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, in a new lawsuit.
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 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, 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
The plaintiff was originally hired to do hair and makeup for Yearwood, and Brooks eventually enlisted her to do so for him, she claims.
Before the makeup artist filed her lawsuit, Brooks anonymously filed to fight back, using the name ‘John Doe,’ as reported by CNN.
According to the makeup artist’s suit, Brooks 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
In the hotel room, she says, 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, says 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 her financial situation was such that she needed the job, she says.
The makeup artist added that Brooks exploited her circumstances to his advantage.
She accuses Brooks of groping 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.
