Jimmie Allen Sued For Rape And Sexual Abuse By Former Manager, Country Star Responds
11.05.2023 - 19:35
/ etcanada.com
Country music star Jimmie Allen is being accused of sexual abuse and rape by a woman who worked as his manager day-to-day.
Allen, 37, is being sued by his former manager, going by the pseudonym “Jane Doe,” who is accusing the Grammy nominee of raping her and repeatedly subjecting her to sexual abuse and harassment over a period of 18 months. In a civil lawsuit filed Thursday in a Tennessee federal court, the country star is being sued for “sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment, sex trafficking and emotional distress,” per Variety.
Jane Doe says she was raped and sexually abused by Allen while she was employed by the singer’s management company as his day-to-day manager. She alleges that in the 24 hours leading up to Allen’s “Ellen” appearance, the artist assaulted her as they traveled together, groping her breasts on the plane, pushing his erect penis against her body in public and masturbating in front of her at the hotel where they were both staying. Once they left the taping and got into the car, she says he forced his fingers into her vagina while she tried to yank his hand away.
The former assistant is also suing Allen’s management company, Wide Open Music and its founder, Ash Bowers, for “gross negligence and participating in a venture engaged in sex trafficking, among other counts,” says Variety.
In the suit, Doe also alleges that Allen sexually abused her after an appearance as a guest judge on “American Idol” in 2021.
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Allen has issued a response to the lawsuit: “It is deeply troubling and hurtful that someone I counted as one of my closest friends, colleagues and confidants would make allegations