On April 3, 2021, Steven Tyler attended the Fourth Annual Grammy Awards Viewing Party to benefit Janie's Fund at Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. This event comes amidst a lawsuit against him alleging sexual assault, coercion of an abortion and involuntary infamy in the 1970s when he was in his mid-20s and Julia Misley, formerly known as Julia Holcomb, was a minor.
The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles County under the California Child Victims Act, which allows survivors of childhood sexual abuse to file civil cases. Misley said in a statement that the change in the law encouraged her to take legal action. The lawsuit alleges that Tyler, now 74, took Misley to his hotel room and “performed various acts of criminal sexual conduct” upon her in 1973 when she was 16 and he was 25. It further alleges that Tyler convinced Misley’s mother to “sign over the guardianship of her daughter to him” and pressured her to have an abortion, threatening to “send her back to her family and cease to support and love her”.
The lawsuit also alleges that Tyler has “intentionally publicized the acts he perpetrated” on Misley through multiple books that were published describing the assaults. Misley said that the publications retraumatized her and her family. Representatives for Tyler have not yet commented on the situation.
On April 3, 2021, Steven Tyler attended the Fourth Annual Grammy Awards Viewing Party to benefit Janie's Fund at Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, while facing an ongoing lawsuit. The suit was filed by Julia Misley, formerly known as Julia Holcomb, in Los Angeles County under the California Child Victims Act. The lawsuit alleges that Tyler, now 74, took Misley to his hotel room and “performed various acts of criminal sexual conduct” upon her in 1973 when she was 16 and he was 25. It further alleges that Tyler convinced Misley’s mother to “sign over the guardianship of her daughter to him” and pressured her to have an abortion. The lawsuit also claims that Tyler has “intentionally publicized the acts he perpetrated” on Misley through multiple books that were published describing the assaults. Representatives for Tyler have not yet commented on the situation.