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.
“Thank you again”
I guess it’s hard for me to understand defending this low life as my adult kicks in. His never did. And I don’t it has any time to current.
wy69
Not all of us are ‘defending’ Tyler. We’re defending our legal system from abuse and corruption - and not just from grifters, but from lawmakers (Though perhaps I repeat myself.)
This woman had plenty of time as an adult - decades!- to bring charges against him when he might have paid criminally.
She didn’t. But now she can sue him for money and have to meet a much lower burden of proof.
I miss Frank.
“The parents knew.”:
They might have also wanted to get rid of her as she may have been a heavy problem at home. Does that change much? No. But it does add to the lack of adulthood for a few more. In seeing how they protected themselves with the release, they had a lot less to lose than he did. And he was absolutely stupid or a severe narcissist...maybe both. And now he’s paying the price.
If he goes to jail, I can promise you he’s in for real trouble. Inmates have families. They don’t like child rapists. He won’t last a week in the joint. I know of one that they castrated him in the shower and he bled to death. The guy was real trash so there’s a unchristian thought that it couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy.
wy69
“The parents knew.”:
They might have also wanted to get rid of her as she may have been a heavy problem at home. Does that change much? No. But it does add to the lack of adulthood for a few more. In seeing how they protected themselves with the release, they had a lot less to lose than he did. And he was absolutely stupid or a severe narcissist...maybe both. And now he’s paying the price.
If he goes to jail, I can promise you he’s in for real trouble. Inmates have families. They don’t like child rapists. He won’t last a week in the joint. I know of one that they castrated him in the shower and he bled to death. The guy was real trash so there’s a unchristian thought that it couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy.
wy69
The ironic schadenfruede is deliciously sweet when the left snares their own icons with their traps.
He’s not going to jail.
Julia has been telling her story for a long time. Many famous musicians in those old days took advantage of underage girls.
Anyone who ever heard “We’re An American Band” would have known this.
Read the article. Her story is well known. She has been talking about it for decades. She couldn’t bring charges before California passed the 2019 Child Victim’s Act.
I am against prosecuting cases that are he-said-she-said with no evidence. This is not one of those cases. There is plenty of evidence. Tyler himself admitted to it.
The entire #MeToo movement was about taking out President Trump.
Instead, it burned like wildfire throughout Hollywood, resulting in the banishment of all of those lecherous Jews who might've been degenerate perverts but actually produced good entertainment and handing over the entire industry to a bunch of Longhouse Karens.
And now everything sucks.
From what I’ve read, if a minor suffered sexual abuse, prosecutors can file charges up to the victim’s 40th birthday in California.
The 2019 act deals with civil suits, which this case is.
She could have brought criminal charges against him long ago. She didn’t.
Steven Tyler is retired so has no reputation he needs to uphold for his income streams
Meaning this child abuse victim (truth or lies?) will not be getting any freebie settlement from Tyler. This is a he said, she said case, where the only incentive to settle is due to her harming his reputation. BTW Jimmy Page had 15-16-17 year old girls throwing themselves at him, when Zep toured the USA. One in particular gets mentioned a lot.
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Led Zeppelin’s peak touring years in the late 1960s and early 1970s. By his own accounts and numerous biographies, he was notorious for being pursued by very young fans — some reportedly as young as 15–17. One name that comes up repeatedly is Charlotte Lewis, though there are mentions of other underage fans in various interviews and memoirs.
Because rock stars are always responsible for their finances.
“I have accountants pay for it all.”
According to the Internet, he’s worth about $150 Million.
I wonder how much she’s suing for...
I thought Steven Tyler was facing a criminal under age sex trial.
Bad luck, but not terrifying, like going to prison at age 77.
Maybe he should have gone to jail; but it’s too late now.
Her parents were guilty of child abuse/endangerment.
Maybe she was uncontrollable.
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