The former manager of Jimmie Allen is suing him for claimed sexual assault, battery, false imprisonment, sex trafficking, and mental distress, according to court documents obtained by The Times.
The woman, who asks to remain anonymous because she still works in the music industry, claims that Allen harassed and sexually attacked her for an entire year and a half when she was a staff member of Allen’s management company, Wide Open Music.
Allen’s label, BBR Music Group, swiftly suspended the recording artist, saying in a statement, “In light of today’s allegations against Jimmie Allen, BBR Music Group has decided to suspend all activity with him, effective immediately.”
The former manager of Jimmie Allen is suing him for claimed sexual assault, battery, false imprisonment, sex trafficking, and mental distress, according to court documents obtained by The Times.
The woman, who asks to remain anonymous because she still works in the music industry, claims that Allen harassed and sexually attacked her for an entire year and a half when she was a staff member of Allen’s management company, Wide Open Music.
Allen was slated to perform on June 11 at the CMAFest in Nashville. After the incident became public knowledge, the Country Music Association removed him from the concert, which also featured country music icons Luke Bryan and Tim McGraw.
He was replaced as commencement speaker for Friday’s Delaware State University graduation by Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.).
In a lawsuit submitted on Thursday to a federal court in Tennessee by “Jane Doe,” Allen’s former manager, she alleges that she awoke naked in her hotel room in March 2021 with vaginal bleeding and pain but no recollection of the previous evening.
She claimed that as Allen was lying next to her and instructing her to swallow a Plan, he had taken her virginity against her will.
“I was disconnected from my body, feeling a sense of panic,” Jane Doe told Variety in a Thursday exposé. “He held me in place. At that point, any physical will was just out the door. I was pretty much paralyzed.”
After the hotel stay, according to Jane Doe, the abuse intensified. She says that when driving Allen to and from events, he sexually abused her at stoplights, in green rooms, on flights, and in other locations where she was forced to be present. She also claims that Allen forcibly shoved his hands down her pants in public.
She also said that Allen “raped her in private while choking her” and that he filmed “multiple sexual encounters in order to blackmail her to stay silent.”
In a statement to The Times, Allen denied any wrongdoing and said their relationship was consensual.
“It is deeply troubling and hurtful that someone I counted as one of my closest friends, colleagues and confidants would make allegations that have no truth to them whatsoever,” Allen told The Times. “I acknowledge that we had a sexual relationship — one that lasted for nearly two years. During that time, she never once accused me of any wrongdoing, and she spoke of our relationship and friendship as being something she wanted to continue indefinitely.
“Only after things ended between us, did she hire a lawyer to reach out and ask for money, which leads me to question her motives. The simple fact is, her accusations are not only false but also extremely damaging. I’ve worked incredibly hard to build my career, and I intend to mount a vigorous defence to her claims and take all other legal action necessary to protect my reputation.”
Jane Doe’s attorney told Variety that a payout was never requested saying, “The only ask we made of Allen and his legal counsel was to meet to discuss Allen’s behavior and resolution of our client’s claims. At no time did our client make a monetary demand.
The response was a hard no, and coloured with threats that his team would take steps to publicly tarnish my client. My client had no choice but to be proactive in protecting herself by filing the complaint.”
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