Garth Brooks Being Sued For Alleged Sexual Assault

Posted: October 3, 2024 at 4:28 pm

Country icon Garth Brooks is being sued for alleged sexual assault and rape by a former makeup artist identified as Jane Roe.

According to Variety, the charges stem from alleged incidents where the superstar supposedly made unwanted advances, including lewd text messages and groping, that led to rape. Garth is also accused of exposing himself to her on multiple occasions. Roe states that she began working with Trisha Yearwood in 1999 as a hair and makeup artist. She began working with Garth in 2017 and alleges that the rape took place in a Los Angeles hotel room in 2019 when both were in L.A. for a Grammy event.

Apparently, Garth anonymously filed a pre-emptive lawsuit against the woman on September 13th in Mississippi after she threatened to ruin his reputation unless he provided a multi-million-dollar payout. He is identified as a celebrity and public figure in his filing, which claims attempted extortion, defamation and infliction of emotional distress.

UPDATE: People is reporting additional details regarding the lawsuit filed against Garth Brooks. The complainant also brought Trisha into the claim saying that Garth had proposed a “threesome” and she believed that Yearwood overheard his remarks on at least one occasion. Then in 2020, Garth purported took Roe’s phone and was able to delete most of the text exchange in question.