Nation singer Jimmie Allen has been suspended by his report label, reserving company and administration firm, and faraway from the lineup for CMA Fest following allegations that he raped and sexually abused his former supervisor.
“In gentle of [the] allegations in opposition to Jimmie Allen, BBR Music Group has determined to droop all exercise with him, efficient instantly,” a consultant for the label tells Fakazakamp. A UTA spokesperson added on Friday: “We have now suspended our illustration of Jimmie Allen because of the current allegations in opposition to him, which we take critically.“
On Thursday, hours earlier than the Academy of Nation Music Awards aired reside, Selection reported that Allen’s former day-to-day supervisor, recognized solely as Jane Doe, claimed he pressured himself onto her and abused her a number of instances.
Allen claims that that they had a consensual sexual relationship.
“It’s deeply troubling and hurtful that somebody I counted as certainly one of my closest pals, colleagues and confidants would make allegations that haven’t any fact to them in any way. I acknowledge that we had a sexual relationship — one which lasted for almost two years. Throughout that point she by no means as soon as accused me of any wrongdoing, and she or he spoke of our relationship and friendship as being one thing she needed to proceed indefinitely. Solely after issues ended between us, did she rent a lawyer to achieve out and ask for cash, which leads me to query her motives,” Allen stated in a press release.
“The straightforward truth is, her accusations usually are not solely false, but in addition extraordinarily damaging. I’ve labored extremely exhausting to construct my profession, and I intend to mount a vigorous protection to her claims and take all different authorized motion essential to guard my popularity,” he continued.
Elizabeth Fegan, the lawyer for Jane Doe, adopted with a press release on Friday: “The one ask we manufactured from Allen and his authorized counsel was to satisfy to debate Allen’s conduct and backbone of our shopper’s claims. At no time did our shopper make a financial demand. The response was a tough no, and coloured with threats that his workforce would take steps to publicly tarnish my shopper. My shopper had no selection however to be proactive in defending herself by submitting the criticism.”
Allen will now not carry out at CMA Fest 2023, which takes place June 8-11 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. “We have now eliminated Jimmie Allen from our performer lineup,” a rep for CMA tells THR. On Friday, the expertise company The Familie, stated in a press release: “Given the character of the allegations within the lawsuit filed on Thursday, The Familie has determined to droop administration actions with Jimmie Allen efficient instantly.”
Allen, 37, launched his debut single, “Greatest Shot,” in 2018 and it went platinum. He made historical past that week by turning into the primary Black artist to have his debut single attain No. 1 on nation radio.
The singer, who moved from Delaware to Nashville at age 21, has had success with songs like “Freedom Was a Freeway” and “Make Me Need To.” He’s toured with Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley and was named new artist of the yr on the 2021 Nation Music Affiliation Awards. He was additionally nominated for greatest new artist on the 2022 Grammy Awards.
Allen introduced final month that he was separating from his spouse of just about three years. They’ve two daughters and predict their third baby collectively.
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