More than three years after sexual assault lawsuits were filed against country music singer Jimmie Allen, the court has finally ruled on the last remaining case.
A middle district of Tennessee judge reportedly ruled on Thursday, June 18, that Allen must pay $1.8 million to a woman who sued him in May 2023 after she stated that he sexually assaulted and secretly filmed her in a Las Vegas hotel room. Follow the accusations, the “Best Shot” singer was held liable by default after missing multiple court deadlines.
Given his repeated neglect, Allen’s subsequent legal damages continued to grow with Judge Aleta A. Trauger ordering he pay the accuser $597,000 in compensatory damages on top of another $1.2 million in punitive damages. The report from the court reads, “The evidence shows that Mr. Allen intentionally and surreptitiously filmed his sexual encounter with plaintiff without her consent, and that he ejaculated inside of plaintiff without wearing a condom when plaintiff did not consent to him doing so and asked him not to do so.”
Both this report and the accuser’s attorney, Elizabeth Fegan, affirmed that his acts caused her “extreme emotional distress,” and that the damages recognized the “profound trauma Allen inflicted on Jane Doe 2 for his own sexual gratification.” Fegan also noted that at the heart of this case was a fundamental principle that “it is never acceptable to record sexual activity without a partner’s consent.”
In the Delaware native’s first case, filed on May 11, 2023, he was accused of “rape, sexual assault, and harassment by his former day-to-day manager” over a period of 18 months from 2020 to 2022, all while still being married to his estranged wife Alexis Gale. Allen denied the claims and countersued the ex-manager for defamation, ultimately reaching mutual counterclaims, with the case being dismissed in March 2024.
The second, now settled lawsuit, was also ongoing at the time after the plaintiff claimed the two had consensual sex but that Allen allegedly ejaculated insider his despite explicit protests with her later discovering that he had recorded the entire encounter on his cellphone without her knowledge. Allen denied the claims and stated that she did consent to the video recording; however, following a long stagnant case with Allen switching lawyers, blowing past deadlines, and facing “economic hardships as a result of this litigation,” the judge grew tired of waiting.
Per the long-winded battle, the accuser’s attorney filed that Allen pay $1.8 million for “predatory conduct” that her client caused trauma. The full breakdown of damage charges includes, “$253,142 for emotional distress; $3,505 to pay for past treatment; and $340,200 to pay for future treatment; along with $1,193,694 in punitive damages.”
Throughout this whole debacle, the once chart-topping rising artist has since been dropped by his label, BBR Music Group, management company, booking agency, and publicist. Allen’s attorney has also yet to make any official statements about the ruling.