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Steven Tyler: sexual assault claim against Aerosmith singer dismissed
US judge says accuser Jeanne Bellino waited too long to sue 75-year-old over allegations of assault in 1975
US district judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan said Jeanne Bellino had waited too long to sue the 75-year-old Tyler, who has “vehemently” denied her allegations, under a New York City law protecting victims of gender-motivated violence. The judge said Bellino did not qualify for a two-year window to pursue claims that would otherwise extend beyond statutes of limitations because she did not allege that Tyler’s conduct posed a “serious risk of physical injury”. Tyler still faces a separate lawsuit that alleges sexual battery and assault of a minor relating to his relationship with Julia Holcomb Misley, then 16, over a three-year period during the same decade.
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