Jimmie Allen owes one of his accusers nearly $2 million. The country music star who was on the rise prior to his fall from grace continues to be haunted by sexual assault allegations. It all started back in May of 2023 when his former manager sued Allen for sexual assault and sexual battery. Not long after that, everything in his life fell apart, as he was dropped from his record label, divorced by his wife, welcomed twins with another woman (who was also married), and faced other serious allegations from other women who came out accused him of sexual assault as well. While he eventually settled the lawsuit with his former manager, the other lawsuit remained open, and it’s about to cost him big time. In the other case involving sexual assault allegations, a federal judge has ordered Allen to pay “punitive damages” and “compensatory damages” to an accuser recognized as “Jane Doe 2.” That accuser originally brought the lawsuit to Allen in June of 2023, and judge Aleta A. Trauger ruled on June 18 of this year that “Jane Doe 2” is awarded almost $2 million in damages (assault, invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress) because Jimmie Allen never responded. The $1.8 million number come from $1.2 million in punitive damages and around $597,000 in compensatory damages, according to court documents obtained by Whiskey Riff. The federal judge that made the ruling for the 41-year-old artist to fork over close to $2 million because they believed the evidence suggested that Allen’s actions were reprehensible and severe, and said it like this in the court filing: “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. These intentional acts caused plaintiff to suffer extreme emotional distress and trauma.” It’s also important to point out that Jimmie Allen denied all of the accusations (he even countersued) when they were first made against him in 2023, and in a statement said that he looked forward to clearing his name in court. Fast forward to 2026, and one of the lawsuits against him has been settled, and the other has reached a point where he’s being ordered to pay $1.8 million after he never responded to the lawsuit. Following the initial answer, Jimmie failed to respond to multiple court orders and seemingly gave up on the case altogether. Allen appears to be trying to move past the messy last couple of years. He released a contemporary country album earlier in 2026 titled Hold On Loosely, and just last month, Allen shared a single called “Shaking In My Boots.” Up until those releases, the country artist had stayed quite on the music release front. His previous project before that was Tulip Drive, which came out in 2022. As I mentioned earlier, it’s been quite the fall from grace for Jimmie Allen. In 2021, he won New Male Artist of the Year at the ACM Awards and New Artist of the Year at the CMA Awards. He was on the rise from then until 2023, when all of the sexual assault allegations came out and soiled his image and caused irreparable damage to his career.The post Jimmie Allen Ordered By Federal Judge To Pay Almost $2 Million To Sexual Assault Accuser first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

No lies were spoken. Lately, live music has been under heavy scrutiny for a plethora of different reasons. Obviously, the biggest and most predatory threat to the industry is none other than Live Nation and Ticketmaster, who all but have a monopoly on ticket sales. Of course, that’s not even mentioning the fact that bots and scalpers have made it even harder for real fans to actually purchase tickets. Unfortunately, fans deserve some scrutiny as well. Over the past few years, especially in a post-COVID world, it seems as if fan behavior has hit an all-time low. From the ridiculous beer-throwing at Treaty Oak Revival concerts that left frontman Sam Canty with a gash under his eye and Riley Green needing stitches after a phone was hurled at him in Australia to Megan Moroney having a hat chucked at her and Morgan Wallen getting grabbed by a fan last year, some of the biggest stars in the genre have had to deal with their fair share of chaos recently. Hell, even artists aren’t exempt from criticism. Lately, it seems as if it’s been a growing trend to cancel shows at the very last minute, sometimes just minutes before the show. This was highlighted most predominantly over the past month when Morgan Wallen caught a ton of criticism for cancelling his Pittsburgh show due to the incoming weather. Though you can argue that he made the right call, thanks to tornadoes touching down in the greater Pennsylvania area, and he made the call early to give people even more notice, it still didn’t stop some controversy from brewing after Pittsburgh’s mayor claimed that Wallen and Co. did not consult him and the stadium before cancelling. An even more egregious example of this came to light earlier in the week when rising star Bailey Zimmerman actually cancelled his May 27th show in New Mexico after being too drunk to perform and subsequently causing over $16,000 worth of damage to his hotel room. Though he was charged with a felony on Monday afternoon, the charges were dropped last night. At the time, Zimmerman lied and said that he wasn’t feeling well and canceled the show. All of this is to say that it’s been a growing trend in the industry, especially in country music, for artists to cancel shows at the last minute, and Country Music Hall of Famer Kenny Chesney is having none of it. In a recent appearance on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast, the “American Kids” singer expressed frustration with fellow artists who cancel shows for menial reasons other than health. “I know people that cancelled shows before they went on. People were already there, and they just said, ‘I’m not going on.’ And now the thing is, they’re not mentally fit. There’s a certain thing. I think, in the way I came up in all the clubs and casinos and whatever it is I played getting to the next level, there’s a certain gratitude. I think it’s the way I was brought up, also, but you just didn’t cancel. It’s show business.” After Maher went on a brief tangent about not voluntarily cancelling a show in his 40 years in the business, Chesney would wrap up by noting that the entire industry and process have simply changed. Though he’d clear the air by explaining that he’s not saying today’s generation of artists is lazy, he’d imply that they may be hesitant to some of the day-to-day grind that he experienced in the early days of his career. The other obvious implication that I think Kenny is hinting at is that TikTok has allowed artists to blow up overnight. That means they don’t have to cut their teeth in dumpy bars for years to get on a bigger stage, and therefore, don’t have the opportunity to develop the kind of gratitude that older artists have earned over the years. It easy to take a big crowd for granted when you haven’t put in a ton of time to get it: “It is interesting to see… The work was a part of the process. It is a little different today. I’m not saying that people don’t work hard, because they do.” Ultimately, Chesney hits the nail on the head here. While common sense should tell you that there are some circumstances that rightfully lead to show cancellation — whether it’s family emergencies, serious sickness or vocal issues — it’s wholly irresponsible and disrespectful to your audience to either 1) cancel a show because something didn’t go your way or 2) cancel a show last-minute with no notice because you’re too drunk to perform. As he said, there’s a certain level of gratitude and understanding of how much of a privilege it is to be able to perform for a living that some artists these days need to have and sometimes fail at doing so. Watch the full podcast here: The post Kenny Chesney Calls Out Artists For Cancelling Shows Last Minute: “The Way I Came Up… There’s A Certain Gratitude” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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Y’all must’ve been hiding under a rock… Riley Green will join The Voice as a judge for Season 30 of the reality singing competition show, where he will be joined by fellow judges Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine and Queen Latifah. He met Queen Latifah already (I think she’s a fan), and it seems like he’s finally met the other judges, though I don’t think he really knows any of them very well yet, so fans will really get to know each of them, and their dynamic as a whole, in realtime when the show actually airs sometime this fall. And while he’s never done anything like this for in terms of judging a reality TV singing competition, Riley did make his acting debut on the TV show Marshals a few months ago, and during an appearance on Country Countdown USA, he says he felt like he was already busy before Marshals, so now, it’s going to all be taken up a notch: “I feel that way. I’ve taken on a lot of new ventures. I wasn’t hurting for things to do already. But it’s been a lot of fun. I got a taste of it with Marshals. I thought I was busy before that.” He also revealed that there were two different appearances that led him to secure The Voice gig, which will definitely bring him a ton of exposure and introduce him to a much more mainstream crowd, even though he’s already a country star. And we now have a premiere date for the show, as The Voice shared on their social media accounts that the first episode will air on September 21st on NBC. They included all four judges spinning around in their chairs, a sight fans will see a lot more of this fall: View this post on Instagram And because this is really the first major national gig Riley has had in terms of TV shows (aside from a four-episode appearance on Marshals), there’s plenty of music fans who watch shows like this who don’t really know who he is or anything about his music. But because Riley is always a fan-favorite among ladies, whether they’re country music fans or not, and he certainly has fans of The Voice intrigued as many of them were thirsting over Riley in the announcement video above: “Who is Riley?? He is hooootttttttt.” “Wellllllll that Riley kid is a hottie.” “Wait – you caught my attention with Riley! Who is that!?!” “Wait who’s Riley, he cute.” “Will solely watch this for Riley Green.” “I’m going to watch because of Riley!!!! Drool” “Watching just to look at Riley.” “Riley will be the only reason to watch.” “I don’t know who Riley Green is but mercy—he’s cute.” “I’m watching just to see Riley Green!” “I’m just watching because of Riley!” “We all know every single woman is choosing Riley.” I think women all over the country are about to fall in love… welcome to country music, ladies. And if y’all haven’t seen his music video for “Worst Way” yet, you’re welcome… Riley’s new album That’s Just Me will be released right around the time The Voice airs onSeptember 18th “Think As You Drunk” The post “Who Is Riley? He Is Hooootttttttt” — Fans Of ‘The Voice’ Are Already Thirsting Over Riley Green In First Promo Video For Season 30 first appeared on Whiskey Riff.