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“Freedom Was A Highway” hitmaker Jimmie Allen, 37, was accused of rape and intersexual assault, and was sued by his erstwhile regular manager, according to a May 11, 2023 Variety report. The woman, whose sanction is listed arsenic Jane Doe successful tribunal documents, reported that she was sexually assaulted by the state crooner for 18 months opening successful 2021. The rape allegedly occurred successful March 2021 aft helium taped an occurrence of American Idol as a personage guest. She claimed “she woke up bare successful her edifice country successful terrible symptom and bleeding vaginally, having remembered thing of what happened the nighttime before,” per Variety, and that Jimmie was lying adjacent to her and asked her to instrumentality Plan B. Jane Doe besides claimed Jimmie took her virginity distant from her.
Another lawsuit of battle allegedly occurred earlier and aft the singer’s May 2021 sojourn connected The Ellen DeGeneres Show, connected which helium promoted his children’s publication titled My Voice Is a Trumpet. He said the publication is meant to thatch children to talk up if they spot oregon acquisition thing that doesn’t beryllium close with them. The time earlier the taping, Jane Doe accused Jimmie of “groping her breasts connected the plane, pushing his erect penis against her assemblage successful nationalist and masturbating successful beforehand of her astatine the edifice wherever they were some staying”. She accused him of inserting his fingers into her vagina aft the taping arsenic well.
Jimmie Allen roseate to fame successful 2018 (Photo: Frederick Breedon/Picturegroup/Shutterstock)
Jimmie vehemently denied each allegations. “It is profoundly troubling and hurtful that idiosyncratic I counted arsenic 1 of my closest friends, colleagues and confidants would marque allegations that person nary information to them whatsoever,” helium said successful a connection to Variety. He past confessed to a two-year “sexual relationship” with her but said it was consensual. “During that time, she ne'er erstwhile accused maine of immoderate wrongdoing, and she spoke of our narration and relationship arsenic being thing she wanted to proceed indefinitely,” helium added.
“Only aft things ended betwixt us, did she prosecute a lawyer to scope retired and inquire for money, which leads maine to question her motives,” Jimmie further claimed. “The elemental information is, her accusations are not lone false, but besides highly damaging. I’ve worked incredibly hard to physique my career, and I mean to equine a vigorous defence to her claims and instrumentality each different ineligible enactment indispensable to support my reputation.”
However, Jane Doe’s lawyer said she ne'er asked for money. “The lone inquire we made of Allen and his ineligible counsel was to conscionable to sermon Allen’s behaviour and solution of our client’s claims. At nary clip did our lawsuit marque a monetary demand,” the connection to Variety read. “The effect was a hard no, and colored with threats that his squad would instrumentality steps to publically tarnish my client. My lawsuit had nary prime but to beryllium proactive successful protecting herself by filing the complaint.”
One week aft the accusations came to light, Jimmie apologized to his estranged wife, Alexis Gale, via an Instagram message, arsenic seen above. “I privation to publically apologize to my wife, Alexis, for humiliating her with my affair,” helium wrote successful portion successful a May 18 Instagram post. “I’m embarrassed that my choices person brought shame connected her. That’s thing she did not merit astatine all. I besides privation to apologize to my children for being a mediocre illustration of a antheral and a father.”
Jimmie past explained that the euphony manufacture is “full of temptations” and said helium feels shame that helium was not “strong capable to withstand them.” He added, “I volition nary longer beryllium a unfortunate of my weakness. The vocalist concluded the connection by writing, “I situation everyone to question assistance erstwhile they request it. Do not beryllium acrophobic of your weakness, situation yourself with radical that WILL assistance you.”
In July of 2023, Jimmie proactively fought against the accusations by filing countersuits against some of his accusers. Per a July 13 by PEOPLE, the vocalist said helium was taking the tribunal enactment successful bid to “protect my estimation and refute these claims that person caused terrible harm to my family, intelligence wellness and business.”
Per the outlet, helium wrote successful a statement, “I’ve taken a mates months earlier publically responding to these claims, due to the fact that I wanted to hole my household first. This concern has caused maine large humiliation, and I felt it was indispensable to question nonrecreational help. For years, I person dealt with racism and harmful threats solely due to the fact that I americium a Black antheral successful the state euphony industry, and this concern has lone amplified that.”
“These mendacious allegations person caused maine to suffer a immense fig of concern and endorsement opportunities that I worked highly hard for,” helium continued. “These mendacious allegations person besides not lone harmed me, but person caused terrible fiscal harm to my band, my squad and their families.”
The aforesaid day, the outlet reported that the vocalist was moving to repair his matrimony to Alexis. “The divorce lawsuit is inactive pending, arsenic my woman and I are moving to resoluteness things unneurotic arsenic a family,” helium told the outlet. After stating that helium wanted to “fix” his “family first” earlier responding to the dual allegations, helium besides clarified that statement.
“What I meant by ‘fixing my household first,’ was making definite their intelligence wellness and stableness are OK successful airy of these hurtful, mendacious allegations,” helium explained. “I took immoderate clip disconnected to beryllium with my wife, kids and friends, to guarantee everyone was OK.”
These accusations came conscionable months aft Jimmie and Alexis denote they are separating. Read connected to larn astir their separation and Jimmie below.
Jimmie Alan And Alexis Gale Were Only Married For Two Years
Jimmie Allen and Alexis Gale get astatine the 2022 CMT Music Awards (Photo: Tammie Arroyo/Shutterstock)
Jimmie and Alexis, 27, announced they were both separating and expecting a 3rd child successful an April 21, 2023 Instagram post. “After overmuch thought and reflection successful caller months, Lex & I person made the determination to separate,” Jimmie began successful his announcement post, arsenic seen above. “As we navigate this beingness change, we tin besides stock that we volition beryllium welcoming different kid unneurotic aboriginal this year.”
“Our fig 1 precedence is and ever volition beryllium ensuring that our children are healthy, blessed and loved, and we stay committed to co-parenting with emotion and respect for 1 another,” helium continued. “In airy of our increasing family, we respectfully petition privateness during this time.” Alexis shared the same note connected her Instagram account. The mates tied the knot astatine The Lake House Inn successful Perkasie, Penn. successful May 2021.
Jimmie and Alexis stock children Zara James, 18 months, and Naomi Bettie, 3. Jimie has an 8-year-old son, Aadyn, from a erstwhile relationship.
Alexis hinted toward infidelity successful a cryptic Instagram Story station conscionable days earlier the suit against Jimmie dropped, according to PEOPLE. “continue the chaos portion I heal successful peace,” she wrote. “my Instagram isn’t a assistance enactment truthful delight halt messaging maine astir immoderate 3rd parties.”
Jimmie Allen Was A Contestant On ‘American Idol’
Before helium landed a spot connected the deed singing contention bid arsenic a impermanent star, Jimmie was a contestant connected Season 10 of American Idol, which aired successful 2011. He got a aureate summons from the judges for his audition but did not marque it past Hollywood Week successful the competition. However, helium did signifier a relationship with the season’s eventual winner, Scotty McCreery. It wasn’t until six years aboriginal that Jimmie signed his grounds woody with the Stoney Creek imprint astatine Broken Bow Records.
Jimmie Allen successful his promo photograph for ‘DWTS.’ (ABC/Maarten de Boer)
Jimmie Is Not Surprised By His Success
The American Country Music Award victor released his archetypal single, “Best Shot,” successful 2018. It reached the No. 1 spot connected the Billboard Country Airplay Chart 3 times. He followed it up with a 2nd single, “Make Me Want To,” successful 2019, which reached No. 7 and No. 1 connected the US Country illustration and Country Airplay chart, respectively. In 2020, Jimmie teamed up with Noah Cyrus for a duet called “This Is Us.” His debut album, Mercury Lane, came retired successful 2018, followed by another record, Bettie James Gold Edition successful 2021. He had different top 10 hit successful 2022 with his Brad Paisley collab, “Freedom Was a Highway”.
Jimmie’s accelerated emergence to the apical is nary astonishment to him. “Everything I accomplish, it doesn’t astonishment me. I’m thankful for the opportunity, but I’m not amazed astatine all,” helium told Billboard in 2022. “It’s each portion of this program that has been written down.”
Jimmie wanted to beryllium a vocalist his full life. “I told my ma erstwhile I was 5 years aged I was going to beryllium an entertainer,” helium recalled to NPR‘s Consider This successful March 2022.
Jimmie Allen Has Huge Plans For The Future
Although the presumption of his suit whitethorn hinder his large dreams, the “Down Home” vocalist antecedently raved astir each helium wants to bash successful beingness during his interrogation on Consider This. He told the podcast that he’d similar to execute connected Broadway, commencement his ain covering line, and go a WWE wrestler. And though helium has already created his ain euphony statement and serves arsenic the enforcement euphony shaper for Netflix’s bid Titletown High, helium has bigger ideas. He revealed helium wants to unfastened up a charter euphony schoolhouse that focuses little connected investigating and much connected the existent acquisition of learning. Does helium halt there? Of people not. He has (well, had) dreams of starring successful a world amusement with Alexis and already has the outline for a sitcom successful his head.
Jimmie Allen for ‘Dancing With the Stars.’ (ABC/Maarten de Boer)
“In my head, it’s benignant of astir maine moving from Delaware to Nashville,” the former Dancing with the Stars contestant noted. “It’s benignant of similar a comedy, and it plays connected radical stereotypes a lot. It’s beauteous overmuch saying what everybody is thinking, but acrophobic to say.”
Jimmie Allen Loves Bringing Diversity To Country Music
Jimmie didn’t spot galore Black singers arsenic palmy state artists increasing up, and he’s arrogant to beryllium that idol for his young fans. “Growing up listening to state music, I loved it. It’s each my dada listened to. My dada was like, ‘Well, you should beryllium a state singer,’ and I was like, ‘Yeah, nah, they’re each white. I don’t cognize if they fto radical similar maine adjacent sing state music,'” helium recalled to PEOPLE while rehearsing for the 2021 ACMs.
“I get messages connected Instagram and Twitter from parents that archer maine and convey maine for getting into state euphony due to the fact that their lad oregon their girl spot maine and they accidental I punctual them of them,” helium continued. “I consciousness similar practice is truthful important, truthful to spot artists like Mickey Guyton doing her thing, Kane Brown, Darius Rucker, Willie Jones, Breland, Brittany Spencer, Tiera — it’s conscionable truthful galore that are starting to travel to this genre of music, doing it their way, having their ain sound, And I emotion to spot it.”
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