Garth Brooks is accused of raping his and Trisha Yearwood’s makeup artist

Roe also claims in the lawsuit that Brooks raped her during a business trip to Los Angeles for the Grammy Awards in 2019. The filing states, “When she arrived at the hotel in Los Angeles, Ms. Roe could not believe that Brooks had booked a one-bedroom hotel suite and she did not have a separate room.”

When she arrived at the hotel, Roe’s lawsuit states that Brooks “appeared completely naked in the bedroom doorway” and that she felt “trapped in the room alone with Brooks, with no one to help her and far from Nashville.” .

The lawsuit says the attack was “painful and traumatic” for Roe and that “she was helpless to free herself from his grasp and fearful of what was happening to her.”

According to the lawsuit, Roe stopped working for Brooks and Yearwood around May 2021 and then moved to Mississippi.

Her attorneys allege in the filing that Brooks retaliated and “took advantage of what Ms. Roe had dared to speak about” when they contacted Brooks to disclose that she was “ready to file a complaint in California to defend him on his behalf.” to hold sexual assault accountable.” the harm he forced upon her as an opportunity to inflict more harm and pain on Ms. Roe.”

“Specifically, on September 13, 2024, while purporting to have discussions with Ms. Roe to resolve her legal claims against him, Brooks filed a preemptive abuse lawsuit against Ms. Roe under the Declaratory Judgment Act,” the lawsuit states U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Northern Division, entitled John Doe v. Jane Roe.