James Edward Allen, popularly identified by his stage title Jimmie Allen, misplaced a lawsuit alleging that in 2022 he sexually assaulted a girl in a lodge room in Las Vegas and recorded the act with out getting her permission.
Decide Aleta A. Trauger issued a judgment towards the nation singer on Jane Doe’s claims of assault, abuse, invasion of privateness, and infliction of psychological misery after he disobeyed court-imposed deadlines and orders, in response to a Tennessee courtroom order filed on August 18 and obtained by Folks.
“The defendants all through have did not adjust to case administration discovery deadlines and even did not adjust to particular Orders of this courtroom,” the decide wrote within the ruling.
The decide additionally ordered Allen to pay roughly $6,000 to Jane Doe’s legal professionals for canceling a mediation session on the final minute. The 40-year-old nation musician additionally failed to search out new illustration when an lawyer left his staff.
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“For these causes, the plaintiff’s Movement for Sanctions and Judgment Towards Defendants Jimmie Allen and Aadyn’s Dad Touring, Inc. is GRANTED,” the decide declared.
In a press release shared with Folks, Jane Doe’s lawyer, Elizabeth Fegan, mentioned she was “happy with the Court docket’s determination to grant judgment for Plaintiff in mild of Jimmie Allen’s refusal to take part within the litigation course of. We stay up for proving up Plaintiff’s damages brought on by Allen’s predatory acts.” In the meantime, Folks studies that Allen maintains his innocence.
Ted Anastasiou, Allen’s present lawyer, advised People who the decide’s determination was “purely procedural” and “the direct results of his prior counsel’s repeated failures to adjust to discovery obligations and courtroom orders.”
“This ruling was not primarily based on the deserves of the allegations. Mr. Allen has persistently and unequivocally maintained his innocence, and he firmly denies these accusations,” Anastasiou mentioned.
“As with earlier accusations introduced on the identical baseless grounds, this case is equally meritless. The default judgment displays the shortcomings of prior illustration, not any wrongdoing by Mr. Allen. It’s well-established {that a} consumer shouldn’t be penalized for the failures of their lawyer, and Mr. Allen shouldn’t be disadvantaged of his proper to a good protection,” Anastasiou continued.
“We intend to take instant motion to put aside this judgment and to make sure that the matter is set on details and proof, moderately than procedural missteps. Mr. Allen appears ahead to the chance to clear his title in courtroom.”
Jane Doe initially filed the case in June 2023, stating Allen violated her privateness by secretly filming their encounter and continuing on with sexual actions along with her after she had withdrawn her earlier permission.
Jane Doe claimed she had no thought who Allen was when he approached her on a airplane certain for Nashville in Could 2022. After their first assembly, they started to talk each day over textual content and FaceTime, and she or he mentioned Allen misled her into believing he had separated from his then-wife, Alexis. Allen and Alexis, who married in a secret ceremony in June 2020, divorced in October 2024.
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When Jane Doe and Allen reconnected in Las Vegas two months later, she was “comfy and protected” in his lodge room as a result of she believed she would even have her personal room, in response to the submitting. She additionally claimed she “willingly joined Allen within the bed room,” however he by no means knowledgeable her that he was filming. She additional acknowledged that she solely agreed to intercourse utilizing a condom since she was not on contraception.
“He advised her he would respect her request,” Jane Doe claimed in her criticism. “But, as their encounter progressed, Allen penetrated Plaintiff throughout intercourse along with his penis and with out a condom. Allen advised Plaintiff he needed to get her pregnant. Plaintiff mentioned no….He refused.”
In response to the lawsuit, she repeatedly requested him to cease and verbally withdrew her consent, however he endured. He then fell asleep, and as she was about to go away, she “panicked” as a result of she noticed a cellphone within the closet “recording the scene.”
In response to the courtroom doc, she took Allen’s cellphone as she was leaving and erased the video, however she additionally acknowledged that she gave Allen’s cellphone to the native police power. She additionally filed a lawsuit towards his bodyguard and the corporate that employed him.
Allen filed a countersuit in July 2023, and his legal professionals claimed that the singer had obtained her permission to videotape the encounter beforehand. He additionally accused her of “conversion,” or illegally taking his cellular phone. In August 2023, she submitted a movement to dismiss the countersuit, and it was granted.
Allen was beforehand sued by his former supervisor for assault and sexual abuse, which he denied. They negotiated an association the subsequent 12 months, and the previous supervisor deserted her claims earlier than the case went to courtroom.
After the claims of the previous supervisor and Jane Doe surfaced, Allen was dropped by his company, UTA, suspended by his document label, BBR Music Group, and faraway from his closing evening spot on the annual CMA Fest in Nashville.
“Due to these false allegations [by the former manager], the previous eight months have been the toughest of my life, however it has proven me how a lot love I’ve from my family and friends,” Allen mentioned in a press release on the time.
Allen has not too long ago launched two new songs, “Small City Anthem” and “Beer 99,” and has a 14-date tour deliberate for the autumn.
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