Posted on 01/30/2026 10:41:08 PM PST by nickcarraway
Steven Tyler's attorneys can claim partial victory in a new court ruling as arguments continue in a child sex-abuse lawsuit brought by the former Julia Holcomb.
Los Angeles County Judge Patricia A. Young has dismissed claims of alleged abuse in Oregon, Washington and Massachusetts, citing laws governing the age of consent and the statute of limitations. Crucially, however, the California-based charges against Aerosmith's frontman can go forward.
In terminating the other claims, Judge Young would apparently stop them from being refiled again. She promised a written decision soon. "I have clearly signaled how I intend" to rule, Young said from the bench. "I'm not moving the trial."
What is Aerosmith Frontman Steven Tyler Charged With?
Holcomb, who now goes by Julia Misley after marrying, says the then-25-year-old Tyler began abusing her while on tour in the early '70s when she was a high school sophomore. They first met backstage in Portland, Misley said in the lawsuit. She said they had sex the next night in Seattle. In both cases, the age of consent at the time was 18.
"I was treated like a sex toy," Misley said during depositions. "I was treated like a pet, like a thing, and it was humiliating."
A subsequent encounter in California was recounted in Tyler's autobiography, 2011's Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?, though he did not name Misley. Tyler eventually became her legal guardian during a three-year relationship in which Misley says she was groomed.
"I went and slept at her parents' house for a couple of nights," Tyler wrote in his memoir, "and her parents 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." Misley, meanwhile, said she'd become "lost in a rock and roll culture" as an impressionable teen.
What's the Latest in Steven Tyler's Sex Abuse Case?
Tyler's lawyers denied the abuse claims and asked that her December 2022 lawsuit be dismissed on the grounds that she moved in with him in Boston, where the age of consent was 16. The judge, however, ruled that local laws governed his actions when they traveled together outside of Massachusetts.
Misley brought this action after California passed 2019's Child Victim's Act, which gave survivors a three-year window to make older claims. Young said her assertion that Tyler sexually abused her at a Beverly Hills hotel while on tour was valid enough to proceed.
"Even if it's legal in Massachusetts, California has an interest in saying, 'OK, that's fine but it's illegal here. Don't come within our borders and do it here," Judge Young argued in court. "California absolutely has an interest in people coming into our state, committing a crime here, such as childhood sexual abuse, and then leaving again."
A second woman later filed suit against Tyler again alleging sexual assault as a teen, but those claims have since been dismissed.
There's no pay dirt there.
true, but it is their fault! WHO does this stuff regarding their kids?
Crackifornia is trash. They're so stupid that they're chasing all the refineries out of their OIL-RICH state.
My brother is going to end up as collateral gasoline price damage over in Arizona - one state over.
Sweet Sweet Julia here is just looking for cash. His lawyers should have found her price.
The whole ‘me too’ thing and E. Jean Carroll have probably inspired all sorts of lawsuit mayhem.
For those who aren’t up to speed on Zoomerspeak like me, the “Longhouse” is (in my words) a matriarchal society that uses shushing, HR, and bastardized Enlightenment values (“representation”, equality, lowercase f freedom) to enforce cultural orthodoxy and prevent anything from happening.
"At This Time": The Language of the Longhouse
https://laynearchive.substack.com/p/at-this-time-the-language-of-the
Gads, is this PERFECT.
Well she wanted to hang with a rock band, what else did she expect?
Good article. Enjoyed reading it.
One minor point, "based" as in the opposite of "woke" is a gift from Karl Rove, shortened from the phrase (often attributed to him), "reality-based community."
It certainly doesn’t take riches or fame for guys to seduce gullible young teen girls. Back in my high school days I saw several cases of mid 20s guys wooing 16-17 year olds.
Slow developing/maturing high school guys were of little interest to those girls.
Did/does she have an older brother?
My sis is three years older than me. If our ages were flipped, and Tyler had tried that with my little sis, he would have needed false teeth for that oversized mouth of his.
Dad would have busted him up good. Mom simply would have... well.. it would have been worse.
When she first filed this lawsuit, I wasn’t sure what to think, either. Then, someone pointed out that Tyler wrote details about her in his autobiography.
So, first, he took advantage of her when she was 16. Then, he made nasty comments about her in his 2011 book.
I wish her the best of luck in her case.
I just want to know why she never had criminal charges brought against him. She could have done that until she was 40 years old, fully mature enough to understand what had happened to her.
She didn’t need him to write a book to give her what she needed to press charges, and she didn’t need the law to change.
The whole thing stinks, and what she wants is money.
That is a good question. My basic opinion abides. A jury would have to look at all that and decide.
Agreed there. Unlike many I do not oppose early actual marriage. Many of us have grandparents who married in their teens with parental permission (or they were already on their own) and I can believe in many or most cases it was not abusive.
However Priscilla and Elvis - or any big celebrity guy - he is not wooing the girl in the next farm town so they can work together and build a life, treating her with love and respect. It’s just “I get off on teenagers as long as they remain teens.”
Parental permission is a safeguard against this but some parents are hideous. There is no perfect solution :(
Agreed there. Unlike many I do not oppose early actual marriage. Many of us have grandparents who married in their teens with parental permission (or they were already on their own) and I can believe in many or most cases it was not abusive.
Fortunately for her (and her lawyers) - though not so much for Tyler - a civil case is generally a lot easier to win than a criminal one.
I’m no fan of Steven Tyler.
The story of Liv Tyler tells me what kind of a person he was/is.
I’m just down on Crackifornia and its “retarded Commie” nature/governmental structure.
The story of Liv Tyler tells me what kind of a person he was/is.
Liv Tyler Believes It’s ‘Still Very Hard and Painful’ for Todd Rundgren to Think About Her Discovering Steven Was Her Father
“Because rock stars are always responsible for their finances.”
Steve Tyler net worth is 150 million so he is sitting pretty. This is an internet number, so he is doing more than OK if you knock off one third.
He will pay the type of lawyers that will make her abuse claims worthless.
I agree that California is a mess. It was a beautiful state, now ruined by bad policies.
“Wacky wimmin “judges” again. They all are dumber than a hand operated dildo.”
How dare you impugn these fine ladies. When 60% of law skool grads are female these days. With these odds you might be seeing a fem judge in traffic court.
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