Second Judge Recuses Herself From Steven Tyler ’70s Sexual Assault Case
This case just keeps getting messier in the courtroom, doesn't it? A second judge stepping back raises serious questions about whether this case can actually get a fair hearing, and it's another delay for someone seeking justice decades later. For our listeners who grew up on Aerosmith's records, it's a sobering reminder that the music we love sometimes comes with uncomfortable truths attached, and that the legal system still struggles to handle historical abuse claims properly.
From Stereogum: In 2022, a woman named Julia Misley (formerly Julia Holcomb) sued Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler, accusing him of sexually assaulting her in the '70s, when she was a minor. Misley filed her lawsuit in the final days of the Child Victims Act, a 2019 law that temporarily voided the statute of limitations for victims of child sexual abuse. She met Tyler when she was 16 and he was 25, and he became her…
