Country music star Jimmie Allen has been accused of rape and repeated sexual abuse and harassment by his former manager.
Variation A lawsuit filed in Tennessee federal court on Thursday reported that the former manager accused Allen of subjecting him to “a torrential cycle of harassment and abuse” over the 18-month period between 2020 and 2022. Variation Details of the unnamed woman’s story, including allegations that Allen raped her while strangling her despite saying “no” and trying to push her away during repeated sexual interactions.
During a trip to Los Angeles for Allen’s 2021 appearance allen, allegedly felt her breasts on the plane, pushed his erect penis against her body and masturbated in front of her. She says she forced her fingers into her vagina in the car after taping.
Allen, 37, allegedly raped the same woman while appearing as a celebrity guest on a different business trip to Los Angeles in 2021. american idol. The woman, identified in the case as “Jane Doe”, says she woke up naked in her hotel bed in a fog of severe pain and memory, and Allen was lying next to her, insisting she take a Plan B pill. Per Variation“She realized she had lost her virginity without her own choice, and she felt she had betrayed her faith.”
She told the exit, “I was disconnected from my body, I felt a sense of panic… it held me in place. At that point, any physical will was outside the door. I was almost paralyzed.”
During another business trip to Hawaii in 2022, this time for another business trip american idol On record, the woman was in so much pain from repeated sexual harassment allegations for months that she “fainted on set … and was taken to the emergency room”, according to the lawsuit.
In addition to suing Allen, the woman is also suing her former employer, Wide Open Music, and its founder, Ash Bowers. She says that after telling Bowers that she was raped and harassed by Allen, Wide Open Music left Allen as a client in addition to dismissing Allen from the company.
Allen responded to the allegations in a statement. Variationconfirms a sexual relationship that he calls “consensual”. “It is very disturbing and hurtful for someone I count as one of my closest friends, colleagues and confidants to make claims about themselves that have no truth whatsoever,” he said.
His statement continued: “I admit that we had a sexual relationship that lasted about two years. During this time, he never once accused me of anything wrong and said that our relationship and friendship is something he wants to continue forever. But after things were over between us, he hired a lawyer to reach out and ask for money, which makes me question his motives. The simple truth is that their accusations are not only false, but extremely damaging. I’ve worked incredibly hard to build my career, and I intend to make a strong defense of his claims and take any other legal action necessary to protect my reputation.”
Allen and his wife, Alexis Gale, who is pregnant with the couple’s third child, announced that they broke up last month after spending four years together.