Steven Tyler in New York City in May 2016.Photo:Theo Wargo/Getty
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The court ruled on Wednesday that it would strike the parts ofJulia Misley’s complaintagainst Tyler that claimed she suffered an “intentional infliction of emotional distress” (IIED) based on Tyler’s publication of his memoirs.
After Misley first filed suit in December 2022 alleging sexual assault, sexual battery and IIED, Tyler, 75, responded claiming she cannot use his memoirs as cause for emotional distress in court, as it was free speech and his writings do not identify her.
Attorneys for Misley did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment, while a rep for Tyler declined to comment.
Steven Tyler in 2020.Leon Bennett/Getty
Misley has said she had a sexual relationship with the star when she was a teenager, and that the “Dream On” singer convinced her mother to grant him guardianship over her when she was 16 in order for them to continue the relationship.
Tyler’s memoir does not name Misley, though he writes he “almost took a teen bride” because “her parents fell in love with me, signed a paper over for me to have custody, so I wouldn’t get arrested if I took her out of state. I took her on tour with me.”
In April, Tyler responded to Misley’s suitdenying all claims against him, and stating that she consented to their sexual relationship. He also argued that he had immunity as her legal guardian, and requested the suit be dismissed (Her lawyer suggested Tyler was “gaslighting” her).
Tyler’s latest court win comes months after a second womanfiled a sexual assault lawsuitagainst him in November, alleging he assaulted her twice in one day — including groping and simulated sex — when she was a teenager in 1975.
Thatsuit was dismissed in February, with a New York judge ruling that the accuser waited too long to bring the case to light, and it did not qualify under the New York City law that allows abuse victims to speak up about decades-old crimes.
source: people.com
