Jimmie Allen‘s former supervisor has agreed to dismiss her lawsuit claiming the nation singer sexually assaulted her, ending the case lower than a 12 months after it was filed.
In courtroom papers filed Thursday, attorneys for Allen and his unnamed Jane Doe accuser — his former day-to-day supervisor — collectively requested a federal choose to dismiss her claims towards the nation singer. In the identical submitting, Allen additionally agreed to drop his counter-suit accusing the lady of defamation.
Jane Doe’s legal professional, Beth Fegan on the legislation agency FeganScott, confirmed the settlement to Billboard: “FeganScott can verify that Jane Doe and Jimmie Allen have reached a mutual accord as to Plaintiff’s claims and Mr. Allen’s counterclaims and have agreed to dismiss them The choice displays solely that each events need to maneuver previous litigation.”
By a consultant, Allen declined to remark to Billboard.
Although the claims towards Allen shall be dropped, the case will proceed towards administration agency Broad Open Music, the place the Jane Doe plaintiff was employed, and its founder, Ash Bowers. In her lawsuit, the accuser says Broad Open and Bowers didn’t do sufficient to guard their worker from Allen’s abusive habits and fired her when she complained about it.
The settlement additionally gained’t totally finish Allen’s authorized woes. The nation star will proceed to face a second lawsuit, filed by one other Jane Doe, who claims that the singer assaulted her in a Las Vegas lodge room and secretly recorded it. That case stays pending.
Allen was a rising star within the nation music world initially of final 12 months, however in Might and June he was hit with the pair of sexual abuse lawsuits in fast succession. Following the accusations, his label, reserving company, former publicist and administration firm all suspended or dropped him.
The primary case, filed on Might 11, alleged that Allen had “manipulated and used his energy” over the lady on his administration staff to “sexually harass and abuse her” over a interval of 18 months that elapsed from 2020 to 2022.
“Plaintiff expressed in phrases and actions that Jimmie Allen’s conduct was unwelcome, together with pushing him away, sitting the place he couldn’t attain her, telling him she was uncomfortable and no, and crying uncontrollably,” the lady’s legal professionals wrote within the grievance. “Nonetheless, Allen made clear that plaintiff’s job was depending on her staying silent about his conduct.”
The second lawsuit, filed on June 9, accused Allen of battery, assault and different wrongdoing over an alleged July 2022 incident on the Cosmopolitan Lodge in Las Vegas. Although the Jane Doe in that case says she had “willingly joined Allen within the bed room,” she claimed she had “repeatedly informed him she didn’t need him to ejaculate inside her” as a result of she was not on contraception, however that Allen had executed so anyway. She additionally claimed that he had secretly filmed the encounter on his cellphone even if she had “not consented to being recorded”
Allen strongly denied all of the accusations, saying he would “mount a vigorous protection.” He later counter-sued each ladies — accusing the administration worker of defaming him and claiming that the opposite lady had stolen the cellphone he allegedly used to file her.
This story first appeared on Billboard.com.
