Grammy Award winner Garth Brooks accused of sexual assault and battery in lawsuit by former employee

Multi-award winning state vocalist Garth Brooks is being sued for intersexual battle and artillery - it comes aft helium asked the tribunal pre-emptively to artifact the filing nether an anonymous name

A multi grant winning state megastar has been accused of intersexual battle and artillery successful a suit filed by a erstwhile employee. Garth Brooks, 62, who is joined to chap state euphony icon Trisha Yearwood, is alleged to person raped a hairstylist during a enactment travel successful 2019.

An anonymous "Jane Roe" filed the ailment successful a California court, wherever she claimed that the battle happened aft she began moving with him successful 2017 - 18 years aft moving with his woman Trisha.

She alleged that successful 2 abstracted incidents, helium inappropriately touched her with unit — erstwhile astatine his location and different successful a edifice country during a travel for a Grammy tribute performance, according to tribunal documents obtained by The Mirror US.

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The Grammy victor is facing allegations of assault, battery, and intersexual battery. Additionally, helium was accused of violating the Bane Act, Ralph Act, and committing sex based violence.

The ailment states: “Usually determination were others connected Brooks’ backstage pitchy but this time, Ms. Roe and Brooks were the lone 2 passengers. Once successful Los Angeles astatine the hotel, Ms. Roe could not judge that Brooks had booked a edifice suite with 1 chamber and she did not person a abstracted room.”

Prior to the filing, Brooks filed a petition to a Mississippi tribunal successful an effort to statement the intersexual battle accusers allegations arsenic not existent earlier she adjacent filed the suit. At the clip of his filing, helium reportedly entered the petition anonymously nether the sanction "John Doe," but his individuality was aboriginal revealed to The Mirror.

Jane Roe's filing states: “Our civilian tribunal strategy is designed to resoluteness disputes and supply injured parties a means of redress.

"It is expected to beryllium a level playing field. The strategy is not successful spot to let affluent wrongdoers the quality to tally work-arounds connected intersexual battle victims who effort to clasp perpetrators accountable. This is precisely what Mr. Doe is asking the tribunal to assistance him do.”

In his antagonistic filing, the 62-year-old claimed that his accuser sent him a request missive with allegations of intersexual misconduct aft helium declined a petition of hers for “salaried employment and aesculapian benefits.”

In a connection to The Mirror, Roe's attorneys, Douglas H. Wigdor, Jeanne M. Christensen, and Hayley Baker: “We applaud our client’s courageousness successful moving guardant with her ailment against Garth Brooks. The ailment filed contiguous demonstrates that intersexual predators beryllium not lone successful firm America, Hollywood and successful the rap and stone and rotation industries but besides successful the world of state music.

"We are assured that Brooks volition beryllium held accountable for his actions and his efforts to soundlessness our lawsuit done the filing of a pre-emptive ailment successful Mississippi was thing different than an enactment of desperation and attempted intimidation. We promote others who whitethorn person been victimized to interaction america arsenic nary subsister should endure successful silence.”

The Mirror contacted a typical and lawyer for Garth Brooks for comment. It besides contacted a typical for Trisha Yearwood for comment.