Jimmie Allen must pay $1.8 million to a woman who sued him over accusations that he sexually assaulted and secretly filmed her in a Las Vegas hotel room, a judge ruled Thursday (June 18).
The once-rising star was held liable by default for assault and invasion of privacy in August after he ignored multiple court deadlines. That set the stage for a ruling deciding how much Allen owes the woman (identified only as Jane Doe) in legal damages.
In an order on Thursday, Judge Aleta A. Trauger said Allen must pay the accuser $597,000 in compensatory damages and another $1.2 million in punitive damages. In doing so, the judge adopted an earlier report by a magistrate judge that said the “reprehensibility” of Allen’s actions was “severe.”
“The evidence shows that Mr. Allen intentionally and surreptitiously filmed his sexual encounter with plaintiff without her consent, and that he ejaculated inside of plaintiff without wearing a condom when plaintiff did not consent to him doing so and asked him not to do so,” the report reads. “These intentional acts caused plaintiff to suffer extreme emotional distress and trauma.”
An attorney for Allen did not immediately return requests for comment. In a statement to Billboard, Jane Doe’s attorney, Elizabeth Fegan, said the damages total “recognizes the profound trauma Allen inflicted on Jane Doe 2 for his own sexual gratification” and “underscores a fundamental principle at the heart of this case: it is never acceptable to record sexual activity without a partner’s consent.”
Thursday’s ruling came in one of two civil sexual assault lawsuits brought against Allen in 2023, derailing the singer’s promising career after a run of No. 1 hits on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. He was subsequently dropped by his label, BBR Music Group, as well as his booking agency, publicist and management company.
The first case accused Allen of sexually harassing and abusing his day-to-day manager over a period of 18 months from 2020 to 2022. Allen denied the claims and countersued his ex-manager for defamation; that case was settled in 2024.
The second lawsuit — the one at issue on Thursday — was filed by an unnamed woman who claims the two had consensual sex, but that Allen ejaculated inside her without a condom despite her explicit protests. She says she later discovered that he had surreptitiously set up his cellphone to record the entire encounter without her knowledge.
The singer denied the claims, saying she had consented to the video recording. But things didn’t go so smoothly in court, with the singer cycling through lawyers and blowing past deadlines for producing evidence and sitting for a deposition. His last filing in the case came in February 2025, when his lawyer said he was facing “economic hardships as a result of this litigation” and that he was attempting to retain pro bono lawyers.
In August, the judge got tired of waiting and held Allen liable by default for battery, assault, invasion of privacy and infliction of emotional distress. In later filings, the woman’s attorneys said Allen ought to pay $1.8 million for “predatory conduct” that had left their client “traumatized” and “violated.”
In a May report, a magistrate judge recommended that the request be granted, including damages of $253,142 for emotional distress; $3,505 to pay for past treatment; and $340,200 to pay for future treatment; along with $1,193,694 in punitive damages. That recommendation was confirmed Thursday by Judge Trauger, the district judge overseeing the case.
