Steven Tyler has denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a minor in 1973 and coerced her into an abortion.
In courtroom paperwork filed final week, the Aerosmith singer claimed the connection was consensual and that he had immunity from the lawsuit as a result of he was the accuser’s authorized guardian on the time, in line with Rolling Stone.
Tyler’s response comes three months after Julia Misley filed swimsuit accusing him of sexual assault, sexual battery and intentional infliction of emotional misery. Misley stated she was 16, and instructed the 25-year-old Tyler this, once they first had intercourse.
Misley claimed they met at an Aerosmith present in Portland, Oregon, and went again to his lodge room, the place he “carried out numerous acts of legal sexual conduct,” per Web page Six. In 1974, Tyler allegedly even satisfied Misley’s mom to grant him authorized guardianship.
Tyler allegedly promised her mom that Misley would stay enrolled in class as she joined him on tour and “persuaded” Misley they have been in “a ‘romantic’ love affair,” per the swimsuit. As a substitute, Misley claims, she was plied with medication and alcohol — and have become pregnant at 17.
Misley’s swimsuit immediately references Tyler’s memoir, wherein he recalled he “nearly took a teen bride” and that the underage woman’s dad and mom “signed a paper over for me to have custody, so I wouldn’t get arrested if I took her out of state. I took her on tour with me.”
A consultant for Tyler didn't instantly reply to HuffPost’s request for remark.
The lawsuit alleges Tyler coerced Misley to get an abortion whereas they have been on tour and threatened to chop her off financially if she didn’t comply. She claimed she moved again dwelling afterward and have become a religious Catholic after experiencing emotional misery.
Misley filed her criticism days earlier than the California Little one Victims Act, which lifted any statute of limitations on reporting intercourse crimes in opposition to kids, expired on Dec. 31, in line with Folks.
In his courtroom submitting, Tyler requested her swimsuit be dismissed and argued Misley “has not suffered any harm or harm on account of any motion” of his, in line with the Los Angeles Occasions. He additionally argued that if a courtroom determines she “has been broken,” that “any such damages weren't brought on” by him, Rolling Stone reported.
“He’s heaping extra ache on Misley and gaslighting her by falsely claiming that she ‘consented’ and that the ache he inflicted was ‘justified and in good religion,’” her lawyer, Jeff Anderson, instructed Rolling Stone in a press release Wednesday.
“By no means have we encountered a authorized protection as obnoxious and probably harmful because the one which Tyler and his attorneys launched this week: Their declare that authorized guardianship is consent and permission for sexual abuse,” he added.
Need assistance? Go to RAINN’s Nationwide Sexual Assault On-line Hotline or the Nationwide Sexual Violence Useful resource Middle’s web site.
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