Garth Brooks ‘accused of raping make-up artist’ who worked for wife Trisha Yearwood in new lawsuit

Garth Brooks is accused of raping a makeup artist who worked for his wife Trisha Yearwood, a new lawsuit alleges.

The Grammy-winning artist was accused of sexual assault and battery in a complaint filed Thursday in a California state court.

The accuser, who filed anonymously under the name “Jane Roe,” claims the country icon took her to Los Angeles in May 2019 for a Grammy event honoring R&B singer Sam Moore.

In the lawsuit, the plaintiff claims that he booked only one hotel room there for the two of them, and when she requested separate accommodations, he would not provide it.

She accuses him of then accosting her naked in the doorway, dragging her into another room, dangling her upside down by her ankles and raping her. TMZ.

DailyMail.com has contacted a Brooks representative for comment. However, Brooks reportedly previously denied the accuser’s claim.

Garth Brooks has been sued by a makeup artist who worked for his wife, Trisha Yearwood, for nearly two decades; Brooks and Yearwood are pictured in 2023

Before the makeup artist filed her lawsuit, Brooks was aware of her allegations and filed a complaint anonymously to fight back, using the name “John Doe,” as reported by CNN.

“Jane Roe” was originally hired to do hair and makeup for Yearwood in 1999, and Brooks eventually brought her in to do it for him in 2017, she claims.

In her new lawsuit, the makeup artist claims that Brooks would send her sexually explicit text messages, tell her about his sexual fantasies and discuss sex with her.

She also accuses him of exposing his buttocks and genitals to her more than once and of repeatedly changing clothes in her presence.

According to the makeup artist’s complaint, Brooks allegedly made advances at her home in 2019, before the trip to Los Angeles, when she says the rape occurred.

She claims she was at Brooks’ home, waiting for him to meet her so she could apply his makeup, when he emerged from the shower, naked and upright.

She claims he then “grabbed her hands and forced them” to have his erection, telling her he harbored fantasies of her giving him a blow job while wearing her glasses, until he finally came on her face.

The makeup artist accuses Brooks of raping her later that year when they traveled to Los Angeles for his performance at the Sam Moore tribute.

Brooks is pictured at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards, with an Icon Award

The plaintiff was originally hired to do hair and makeup for Yearwood, and Brooks eventually brought her in to do that for him, she claims; Brooks and Yearwood pictured last month

Brooks is pictured in February in Nashville, Tennessee, where he lives, attending a groundbreaking ceremony for a new football stadium

Brooks was pictured with Yearwood at the iHeart Radio Music Awards in March 2019

In her lawsuit, the plaintiff alleges that she and Brooks did not typically travel alone together, but that the trip to Los Angeles was an exception.

“There were usually others on Brooks’ private jet, but this time Ms. Roe and Brooks were the only two passengers,” the complaint states.

“Once in Los Angeles at the hotel, Ms. Roe could not believe that Brooks had booked a one-bedroom hotel suite and that she did not have a separate room.”

She is said to have voiced her objections to the arrangement and asked for a room of her own, but she claims Brooks is unwilling to budge on the matter.

At the hotel, she claims, he appeared “completely naked in the bedroom doorway,” and she felt “locked in the room alone with Brooks.”

The accuser, said to be about five feet tall, claims he grabbed her by the ankles and held her upside down while he raped her vaginally.

The makeup artist accuses Brooks of throwing himself against her so violently that she “felt like she was breaking in two.”

She continued to work on his hair and makeup throughout the trip because she needed the job because of her financial problems, she says, adding that Brooks allegedly exploited her circumstances to his advantage.

Brooks and Yearwood are pictured at a Grammy tribute to Paul Simon at the Hollywood Pantages Theater in April 2022

Brooks is pictured at the MusiCares Person Of The Year gala in February 2019

Brooks and Trisha, who have been married since 2005, are pictured in 2015 at a Las Vegas concert celebrating Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday

Brooks and Yearwood are pictured at a Library Of Congress event in Washington, DC in March honoring Elton John and Bernie Taupin

She accuses Brooks of fondling her breasts while she applied makeup to him – despite telling him not to – and of masturbating after she was done.

In her lawsuit, the make-up artist claims that after the alleged rape, Brooks continued to grope her more often and tell her his sexual fantasies more often than before.

Brooks allegedly made “repeated comments” about having a “threesome” with Yearwood and the makeup artist, the complaint said.

In mid-September, before filing charges against him, Brooks anonymously filed in federal court in Mississippi to try to suppress her allegations.

He described himself as “a celebrity and public figure living in Tennessee” and claimed the makeup artist made “false accusations” against him.

He claimed she previously asked him for “gainful employment and medical benefits,” and after he refused, her attorney sent him a “confidential” demand letter containing allegations of sexual misconduct.

In his filing, Brooks asked the court to declare that the makeup artist’s allegations were false and to bar her from further publicizing them.

“The suspect’s claims are not true,” he emphasized. “However, Defendant is well aware of the significant, irreparable harm that such false allegations would cause to Plaintiff’s well-deserved reputation as a decent and caring person, together with the inevitable harm to his family and the irreparable harm to his career and livelihood that would would be the result if she made good on her threat to ‘publicly file’ her trumped-up lawsuit.”

The makeup artist’s lawyer responded to Brooks’ filing this week, claiming that as an “alleged sexual predator” he had no right to remain anonymous.

‘Sir. Doe believes he is entitled to the same protections afforded to victims – not to prevent unnecessary re-traumatization, but rather to maintain his ‘reputation’ as a celebrity,” read the brief response. “Our civil justice system is designed to resolve disputes and provide injured parties with an avenue of redress.”

The brief continued: “It is assumed that there is a level playing field. The system does not exist to allow wealthy offenders to bypass sexual assault victims who seek to hold perpetrators accountable. This is exactly what Mr. Doe is asking the court to help him do.”

The makeup artist’s legal team has now issued a statement saying that Brooks’ “attempts to silence our client by filing a preemptive complaint in Mississippi were nothing more than an act of desperation and attempted intimidation.”

They 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, Hollywood, and the rap and rock and roll industries, but also in the world of country music.”