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Garth Brooks was accused of sexual assault and battery and the lawsuit options some surprising claims.
Information broke on Thursday, October 3, that Brooks, 62, was named in paperwork filed by a “Jane Roe.” The lawsuit accused the nation celebrity of raping a lady who used to work as a hairstylist and make-up artist for him and his spouse, Trisha Yearwood. In accordance with the paperwork obtained by Us Weekly, the alleged incidents occurred in 2019 and Brooks beforehand tried to dam the claims from going public. (CNN was first to interrupt the information.)
An legal professional for Roe advised Us in a press release that Brooks’ alleged “efforts to silence our consumer by way of the submitting of a preemptive grievance in Mississippi was nothing aside from an act of desperation and tried intimidation.”
The assertion continued: “We’re assured that Brooks will probably be held accountable for his actions. We applaud our consumer’s braveness in transferring ahead together with her grievance towards Garth Brooks. The grievance filed right this moment demonstrates that sexual predators exist not solely in company America, Hollywood and within the rap and rock and roll industries but in addition on the planet of nation music.”
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Brooks’ authorized group addressed the allegations when he beforehand tried to anonymously block Roe from repeating her allegations.
“Defendant’s allegations will not be true,” his submitting claimed. “Defendant is properly conscious, nonetheless, of the substantial, irreparable injury such false allegations would do to Plaintiff’s well-earned fame as an honest and caring particular person, together with the unavoidable injury to his household and the irreparable injury to his profession and livelihood that may consequence if she made good on her risk to ‘publicly file’ her fabricated lawsuit.”
The court docket paperwork claimed Jane Roe began to do Brooks’ hair and supplied make-up companies beginning in 2017. She beforehand labored for his spouse beginning in 1999.
Brooks and Yearwood, 60, met within the ’80s however didn’t begin courting till 2000. (He was married to ex-wife Sandy Mahl till their 1999 separation and their divorce was finalized two years later.)
Maintain scrolling for a breakdown of probably the most surprising claims talked about within the lawsuit:
The Alleged Assault
Roe detailed a 2019 incident when Brooks raped her in a resort room throughout a piece journey. She recalled Brocks was taping a Grammys tribute efficiency, which is why he traveled to Los Angeles together with her as his worker however solely booked one resort room.
“Often there have been others on Brooks’ personal jet, however this time Ms. Roe and Brooks have been the one two passengers,” the submitting claimed. “As soon as in Los Angeles on the resort, Ms. Roe couldn’t consider that Brooks had booked a resort suite with one bed room and she or he didn’t have a separate room.”
Indecent Publicity and Groping
Along with sexual assault and battery, the lawsuit accused Brooks of repeatedly exposing his genitals and buttocks to Jane Roe, and claimed he would repeatedly change his clothes in entrance of her.
The unnamed lady claimed an incident befell in 2019 when she was at Brooks’ dwelling for work. He allegedly walked out of the bathe bare and “grabbed her fingers and compelled them” onto his genitals whereas chatting with her with sexually specific and vulgar language.
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are one of many nation music’s most well-known {couples}, however they’ve undoubtedly had their ups and downs. “Folks thought, ‘Effectively, two celebrities who’re in the identical enterprise, they received’t final,’” Yearwood completely advised Us Weekly in 2018. “I’m invested on this household, that is what I would like for myself […]
The Alleged Threesome Fantasy
Roe claimed that after Brooks sexually assaulted her, he continued to talk about his sexual fantasies and would bodily grope her. The grievance famous “repeated remarks” from Brooks about “having a threesome” along with his spouse.
Specific Texts
The paperwork additionally made reference to sexually specific textual content messages that have been despatched to Roe from Brooks wherein he would talk about intercourse and share his sexual fantasies.
Makes an attempt to Block the Accusations From Going Public
In accordance with the submitting, Brooks beforehand tried to dam Roe from publicly repeating her allegations. He denied the claims in a earlier grievance he had filed as a “John Doe,” which had him listed as an nameless superstar plaintiff.
Us Weekly has reached out to Brooks and Yearwood for remark.