A hair and makeup artist has accused country singer Garth Brooks of assault and battery in a civil lawsuit filed in Los Angeles, CNN reports.

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

Representatives for Brooks did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the allegations.

Roe is represented in the case by Douglas Wigdor, a lawyer known as a “leading #MeToo attorney” who previously represented women who accused Harvey Weinstein, Bill O’Reilly and Joe Biden of sexual misconduct.

Wigdor and the plantiff’s other attorneys alleged that Brooks took advantage of the makeup artist while she was in financial trouble, first offering her paid work and then engaging in a pattern of sexual harassment and assault, which they allege in the lawsuit describe in graphic detail. .

“Today’s complaint shows that sexual predators exist not only in corporate America, Hollywood, and the rap and rock ‘n’ roll industries, but also in the world of country music,” Wigdor and two other attorneys said. of the plantiff, Jeanne Christensen and Hayley Baker. , said a statement to the Guardian.

Attorneys for “Jane Roe” said Brooks previously filed a federal lawsuit against their client in Mississippi last month in an effort to stop her from making public her allegations against him.

CNN previously reported on the “highly unusual legal battle” in Mississippi, in which an anonymous celebrity plaintiff asked a federal court to “declare an accuser’s allegations of sexual abuse untrue and bar her from further publicizing them.” The plaintiff in that case alleged that the accuser “attempted to extort and defame him with ‘false accusations’ that would ‘irreparably damage’ his reputation and career,” CNN reported.