Steven Tyler Wins Legal Battle Over 1970s Case

A fraction of a sexual assault case brought against Aerosmith's is slated to move forward to trial in  County Superior Court, with a tentative August start date.

Tyler, 78, has previously denied claims he groomed and sexually assaulted a 16-year-old during the 1970s (who has since publicly identified herself as Julia Misley). 

The judge dismissed all of the claims over the three-year relationship in a number of states except those pertaining to a one time visit to California, based on an alleged 1974 incident involving Tyler in a hot tub at a California hotel, according to the judge’s order reviewed by the Daily Mail.  

'This is a massive win for Steven Tyler,' Tyler's attorney David Long-Daniels told the Daily Mail in a statement. 'Today, the Court has dismissed with prejudice 99.9% of the claims against Mr. Tyler in this case.

'The court has decided that only one night, 50-plus years ago, out of a three-year relationship is allowed to remain. We look forward to trying this case on August 31.'

A judge on April 28 had previously noted ' statute of limitations in dismissing a significant chunk of the case, as that was where the rock singer resided with Misley (who was then known as Julia Holcomb) in the three-year timeframe they were linked. 

The relationship moving out of Massachusetts into other states, as Tyler toured the nation with Aerosmith, allowed for a part of the case to remain under California's Child Victims Act.

The Jaded singer was pictured performing in Philadelphia in September of 2023