Garth Brooks ‘accused of raping makeup artist’ who worked for his wife Trisha Yearwood in new lawsuit

Garth Brooks has been accused of raping a makeup artist who worked for his wife Trisha Yearwood, a new lawsuit claims.

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

The plaintiff, who filed anonymously as ‘Jane Roe,’ alleges the country icon brought her with him to Los Angeles for a Grammy event honoring the R&B singer Sam Moore in May 2019.

According to the suit, the plaintiff claims he booked only one hotel room there for both of them, and when she asked for a separate accommodation, he would not provide one.

She accuses him of then accosting her in the doorway nude, hauling her into another room, dangling her upside down by the ankles and raping her, in court documents obtained by TMZ.

DailyMail.com has reached out to a representative for Brooks for comment. However, Brooks is said to have previously denied the accuser’s claim.

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

Before the makeup artist filed her lawsuit, Brooks anonymously filed to fight back, using the name ‘John Doe,’ as reported by CNN. 

The plaintiff was originally hired to do hair and makeup for Yearwood in 1999, and Brooks eventually enlisted her to do so for him in 2017, she claims.

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

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

She alleges that he then placed her hands on his erection, telling her that he harbored fantasies that she would perform fellatio on him while wearing her glasses until he eventually climaxed onto her face. 

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

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

She only found out that she and Brooks would be unaccompanied by anyone else when she boarded his private jet in Nashville to head to California, she claims.

In her court filing, the makeup artist asserts that when she arrived in Los Angeles, she learned that she would have to share a hotel room with Brooks. 

She allegedly raised her objections to the arrangement and asked for a room of her own, but she claims Brooks would not budge on the matter.

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

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

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

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

In the hotel room, she alleges, he suddenly arrived naked in the doorway and then pulled her bodily into a separate room, onto a bed.

The plaintiff, who is said to be about five foot tall, claims he grabbed her by her ankles and held her upside down while he vaginally raped her.

The makeup artist accuses Brooks of thrusting himself into her so violently that she ‘felt as if she were breaking in two.’

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

She accuses Brooks of fondling her breasts while she was applying makeup to him, even though she asked him not to, as well as of masturbating once she was finished.

In mid-September, before she filed suit against him, Brooks anonymously submitted a federal court filing in Mississippi to try to suppress her accusations.

Describing himself as ‘a celebrity and public figure who resides in Tennessee,’ he said the makeup artist was leveling ‘false allegations’ against him in an attempt at defamation and extortion.

Under the name ‘John Doe,’ Brooks said that the makeup artist’s claims would ‘irreparably harm’ his career as well as his reputation.

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

The makeup artist’s attorney issued a response to Brooks’ request this week, arguing that as a ‘alleged sexual assault predator’ he should not receive ‘special protection.’

‘Mr. Doe believes that he is entitled to the same protection victims receive – not to prevent unnecessary re-traumatization, but rather, to maintain his celebrity “reputation,”‘ read the response brief. ‘Our civil court system is designed to resolve disputes and provide injured parties a means of redress.’

The brief continued: ‘It is supposed to be a level playing field. The system is not in place to allow wealthy wrongdoers the ability to run work-arounds on sexual assault victims who attempt to hold perpetrators accountable. This is precisely what Mr. Doe is asking the court to help him do.’