“Jane Roe” has also accused the country star of rape and sexual assault
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Garth Brooks speaks at the 2023 Music City Walk of Fame Induction ceremony on May 4, 2023
The woman who sued Garth Brooks of rape and sexual assault claims the singer made repeated remarks about having “threesomes” with her and his wife, fellow country artist Trisha Yearwood.
The accuser, who goes by “Jane Roe” in the lawsuit that was filed Thursday, Oct. 3, says she was employed as the country star’s makeup artist and hairstylist beginning in 2017. She says she was previously hired to do Yearwood’s makeup in 1999.
In the complaint reviewed by PEOPLE, Roe alleges Brooks, 62, raped her, undressed in her presence, exposed his genitals and buttocks and openly spoke about sex and sexual fantasies in several incidents in 2019.
One of the fantasies Brooks allegedly brought up was wanting “a threesome” with Roe and his wife Yearwood, 60, whom he wed in 2005.
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“Brooks increased the frequency of his sexually charged conversations with Ms. Roe, and this included his repeated remarks about having a threesome with his wife in which he implied that Ms. Roe would be the third person,” Roe alleged in the lawsuit.
She also alleged that Yearwood overheard one of the “threesome” conversations “on at least one occasion.”
On another occasion, Roe alleges that Brooks boasted about having sex with multiple women of varied races “in every corner of a hotel room.”
Roe says she stopped working for Brooks and moved to Mississippi in around May 2021.
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Brooks and Trisha Yearwood perform onstage at the 50th annual CMA Awards in Nov. 2016
On Thursday night, Brooks issued a statement to PEOPLE in response to Roe’s lawsuit.
“For the last two months, I have been hassled to no end with threats, lies, and tragic tales of what my future would be if I did not write a check for many millions of dollars,” Brooks claimed. “It has been like having a loaded gun waved in my face.”
“Hush money, no matter how much or how little, is still hush money. In my mind, that means I am admitting to behavior I am incapable of—ugly acts no human should ever do to another,” the statement continues. “We filed suit against this person nearly a month ago to speak out against extortion and defamation of character. We filed it anonymously for the sake of families on both sides.”
“I want to play music tonight,” Brooks concluded. “I want to continue our good deeds going forward. It breaks my heart these wonderful things are in question now. I trust the system, I do not fear the truth, and I am not the man they have painted me to be.”
Representatives for Yearwood have not responded to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.
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