Steven Tyler was officially summoned in a complaint filed in California for sexual assault of a minor, US media report this week. The facts alleged by the complainant, Julia Misley, date back to the 1970s, when she was 16 years old.
Julia Misley accuses the Aerosmith singer of sexual assault, but also of having forced her to have an abortion. In her complaint, the now 65-year-old claims that Steven Tyler used her notoriety to “deceive, manipulate, exploit and sexually assault her” during their three-year relationship.
In the first complaint filed in December, Steven Tyler’s name was not mentioned. Excerpts from the singer’s memories, Does the noise in my head bother you?, were cited there. Steven Tyler met the young woman in 1973 at an Aerosmith concert in Oregon. After discussing her age, he reportedly engaged in “various criminal sexual acts” with her.
Exposing the excesses of an industry
After a few meetings, he is said to have convinced Julia Holcomb’s mother to give him custody of the girl, saying that he would ensure she continued her education and received medical treatment. Promises that she “did not keep: instead, he continued to travel with the complainant, assaulting her and providing her with alcohol and drugs,” can be read in the complaint.
Julia Misley also claims to have gotten pregnant by the singer at age 17, and that he would have convinced her to have an abortion. After undergoing the operation, she would have left to return to Portland. She married and put that experience behind her, until the publication of Steven Tyler’s book in 2011, which portrayed her relationship as “romantic.” What she denies.
“I want this legal action to expose an industry that protects celebrities who are also abusive, to clean up and hold accountable an industry that exploits and has tolerated for years my being exploited like other naive and vulnerable young people,” Julia Misley said in her complaint. . “I’m grateful for this opportunity to finally be heard.”
Source: BFM TV
