I’ll f ight f ire with f ire, says music boss Lily accused of sex attack
LILY Allen is facing a bitter row with a man she accuses of sexual abuse.
The 36-year-old is preparing to release a new album in which every song will be named after a man in the music industry she says has taken advantage of her.
But The Mail on Sunday has learnt that at least one of the men is planning to openly challenge the claims. One friend of the man confirmed he would not be trying to prevent Ms Allen from releasing the song about him.
But the friend said he would be making evidence available which, he claimed, would cast doubt over claims he was in an abusive relationship with the singer.
‘If Lily wants to make these allegations in her songs, she must be prepared for very serious claims to be challenged,’ said the friend.
‘There will be no legal move made to prevent the release of this particular track. But the person being accused of committing these acts is convinced they have the evidence to disprove the allegation.’
The friend added: ‘They are prepared to fight fire with fire.’
Ms Allen spoke in 2018 about being sexually assaulted and claimed she woke up in bed with a music executive on a work trip.
She said: ‘I woke up at 5am because I could feel someone next to me pressing their naked body against my back. I was naked, too.
‘I moved away as quickly as possible and jumped out of the bed, full of alarm… I found my clothes quickly… and ran out of his room and into my own.’
The mother of two has enjoyed a remarkable turnaround over the past few years following the collapse of her first marriage, and claims she was struggling with a hedonistic lifestyle that threatened her health and her career.
She recently revealed she is two years sober, has made her West End debut in the play 2:22 A
Ghost Story, and is married again, to US actor David Harbour, 46.
Ms Allen had said she was selffunding her new album, but she is now signed to the BMG label, which will release it this year.