NASHVILLE, Tenn. Jimmie Allen, a country artist, has been fired by his record company due to a second sexual assault claim.
Two lawsuits have stopped Allen’s meteoric career, including one brought by his former day-to-day manager who claims Allen raped her and that his management staff failed to shield her from his predatory behavior.
On Monday, the Nashville-based label BBR Music Group stated that it “has dissolved its relationship with Jimmie Allen; he is no longer an active artist on its roster.”
Variety was the first to report on the initial case, which charged Allen with battery, assault, and sexual trafficking. It was filed in May. Additionally, it charged Wide Open Music, an organization that manages artists, and its founder, Ash Bowers, with egregious negligence and purposeful infliction of mental distress. The filings list Jane Doe as the name of both plaintiffs.
The management team was aware that Allen was sexually harassing the first accuser while she was working with him, according to the lawsuit, and when she protested and wanted to be reassigned, she was fired from her position.
Jimmie Allen, a country artist, has been fired by his record company due to a second sexual assault claim.
Due to this, Allen’s public relations firm, Full Coverage Communications, his former management company, The Familie, and his booking agency, UTA, all suspended him.
A lady who claimed to have met Allen on a plane filed a second lawsuit on Friday. She said Allen secretly recorded her on his phone while sexually assaulting her. She claimed that when she found the phone, she removed it from the hotel room and called the police to report the occurrence.
The lawsuits were filed in a federal court in Nashville, and neither Allen nor the management company has answered in court documents. But Allen insisted that he had a mutually agreeable relationship with his day-to-day management in a statement to Variety.
Allen said in a statement to the site, “I recognize that we had a sexual relationship that lasted for about two years. She never once accused me of wrongdoing during that period, and she expressed her desire for our friendship and connection to last forever. She only engaged a lawyer to contact me and request money after things between us ended, which makes me wonder about her motivations. The plain fact is that her claims are highly damaging and incorrect. I’ve put a lot of effort into developing my profession, and I intend to vigorously contest her allegations and pursue any other appropriate legal remedies to preserve my image.
A lawyer in either action does not represent Allen, and we could not contact him for comment.
“Since Jane Doe filed her case last month, we’ve heard from others who share similar experiences,” said Elizabeth A. Fegan, the lawyer defending Jane Does. I can see from Jane Doe 2’s filing that there is a clear, distinct pattern of behavior. We want to demonstrate that there is a pattern of dishonesty, trickery, and, finally, force.
The law is crystal clear: anyone who has consented to sexual activity has the right and ability to revoke permission at any moment. Stop means stop, just as no means no,” Fegan remarked. “It is sexual assault if one participant doesn’t stop.”
When Jimmie Allen’s song “Best Shot” from his debut album “Mercury Lane” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart in 2018, he made history as the first Black musician to do so. The succeeding country’s successes “Make Me Want To” and “Freedom Was a Highway” with Brad Paisley launched the Delaware native’s career. He was a 2022 Grammy Award nominee for best new artist. In addition to winning new artist of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards in the same year, he was named a new male artist at the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2021.
He has also participated in “Dancing With The Stars” and co-hosted the 2022 ACM Awards in Las Vegas with Dolly Parton and Gabby Barrett.
SOURCE – (AP)
