Wanted man kidnaps country star's ex-wife

The ex-wife of country music star Garth Brooks was kidnapped at gunpoint by a man who worked on her Oklahoma farm after she co-operated with a bail bondsman who wanted to arrest him.

Sandy Brooks had allowed the bondsman on to her property in Claremore on Monday to apprehend Quintine Harper, who was wanted on an outstanding warrant.

The worker responded by drawing a weapon, forcing her into a car and ordering her to drive away, said Barry Lamb, undersheriff of Rogers County.

After driving for several miles, Brooks stopped the car and fled into a grocery store, Lamb said.

Harper was arrested and charged with kidnapping and weapons offences, police said.

Lamb said Harper was 24, but a booking sheet at the Tulsa County Jail listed his age as 28.

Sandy and Garth Brooks were married for 15 years.

The couple have three children, but none was present at the time of the kidnapping, Lamb said.

Garth Brooks married Trisha Yearwood in a private ceremony in December at their home north east of Tulsa. Sandy Brooks lives nearby.