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MUSIC PEOPLE
NEWS
JULY 2023 Volume 54 Number 7 Issue 641
Editor Duncan Warwick
Contributors David Allan , Janet Aspley , Donnie Ayers , Craig Baguley , Tony Byworth , Larry Delaney , Don Cusic , Julie Flaskett , Michael Hingston , Stan Hitchcock , Tony Ives , Sianna King , Spencer Leigh , John Lomax III , Bryce Martin , Adrian Peel , Paul Riley , Alex Rossi , Chris Smith , Tom Travis , Walt Trott , Jack Watkins New release consultant : Steve Tidbury
Assistant editor Kelly Gregory
Photographers Patricia Presley , Barry Dixon
JIMMIE
ALLEN
SITUATION WORSENS WITH NEW ALLEGATIONS
Advertising Kelly Gregory - kelly . cmpcountry @ gmail . com
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F ollowing the news last month that
allegations of rape and sexual assault have been brought against the 2021 CMA Best New Artist Jimmie Allen by an unnamed victim known as Jane Doe , a further victim has since come forward claiming battery , assault , and invasion of privacy .
The new lawsuit by Jane Doe 2 claims she met Allen on a flight and afterwards Allens ’ bodyguard followed her into the airport and told her that Allen wanted her phone number . She provided this , and after months on calls and messages between her and the three-time Country Airplay chart-topper they agreed to meet in Las Vegas . She alleges that Allen said he wanted to get her pregnant and claims that she was not using birth control . She also later discovered a phone set-up in a closet to record their interaction as she was gathering her things to leave the room in a state of agitation and to acquire a morning after pill .
Jane Doe 2 ’ s lawyers stated , “ She had not consented to being recorded and
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