Country music star Garth Brooks has been accused of sexual assault and battery in a lawsuit from a "Jane Roe" who says she worked as a hairstylist and makeup artist for the award-winning singer.
The complaint, filed in a state court in California on Thursday and obtained by CNN, states the alleged incidents occurred in 2019. She claims she was once raped by Brooks during a work trip.
Brooks had previously denied his accuser's claims, though representatives for the country superstar did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment in response to Roe's new lawsuit.
Prior to Roe's filing and as first reported by CNN, an anonymous celebrity plaintiff - now disclosed to be Brooks - had tried to block Roe from publicly repeating her allegations and fiercely denied the claims, according to a previous complaint he had filed as a "John Doe."
Roe began handling hair and makeup services for Brooks in 2017, according to her suit, which states that she was first hired to do hair and makeup for his wife, Trisha Yearwood, in 1999.
CNN has reached out to representatives for Yearwood for comment.
In addition to sexual assault and battery, the suit accuses Brooks of repeatedly exposing his genitals and buttocks; talking about sex and sharing sexual fantasies with Roe; regularly changing his clothing in front of Roe; and sending sexually explicit text messages.
In her filing, Roe claims that during one alleged incident in 2019, when she was at Brooks' home for work, he walked out of...
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