The hair and makeup artist accuses Garth Brooks of sexual assault and battery in the lawsuit

A new lawsuit filed in California state court accuses country music star Garth Brooks of sexually assaulting and abusing a hair and makeup artist who worked for him.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday by a “Jane Roe,” alleges that the incidents occurred over several years while Roe worked for Brooks, who has denied the allegations.

In the 27-page lawsuit, Roe makes several allegations against the country singer. She claims Brooks forced her to touch his erect penis in 2019 while she was at his home to style his hair. Roe claims Brooks took her to Los Angeles to style him for an event that same year and then raped her in a hotel room.

Roe's lawsuit also accuses Brooks of repeatedly exposing his genitals and buttocks to her, talking about sex, sharing sexual fantasies and sending sexually explicit text messages.

The lawsuit goes on to say that Brooks attempted to cover up his alleged harassment of Roe, even going so far as to secretly take her phone and delete explicit text messages he had sent her.

Brooks did not respond to TODAY.com's request for comment.

The lawsuit notes that Roe first worked for Brooks' wife, Trisha Yearwood, beginning in 1999 and only began working for Brooks in 2017. Roe moved to Mississippi in 2021, the lawsuit says.

In a statement, Roe's legal team – Douglas H. Wigdor, Jeanne M. Christensen and Hayley Baker – said Brooks tried to “silence” Roe with a preemptive lawsuit filed in Mississippi.

The Sept. 13 Mississippi complaint was filed by a “John Doe,” a “celebrity and public figure who lives in Tennessee.”

In the filing, Doe alleged that Roe was lying to extort money from him and damage his reputation. The Mississippi complaint also alleged that Roe threatened to file her complaint in California simply because Doe refused to give her a raise and pay for health insurance.

“(Roe's) false allegations and her threats to unlawfully assassinate (Brooks') character by publicly disseminating such repugnant and untrue allegations have caused (Brooks) emotional distress, including anxiety and fear for himself and his family,” it said it in the Mississippi lawsuit. “(Roe's) attempted extortion of (Brooks) out of millions of dollars through such untrue, offensive allegations constitutes intentional, outrageous conduct that was intended to, and did, cause (Brooks) serious psychological harm, amounting to intentional infliction of emotional distress.” ”

In a statement Thursday, Brooks' team confirmed he was the DOE in the Mississippi complaint and said he was harassed “no end” in the lead-up to Roe's filing.

“For the past two months, I have been endlessly plagued with threats, lies and tragic stories about what my future would be if I did not write a multi-million dollar check. It was like a loaded gun was being waved in my face,” Brooks said. “Hush money, no matter how much or how little, is still hush money. For me, that means admitting to behavior that I am incapable of – ugly actions that no human being should do to another. “

The statement continued: “We filed a lawsuit against this individual almost a month ago to speak out against extortion and defamation of reputation. In the interest of the families of both sides, we filed the complaint anonymously.”

“I want to play music tonight. I would like to continue our good deeds in the future. It breaks my heart that these wonderful things are now in question,” Brooks said in the statement. “I trust the system, I’m not afraid of the truth and I’m not the man they made me out to be.”

Brooks' lawsuit seeks damages, “a declaratory judgment that the defendant's allegations of sexual misconduct against him are untrue,” an injunction to stop Roe from filing her lawsuit, and a jury trial.

Roe's lawsuit seeks damages and a jury trial.

“We applaud our client’s courage in moving forward with her complaint against Garth Brooks,” Roe’s legal team wrote in a statement. “Today's complaint shows that sexual predators exist not only in corporate America, Hollywood, and the rap and rock and roll industries, but also in the world of country music.

“We are confident that Brooks will be held accountable for his actions and that his efforts to silence our client by filing a preemptive lawsuit in Mississippi were nothing more than an act of desperation and attempted intimidation,” it said the statement concludes. “We encourage others who may have been victimized to reach out to us as no survivor should suffer in silence.”