Countersuit Is ‘What We’d Expect’

On Thursday morning (July 13), Jimmie Allen countersued two girls who say he sexually assaulted them in separate incidents. Later that afternoon, the lawyer for Jane Doe and Jane Doe 2 issued an announcement reinforcing her purchasers’ positions.

Elizabeth Fegan represents each girls. Her workforce issued an announcement to Style of Nation that expresses no shock within the singer turning round to sue her purchasers.

“We’ve reviewed the latest filings from Allen’s authorized workforce they usually’re what we’d anticipate — claims that each one his encounters with Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2 have been consensual,” Fegan begins. “We’re keen to indicate the court docket considerable proof on the contrary, which we consider will show that Jimmie Allen is a serial abuser and ought to be held accountable for his actions.”

It’s turning into more and more widespread for perpetrators to countersue their victims, claiming defamation. This can be a regarding development, one designed to persuade victims that in the event that they converse out, they would be the goal of spurious litigation.

Allen says Jane Doe’s interview with Selection broken his status and his relationships within the leisure business. Moreover, he says that his relationship with the lady — who labored for him — was sexually consensual. He says he ended the affair final fall.

In her submitting and interview with Selection, the lady describes a relationship that lasted throughout 2021 and 2022 and included a number of cases of sexual assault. She was his day-to-day supervisor on the time.

Associated: Jimmie Allen Accused of Rape, Sued for Sexual Battery, Assault + More

Jane Doe 2 met Allen by likelihood on an airplane in 2022. She didn’t converse to Selection, however her lawsuit accuses him of — amongst different issues — filming a sexual encounter that each events agree started as consensual. She would later inform him to cease, upon realizing he did not plan to make use of a condom in the course of the interplay. Jane Doe 2 says she was not conscious Allen was filming, both, however his countersuit claims she agreed to it earlier than they entered the bed room.

“By taking his digital camera telephone with out permission, Jane Doe 2 wrongfully exerted a definite act of dominion over Allen’s private property,” his legal professionals write.

The character of the damages sought in every lawsuit is not completely clear, though in breaking Thursday morning’s information, Billboard notes that Allen is asking for unspecified financial damages.