A judge heard arguments on Steven Tyler’s motion to dismiss all or part of a lawsuit by a woman who alleges the Aerosmith frontman had an illicit relationship with her when she was 16 years old and he was 25, but the judge did not immediately rule.
Instead, Torrance Superior Court Judge Patricia A. Young took the case under submission following Thursday’s arguments.
In her suit filed in December 2022, Tyler’s accuser alleges that he convinced the plaintiff’s mother to grant him guardianship over her when she was 16 years old, allowing her to live with him and engage in a sexual relationship. She alleges they were together for about three years beginning in 1973.
The plaintiff became pregnant in 1975, causing Tyler to be simultaneously both the father of the plaintiff’s unborn child and her legal guardian, according to the suit, which further states that the Catholic plaintiff later relented under Tyler’s pressure and had an abortion.
The plaintiff subsequently “made a conscious decision to leave and escape the music and drug-addled world seeking to be free from the sexualized culture created by Tyler and the industry,” according to her suit, which additionally states that she went on to have a family and become active in her faith.
In their motion to dismiss what remains of the plaintiff’s case, the 77-year-old singer’s attorneys maintain that only one of her claims have a California connection, while the others are connected to alleged conduct that occurred in Massachusetts, Oregon and Washington, where her causes of action would be time-barred.