Steven Tyler is being sued for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage lady in 1975, Us Weekly can affirm.
A girl named Jeanne Bellino filed a lawsuit in opposition to the Aerosmith singer, now 75, on Thursday, November 2, claiming she was “sexually assaulted by Steven ‘Tyler’ Tallarico” in 1975 when she was “roughly 17 years outdated.”
“Jeanne is now 66 years outdated and suffered in silence and humiliated disgrace for so a few years, and had the braveness to now inform her story,” Bellino’s lawyer, Jeff Anderson, instructed Us in an announcement on Thursday. “As horrific as it’s, it’s highly effective, and she or he wished Latina girls and ladies to know they’ll rise up and converse out.”
In accordance with courtroom paperwork obtained by Us, Bellino met Tyler following a modeling gig in New York Metropolis in 1975. On the time, Bellino mentioned she was ready for a buddy — who agreed to separate the honest dwelling to Queens, New York after their runway present — when the buddy mentioned she wished to fulfill up with Aerosmith on the Warwick Lodge earlier than leaving Manhattan.
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“[The] Plaintiff and her buddy met Tyler and his entourage and collectively they walked down sixth Avenue in Manhattan with round a half a dozen individuals who gave the impression to be bandmates and different folks affiliated with Aerosmith band,” the paperwork learn, claiming that after Bellino commented about one in all Tyler’s track lyrics, he allegedly “grew to become visibly irritated” after which “grabbed” her and “pressured her right into a telephone sales space.”
The “Stroll This Approach” singer allegedly held Bellino “captive” in the sales space and “caught his tongue down her throat, and put his palms upon her physique, her breasts, her buttocks, and her genitals, shifting and eradicating clothes and pinning her in opposition to the wall of the telephone sales space.”
Bellino recalled Tyler “humping her pretending to have intercourse” together with her as “others stood by outdoors the telephone sales space laughing,” in line with the docs. The then-teenager claimed that Tyler “forcefully inserted his tongue into [her] mouth, with out her consent” and alleged that his “penis was erect and it was evident to her as he rubbed it in opposition to her that he was not sporting underwear and sporting skinny pants.”
She detailed making an attempt to combat off the musician by grabbing “Tyler’s lengthy hair” and elevating her knee up earlier than he “all of a sudden stopped and exited the sales space.” The lady was in “shock and worry” as she put her garments again collectively however didn’t flee the scene.
As an alternative, Bellino defined that she continued to stroll together with her buddy, Tyler and the remainder of the group as she was “relying upon her buddy for transportation.” She claimed in the submitting that after on the Warwick Lodge, Tyler as soon as once more pressured himself on her.
“Steven Tyler once more pinned Plaintiff in opposition to the wall, put his tongue down her throat and began humping Plaintiff, simulating intercourse. Tyler assaulted Plaintiff once more as others stood by and watched,” she alleged, claiming that she “resisted and pulled his hair” earlier than Tyler reportedly whispered in her ear, “I’m going in my room to do one thing fast.”
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Bellino was “sobbing and afraid” as she sat in the lodge foyer. Moments later, one in all Tyler’s “colleagues” reportedly instructed her, “OK, you’ll be able to go as much as his room.” At that time, Bellino “shook her head in defiance” and “bolted in the direction of the door” at which era the doorman helped her hail a cab.
A long time later, Bellino is claiming that she “sustained bodily, emotional, and psychological accidents, together with ache and struggling” by the hands of Tyler. Due to this fact, she is asking the courtroom “for judgment in opposition to Defendant in an quantity that may totally and pretty compensate Plaintiff for Plaintiff’s accidents and damages and for every other aid the Courtroom deems applicable.”
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That is the second sexual assault case in lower than one 12 months that’s been introduced in opposition to Tyler. The “Dream On” singer was accused of sexual assault in December 2022 by Julia Misley, who claimed that in 1973 when she was solely 16 years outdated, she started a sexual relationship with Tyler.
Holcomb alleged in her lawsuit that the rocker additionally pressured her to get an abortion. Tyler, for his half, denied the accusations in his personal April submitting, claiming that Misley, now 65, consented to their sexual relationship. He additionally argued that he had certified immunity on the time as a result of he was her one-time authorized guardian, in line with docs obtained by Us.
Tyler requested that Misley’s case be dismissed fully as a result of she allegedly “has not suffered any harm or injury” on account of his actions.
Us Weekly has reached out to Tyler’s rep for remark.
In case you or somebody you recognize have been sexually assaulted, contact the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).