Picture Credit score: Metropolis of Greenville, North CarolinaJimmie Allen has been dropped by publicity agency Full Protection Communications, report label BBR Music, reserving company UTA, and extra, following allegations of sexual assault.
Following sexual assault and abuse allegations made towards him by his former supervisor, nation singer Jimmie Allen has develop into persona non grata together with his report label, PR agency, expertise company, and extra.
Allen was suspended from his longtime report label, BBR Music Group after his former supervisor filed the lawsuit towards him. Later, his reserving company, United Expertise Company (UTA), additionally paused representing him.
“BBR Music Group has determined to droop all exercise with him, efficient instantly,” reads BBR’s assertion.
“We’ve got suspended our illustration of Jimmie Allen as a result of latest allegations towards him, which we take severely,” shared UTA of their assertion.
Full Protection Communications, the publicity agency representing Allen, has additionally terminated its relationship with the singer-songwriter. Moreover, Allen’s supervisor at The Familie has severed ties with him.
“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,” The Familie shared with Selection.
Allen is accused of manipulating and grooming the plaintiff — recognized as “Jane Doe” to guard her identification — into an 18-month-long sexually abusive relationship. Along with Allen, the lawsuit names administration firm Extensive Open Music and the corporate’s founder Ash Bowers as defendants.
Jimmie Allen is being sued for “sexual battery, assault, false imprisonment, intercourse trafficking, and emotional misery.” Bowers and Extensive Open Music “are being sued for gross negligence and taking part in a enterprise engaged in intercourse trafficking, amongst different counts.”
The plaintiff, a girl in her early 20s employed by Extensive Open Music as Jimmie Allen’s day-to-day supervisor, claims to have reported the harassment, together with the alleged rape and sexual abuse, to Bowers on a number of events. Finally, the lawsuit says that Extensive Open Music dropped Allen as a shopper and terminated Jane Doe’s employment.
Allen is talking out towards the allegations, calling them “deeply troubling and hurtful.” He admits to having a sexual relationship with “Jane Doe,” which he claims was consensual.
In late April, it was revealed that Allen and his spouse, with whom he shares three younger kids, had been separating.