A former hair and makeup stylist for Garth Brooks has brought a lawsuit against the country singer over allegations that he sexually assaulted and raped her in 2019, after the country singer filed a preemptive lawsuit against her weeks earlier alleging attempted extortion and defamation.
The lawsuit claims that Roe began experiencing financial difficulties in 2019, two years after she was also hired to work for Brooks, and that the musician made unwanted sexual advances that year while Roe was at his home to style his hair and do his makeup.
“Knowing that she needed the work, however, Brooks correctly predicted that Ms. Roe did not leave,” the preliminary statement reads in part.
Roe claims she traveled with Brooks in May 2019 to Los Angeles, where he was scheduled to perform for the Grammy Awards’ “Salute to Music Legends” event, honoring the R&B duo Sam & Dave.
“Usually there were others on Brooks’ private jet but this time, Ms. Roe and Brooks were the only two passengers,” the lawsuit alleges. “Once in Los Angeles at the hotel, Ms. Roe could not believe that Brooks had booked a hotel suite with one bedroom and she did not have a separate room.”
Roe alleges that Brooks raped her in the hotel room.
“With cold disregard for Ms. Roe, when Brooks was finished, it was business as usual,” the complaint alleges. “Ms. Roe worked quickly to style his hair and do his make-up for the event so he was on time.”
The lawsuit also alleges that Brooks subjected Roe to “other appalling sexual conduct,” including groping, getting undressed in front of her, sending her sexually explicit text messages, and describing his sexual fantasies to her.
“As a result, Ms. Roe has suffered and will continue to suffer mental and physical pain and suffering,” the complaint alleges.
Garth Brooks Issues Response
On Sept. 13, before Roe filed her lawsuit against Brooks, the country singer filed a preemptive lawsuit in Mississippi, where the hair and makeup artist resides, claiming she was trying to extort him for money and defame his character.“Plaintiff files this lawsuit to obtain relief from Defendant’s ongoing attempted extortion, defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress through outrageous conduct including the publication and threatened wider publication of false allegations of sexual misconduct that would irreparably harm Plaintiff’s reputation, family, career and livelihood,” the complaint alleges.
Brooks addressed his preemptive complaint, in which he is listed anonymously under the name “John Doe,” and the allegations waged against him in a statement shared with The Epoch Times via email.
“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,” the statement reads.
“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.”
Brooks—who is scheduled to perform in Las Vegas on Oct. 5–6 as part of his residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace—added that he was looking forward to getting back on the stage.
“I want to play music tonight. I want to continue our good deeds going forward,” he said.
“It breaks my heart [that] these wonderful things are in question now. I trust the system, I do not fear the truth, and I am not the man they have painted me to be.”
