Aerosmith entrance man Steven Tyler has been formally named in a lawsuit alleging he sexually abused a minor and coerced her into having an abortion when he was 25.
Tyler, now 74, is accused of assaulting sufferer Julia Misley – previously often called Holcomb – over a interval of three years beginning when she was 16.
In preliminary court docket paperwork Tyler’s identity was kept anonymous and named him solely as ‘Defendant Doe’ – however journalists had been capable of confirm it was him because the go well with quoted instantly from his 2011 memoir wherein he describes a relationship with a teen.
The case first got here to gentle in December however on Wednesday Tyler was formally named in court docket paperwork seen by Entertainment Weekly.
Misley alleges the music legend used his fame and standing to ‘groom, manipulate, exploit and sexually assault’ her.
The go well with, first reported by Rolling Stone, didn’t initially title Tyler, figuring out him as ‘Defendant Doe’, however it quotes instantly from Tyler’s 2011 memoir describing the connection
Julia Holcomb filed a lawsuit accusing Steven Tyler of abusing her as a teen
She additionally claims he plied her with medication after gaining guardianship from her mom so he might take her on tour with him.
Misley, now 65, is in search of an unspecified quantity of compensation and a trial.
In his memoir ‘Does the Noise in My Head Trouble You?’ Tyler wrote he ‘nearly took a teen bride’ after falling in love with a lady Holcomb alleges is her.
‘She was sixteen, she knew the right way to nasty, and there wasn’t a hair on it,’ he wrote within the e book, which names the woman as ‘Diana’.
One other extract reads: ‘I went and slept at her dad and mom’ home for a few nights and her dad and mom fell in love with me, signed papers 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.’
Misley mentioned the publication ‘retraumatized’ her and her household.
‘I’m grateful for this new alternative to take motion and be heard,’ Misley mentioned in a press release.
The grievance states that Misley met Tyler in 1973 after attending an Aerosmith live performance in Oregon.
She was then invited backstage and later to Tyler’s lodge room the place she accuses the musician of sexually abusing her.
Tyler described a relationship with a 16-year-old woman in his memoir
He’s alleged to have then flown her out to an Aerosmith live performance in Seattle the place he sexually assaulted her once more.
The next 12 months, Tyler met with Misley’s mom and ‘satisfied her to signal over the guardianship of her daughter to him.’
Whereas on the street, he’s accused of plying {the teenager} with alcohol and medicines.
He’s additionally accused of impregnating Misley and coercing her to get an abortion.
Misley mentioned she has suffered emotional hurt on account of Tyler discussing the connection so publicly.
She was named in a 1976 Rolling Stone profile of Aerosmith.
She alleges the memoir framed the abuse as a ‘romantic, loving relationship,’ states the grievance.
‘I would like this motion to show an business that protects movie star offenders, to cleanse and maintain accountable an business that each exploited and allowed me to be exploited for years, together with so many different naïve and susceptible youngsters and adults,’ she wrote in a press release.
Misley’s legal professional Jeff Anderson added: ‘This business, and these defendants have permitted, protected, and profited from extreme violence for many years. It is time to face the music.’
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith performs stay on stage at RFK Stadium in Washington DC in 1976. The go well with says Holcomb’s relationship with him lasted from 1973 to 1976
The grievance has been filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court docket underneath the California Baby Victims Act.
Dailymail.com has reached out to representatives for Tyler for remark.
