Garth Brooks performs through the forty eighth Annual Academy of Nation Music Awards on the MGM Grand Backyard Area on April 7, 2013 in Las Vegas.
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Nation music star Garth Brooks is being accused of rape and sexual assault in lawsuit filed Thursday.
An unnamed lady says she was repeatedly harassed by Brooks whereas working as his make-up artist and in 2019 was raped, including that he tried to color himself as a sufferer when he filed his personal lawsuit in opposition to her final month.
In a press release offered late Thursday, Brooks denied the allegations. “I’ve been hassled to no finish with threats, lies, and tragic tales of what my future could be if I didn’t write a test for a lot of thousands and thousands of {dollars}. It has been like having a loaded gun waved in my face.”
In keeping with the lawsuit filed by the girl’s attorneys in a California Superior Court docket, the girl, recognized solely as Jane Roe, had been contracted to do make-up for Brooks’ spouse, Trisha Yearwood, since 1999. She started experiencing monetary difficulties in 2019, and she or he says Brooks helped by providing her extra work.
The lady claims Brooks took benefit of her want for work. She says later in 2019 Brooks uncovered his genitals to her. In one other occasion, Brooks allegedly raped her in a Los Angeles resort suite whereas Brooks was making ready for a Grammy tribute.
“With chilly disregard for Ms. Roe, when Brooks was completed, it was enterprise as typical,” the grievance says. “Ms. Roe labored shortly to type his hair and do his make-up for the occasion so he was on time.”
The lady says Brooks claimed to get a cryptic textual content message after the alleged rape that mentioned Brooks “ruined his life.”
At that time, she had not labored for Brooks for a number of months, main Brooks to suspect the girl’s husband could have despatched the textual content, the grievance says.
Brooks allegedly advised the girl, “That’s what I assumed. Oh crap! So, I used to be making an attempt to hunt you out to come back discuss … or no matter I wanted to do, however simply, uh, I don’t wish to damage anyone, man. And simply … I simply felt dangerous.”
All through her time working for Brooks, from 2017 to 2021, the girl claims he moreover despatched her sexually express textual content messages, ceaselessly modified garments in entrance of her and groped her frequently whereas she labored on his hair and make-up.
She is suing for sexual battery and assault, and is requesting financial and punitive damages, lawyer’s charges and a jury trial.
Brooks filed a federal lawsuit in opposition to the girl final month, claiming she is making an attempt to extort him for cash and defame his character, in response to him not making her a salaried worker or paying for medical advantages.
He says the girl despatched him a letter in July claiming she was sexually assaulted and that Brooks was plotting to kill her, in keeping with his lawsuit.
Brooks claims he acquired one other letter the subsequent month, wherein the girl mentioned she wouldn’t go public along with her submitting if he paid her thousands and thousands of {dollars}.
In his assertion, Brooks mentioned, “Hush cash, irrespective of how a lot or how little, continues to be hush cash. In my thoughts, meaning I’m admitting to conduct I’m incapable of — ugly acts no human ought to ever do to a different.”
He’s additionally requesting financial and punitive damages, lawyer’s charges and a jury trial, in addition to a declaration from the courtroom that the girl’s claims are false.
“I belief the system, I don’t worry the reality, and I’m not the person they’ve painted me to be,” he mentioned.
