Garth Brooks DENIED request to dismiss sexual assault lawsuit in shock blow for the country icon
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Garth Brooks' request to dismiss his sexual assault lawsuit has been denied, according to Fox News.
The country star, 62, filed the motion last month in the central district of California, which was 'denied with prejudice' by US District Judge Michael Fitzgerald, the outlet revealed.
The reason was due to the 'original action' was still pending in the state of Mississippi and the judge ordered the California case to be 'stayed' in the meantime.
The Grammy winner then requested the case in California be moved to Mississippi.
A former makeup artist who worked for his wife Trisha Yearwood accused him of sexual assault and battery in court documents filed in a California state court in October.
Before the makeup artist filed her lawsuit, Brooks was aware of her allegations and anonymously filed to fight back, using the name 'John Doe' in a lawsuit he filed in Mississippi in September, as reported by CNN.
Garth Brooks' request to dismiss his sexual assault lawsuit has been denied, according to Fox News; seen November 25, 2024 in Los Angeles
'Jane Roe' was originally hired to do hair and makeup for Yearwood in 1999, and Brooks eventually enlisted her to do so for him in 2017, she claims.
The plaintiff, who filed anonymously as 'Jane Roe' in October, alleges the country icon brought her with him to Los Angeles for a Grammy event honoring the R&B singer Sam Moore in May 2019.
In the suit, the plaintiff claims the Friends in Low Places singer booked only one hotel suite there for both of them, and when she asked for a separate accommodation, he would not provide one.
She also accused him of then accosting her in the doorway nude, hauling her into another room, dangling her upside down by the ankles and raping her, in court documents obtained by Dailymail.com.
In her lawsuit, the makeup artist alleged that Brooks would send her sexually explicit text messages, tell her about his sexual fantasies - including bringing up threesomes with his wife Trisha Yearwood.
She also accused him of exposing his buttocks and genitals to her on more than one occasion and repeatedly changing clothes in front of her.
According to the makeup artist's suit, Brooks allegedly made advances to her at his home in 2019, before the Los Angeles trip when she says the rape occurred.
She claims she was at Brooks' house, waiting for him to meet her so that she could apply his makeup, when he emerged naked and erect from the shower.
The country star, 62, filed the motion last month, which was 'denied with prejudice,' the outlet revealed; pictured November 6, 2024 in Nashville
The plaintiff was originally hired to do hair and makeup for Yearwood, and Brooks eventually enlisted her to do so for him, she claims; Brooks and Yearwood pictured last month
Hours later, the artist denied the rape accusations against him, calling it a 'hush money' shakedown; pictured in February
She alleged that he then 'grabbed her hands and forced them' onto his erection, telling her he harbored fantasies that she would perform fellatio on him while wearing her glasses until he would eventually climax onto her face.
Hours after the makeup artist filed the complaint, the artist denied the rape accusations against him, calling it a 'hush money' shakedown.
Brooks responded to the accusations in a statement to DailyMail.com: '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.'
'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,' he added.
Brooks, who previously denied the claims in a complaint filed under 'John Doe', said: '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.'
Brooks said the situation 'has been like having a loaded gun waved in my face.'
He added, 'I want to play music tonight. 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.'
Garth and Trisha have been married since 2005; he has three children with his former wife Sandy Mahl.
