Steven Tyler in Los Angeles in April 2022.Photo: Joe Scarnici/Getty
Steven Tyleris celebrating a milestone.
On Tuesday, theAerosmithfrontman celebrated his 76th birthday and received a sweet tribute from the bandon Instagram.
The court ruled that 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 she initially filed suit in December 2022 alleging sexual assault, sexual battery and IIED, the rocker responded claiming she cannot use his memoirs as cause for emotional distress in court, since it was free speech and his writings do not identify her.
Steven Tyler of Aerosmith peforms during the last ever Aerosmith show in the U.K. headlining day 3 of Download Festival at Donington Park in June 2017 near Castle Donington, England.Ollie Millington/WireImage
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Attorneys for Misley did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment, and a rep for Tyler declined to comment.
Misley has claimed 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.
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Steven Tyler in Los Angeles in January 2020.Leon Bennett/Getty
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 2023, Tyler responded to his accuser’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).
source: people.com
