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United StatesAerosmith singer accused of sexually assaulting a minor
An American has filed a complaint against Steven Tyler, whom she accuses of abusing her fifty years ago.
Steven Tyler performs on stage at Microsoft Theater on November 5, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.
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An American woman announced on Friday that she has filed charges against Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler, whom she accuses of “using his rock star status” to sexually exploit her in the 1970s when she was a minor. Julia Misley, 65, is suing him for “sexual assault” in a Los Angeles court, under a California law that temporarily lifted the statute of limitations for sexual assault cases involving minors. The complaint does not mention the 74-year-old singer by name. But in a press release, Ms. Misley evokes “the trajectory of (his) life: from her early struggles to exploitation by Steven Tyler and the music industry” to her “transformation.”
Meeting in 1973
In 1973, when her name was Julia Holcomb and she was only 16, he met the 25-year-old musician after a concert. That night, he invited her to her hotel and “performed several illegal sexual acts” on her, according to her complaint. Their relationship then continued. The young woman “didn’t have the means to resist her power, her fame and her financial resources”, especially since Steven Tyler had convinced her that it was “a love story”, write the di she advocates for her.
In 1974 the singer had, according to the complaint, obtained guardianship by promising his mother to provide for his well-being and his education, but “instead he continued to travel with her, assaulting her and supplying her with alcohol and drugs”. A year later, she forced her to have an abortion, the complaint adds.
Mentioned in Tyler’s memoir
The young woman then left the star and the music industry. After turning to religion, she “kept her shame of her a secret.” But “her life was turned upside down” when Steven Tyler recounted their relationship in her memoirs. “She was 16, but she could be naughty,” “she was so hot I fell in love with her,” her parents “signed the paperwork to give me guardianship so I wouldn’t be arrested if we changed states,” she wrote. in this book.
According to the complaint, the tabloid press then revealed her identity, forcing her to tell her relatives about her past. For the initial assault and the most recent psychological damage, the one who has become an anti-abortion activist requests the organization of a process to determine the amount of fines and compensation to be imposed on the rocker. Contacted by AFP, Steven Tyler’s agents did not immediately react.
(AFP extension)
