Delaware superstar Jimmie Allen will return “Down Home” to play his first Delaware concert of the year at the Bottle & Cork in Dewey Beach on Sept. 29.
While Allen performed a short, surprise set recently at Paradise Grill in Long Neck on July 9 for fans, he has not played any scheduled gigs back home since news hit in April that the country star had been and the local pop-up may have been his first performance since he was hit with sexual assault allegations earlier this year.
The Milton native filed countersuits last against the two women who have filed lawsuits against him for sexual assault. He filed documents against both accusers in Tennessee on Thursday, according to USA TODAY, Billboard and People.
Allen filed the counterclaims to “protect my reputation and refute these claims that have caused severe damage to my family, mental health and business,” he told People in a statement.
Attorney Elizabeth Fegan, who is representing both accusers and previously brought sex trafficking claims against Harvey Weinstein, told USA TODAY in a statement Friday that her team reviewed the filings by Allen’s legal team and they were “what we’d expect – claims that all his encounters with Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2 were consensual.”
“As a result of numerous false allegations, I have engaged with a legal team to proceed with an appropriate course of action to protect my reputation and refute these claims that have caused severe damage to my family, mental health, and business,” Allen said in a statement released Thursday to the Tennessean.
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Tickets are $40 and go on sale at 10 a.m., Friday, July 21. The concert is for ages 21 or older.
The musical artist is also featured in a celebrity basketball game for charity in early August.
According to a Milton native who was at Allen’s pop-up performance at Paradise Grill, the fan said Allen told him he’s going on tour in September.
Morgan Hines of USA Today and Craig Shoup of The Tennessean contributed to this report.
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Pop-up performance:Jimmie Allen headed ‘on tour in September,’ says fan at surprise Delaware performance
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