A hair and makeup artist who worked for Garth Brooks has filed a lawsuit claiming that he sexually assaulted her several times in 2019. Garth had tried to prevent her from filing the lawsuit with a preemptive complaint filed in Mississippi on September 13th. He claims that the allegations are not true and stem from his refusal to make her a salaried employee with medical benefits. She began working for Trisha Yearwood in 1999 and Garth in 2017. After the lawsuit was made public, Garth issued a statement saying, "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. 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 behaviour that I am incapable of - ugly acts no human should ever do to another. 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. 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."