Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler accused of sexual assault

A woman has filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler, alleging she was assaulted twice in 1975 when she was 17.

The legal case has been filed at New York’s Supreme Court by Jeanne Bellino, who says she suffered “severe and permanent emotional distress”.

It follows a separate case filed by another woman, Julia Misley, last year.

Tyler has denied all allegations in that lawsuit and has not yet commented on the claims from Ms Bellino.

She was working as a model in Manhattan when a friend arranged for them to meet the rock band after a fashion show, her legal documents say.

The singer allegedly forced Ms Bellino into a phone booth as they walked through the city with several other people.

The documents state Tyler was “mauling and groping” her and that she “fought back and struggled to be free but Tyler restrained her”.

His bandmates and members of the entourage “watched, laughed and did nothing to intercede”, she claims.

Later at a hotel bar, Ms Bellion alleges that Tyler pinned her against a wall and started simulating sex. She “resisted and pulled his hair”, was left “sobbing and afraid”, and left after he called for her to go to his room, she claimed.

The case said Ms Bellino “has suffered and will continue to suffer, great pain of mind and body, severe and permanent emotional distress, physical manifestations of emotional distress, embarrassment, humiliation, physical, personal and psychological injuries”.

The BBC has asked Tyler’s representatives for comment.

In September, the Grammy-winning Boston band postponed six of their North America farewell tour shows due to Tyler, 75, having sustained damage to his vocal cords.

They had been set to perform in Toronto on Tuesday, but it was pushed back until February 2024.

In 2001 they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, the same year that they performed at the Super Bowl halftime show.

Source: Ghana News