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Lois Beckett in Los Angeles

Country music star Garth Brooks accused of sexual assault in civil lawsuit

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Garth Brooks performs at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards in October 2020 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Photograph: Kevin Mazur/BBMA2020/Getty Images for dcp

A hair and makeup artist has accused the country singer Garth Brooks of sexual assault and battery in a civil lawsuit filed in Los Angeles, claims the musician has strongly denied.

The anonymous accuser, referred to in the complaint as “Jane Roe”, alleges that Brooks raped her during a work trip to Los Angeles in 2019, and that he repeatedly groped her and made sexually explicit comments while she was doing his hair or makeup throughout 2019.

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