks did not respond to TODAY.com’s request for comment.
Law began working for Brooks’ wife, Trisha Yearwood, in 1999 and began working for Brooks in 2017, according to the complaint. Lowe moved to Mississippi in 2021.
Mr. Roe’s attorneys, Douglas H. Wigdor, Jeanne M. Christensen and Haley Baker, said in a statement that Mr. Brooks filed a preemptive complaint in Mississippi to “silence” Mr. Roe. He said he did.
The September 13 Mississippi complaint was filed by “John Doe,” a “celebrity and public figure residing in the state of Tennessee.”
Mr. Doe claimed in his filing that Mr. Low was extorting money and lying to damage his reputation. The Mississippi complaint also alleges that Roe threatened to file a complaint in California simply because Roe refused to pay her a raise and health insurance premiums.
“(Roe’s) false allegations and her threat to unjustly assassinate (Brooks’) character by publishing such offensive and false allegations,” Mississippi’s complaint states, “condemned (Brooks) to This caused mental distress, including anxiety and fear, to the person and his family.” “(Mr. Roe’s) attempt to extort millions of dollars from (Mr. Brooks) through such false and obscene allegations intended and actually caused severe emotional harm to (Mr. Brooks).” This was an intentional and outrageous act and amounted to intentional infliction of emotional distress.”
In a statement Thursday, Mr. Brooks’ team confirmed that he is a defendant in the Mississippi charges and said he has been through “endless hardship” ahead of Mr. Roe’s indictment.
“For the past two months, I have been bombarded with endless threats, lies, and tragic stories about what my future will be if I don’t write a check for millions of dollars. It’s like holding a loaded gun in my face. I felt like I was being swung at,” Brooks said. “Hush money is still hush money, more or less. In my mind, it’s me admitting something I can’t do myself, something ugly that no human being should ever do to another. means “
The statement further said, “We filed a lawsuit against this person almost a month ago against extortion and defamation. We filed anonymously on behalf of both families.”
“I want to play music tonight. I want to continue doing good deeds. It breaks my heart that these great things are now being questioned,” Brooks said in a statement. . “I trust the system and I’m not afraid of the truth. And I’m not who they portray me to be.”
Brooks’ lawsuit seeks damages, a “declaratory judgment that defendant’s allegations of sexual misconduct are false,” an injunction restraining Roe from filing a lawsuit, and a jury trial.
Lowe’s lawsuit seeks damages and a jury trial.
“We commend our client’s courage in moving forward with the charges against Garth Brooks,” Roe’s legal team said in a statement. “The charges filed today demonstrate that sex offenders exist not only in corporate America, in Hollywood, in the rap and rock and roll industries, but also in the world of country music.
“We are confident that Mr. Brooks will be held accountable for his actions and that his efforts to silence our client through the filing of a pre-emptive complaint in Mississippi are hopeless. It was nothing but an act and an attempt at intimidation,” the statement concluded. “No survivor should suffer in silence, so we encourage anyone who may have been affected to contact us.”
