Jimmie Allen Loses Lawsuit Alleging Sexual Assault After Disregarding Court Orders

Jimmie Allen has lost a lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted a woman in a Las Vegas hotel room and filmed their sexual encounter without her consent in 2022. Still, the country singer maintains his innocence.

In a Tennessee court order filed on Monday, Aug. 18 and obtained by PEOPLE, Judge Aleta A. Trauger entered a judgment against the country singer on a Jane Doe’s claims of assault, battery, invasion of privacy and infliction of emotional distress because he ignored court-imposed deadlines and orders.

“The defendants throughout have failed to comply with case management discovery deadlines and even failed to comply with specific Orders of this court,” the judge wrote in the ruling, adding that Allen must pay nearly $6,000 to Jane Doe’s lawyers for canceling a mediation session at the last minute. Allen, 40, also failed to obtain new representation after an attorney left his team.

“For these reasons, the plaintiff’s Motion for Sanctions and Judgment Against Defendants Jimmie Allen and Aadyn’s Dad Touring, Inc. is GRANTED,” the judge declared.

In a statement shared with PEOPLE, Jane Doe’s lawyer Elizabeth Fegan said she was “pleased with the Court’s decision to grant judgment for Plaintiff in light of Jimmie Allen’s refusal to participate in the litigation process. We look forward to proving up Plaintiff’s damages caused by Allen’s predatory acts.”

Meanwhile, Allen’s legal representation exclusively told PEOPLE the judgment was “purely procedural” and “the direct result of his prior counsel’s repeated failures to comply with discovery obligations and court orders.”

“This ruling was not based on the merits of the allegations. Mr. Allen has consistently and unequivocally maintained his innocence, and he firmly denies these accusations,” Ted Anastasiou, who is now Allen’s legal representation, said.

“As with earlier accusations brought on the same baseless grounds, this case is equally meritless. The default judgment reflects the shortcomings of prior representation, not any wrongdoing by Mr. Allen. It is well-established that a client should not be penalized for the failures of their attorney, and Mr. Allen should not be deprived of his right to a fair defense,” he continued.

“We intend to take immediate action to set aside this judgment and to ensure that the matter is decided on facts and evidence, rather than procedural missteps. Mr. Allen looks forward to the opportunity to clear his name in court.”

The lawsuit was first filed by Jane Doe in June 2023, claiming Allen violated her privacy by secretly filming their encounter and continuing to engage in sexual conduct with her even after she’d revoked her previously given consent.

Jane Doe alleged that she did not know who Allen was when he approached her on a plane during a flight to Nashville in May 2022. After the initial encounter, they began to communicate daily over text and FaceTime, and she claimed Allen led her to believe he had separated from then-wife Alexis. (Allen and Alexis — who tied the knot privately in June 2020 — finalized their divorce in October of last year.)

Two months after meeting, Jane Doe and Allen met up in Las Vegas, where she felt “comfortable and safe” in his hotel room because she was under the impression that she would also have her own room, per the filing. She also said she “willingly joined Allen in the bedroom,” but he never told her that he was filming. She added that she only agreed to sex with a condom because she was not on birth control.

“He told her he would respect her request,” Jane Doe claimed in her complaint, “Yet, as their encounter progressed, Allen penetrated Plaintiff during sex with his penis and without a condom. Allen told Plaintiff he wanted to get her pregnant. Plaintiff said no….He refused.”

According to the suit, she repeatedly asked him to stop and verbally revoked her consent but he continued. Afterward, he fell asleep, and as she went to leave she “panicked” when she noticed a phone in the closet “recording the scene.”

She grabbed the phone on her way out and deleted the video, per the filing, but claimed she turned Allen’s phone in to her local police department. She also sued his bodyguard and the company that employed his bodyguard.

In July 2023, Allen filed a countersuit and his lawyers claimed that the singer had gotten her permission to record the encounter beforehand. He also accused her of “conversion,” or illegally stealing his cell phone. She filed a motion to dismiss the countersuit in August 2023, which was allowed.

Before Jane Doe’s lawsuit, Allen was sued by his former manager for assault and sexual abuse, which he denied. The following year, they reached an agreement and the former manager dropped her claims before they entered litigation.

“Because of these false allegations [by the former manager], the past eight months have been the hardest of my life, but it has shown me how much love I have from my friends and family,” Allen said in a statement at the time.

After the former manager and Jane Doe’s allegations came to light, Allen was dropped by his agency, UTA, suspended by his record label BBR Music Group, and booted from his closing night spot at the annual CMA Fest in Nashville.

Allen has recently released two new songs, “Small Town Anthem” and “Beer 99,” and has a 14-date tour planned for the fall.