Attorneys representing Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler have denied the allegations made by Julia Holcomb, who filed a lawsuit in December claiming that she was the individual referenced as Tyler’s “teen bride” in his memoir.
In their response, known as an “answer,” Tyler’s legal team presented various potential defenses, including the claim that Holcomb had consented to the alleged conduct or that Tyler was protected from her claims due to being granted legal custody over her.
Holcomb’s lawyers responded strongly to Tyler’s filing, expressing particular offense at the assertions regarding consent and custody.
Attorney Jeff Anderson issued a press release stating, “Never have we encountered a legal defense as obnoxious and potentially dangerous as the one that Tyler and his lawyers launched this week.
We hope Tyler’s mean-spirited gaslighting will backfire on him.”
Representatives for Tyler have not yet commented on the recent filing or Anderson’s statement.
It is worth noting that Holcomb previously made similar accusations in a 2011 article published by anti-abortion website LifesiteNews, as well as during an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show in 2020.
However, in December, she formalized these claims by filing a lawsuit in a Los Angeles court.
The lawsuit alleges that Tyler, leveraging his status as a renowned musician and rock star, used his power to exploit and s**ually assault her for three years, beginning in 1973 when she was just 16 years old.
The lawsuit frequently references Tyler’s own memoir, “Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?,” where he openly discusses a relationship with an underage girl.
In one passage quoted in the lawsuit, Tyler writes, “She was 16, she knew how to nasty, and there wasn’t a hair on it.
I was so in love I almost took a teen bride.”
Holcomb’s lawsuit further claims that Tyler convinced her parents to grant him guardianship, as supported by quotes from his memoir: “I went and slept at her parents’ house for a couple of nights and her parents fell in love with me, signed paper over for me to have custody, so I wouldn’t get arrested if I took her out of state.”
Holcomb accuses Tyler of s**ual battery, s**ual assault, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The lawsuit was filed shortly before the expiration of California’s Child Victims Act, which temporarily extended the statute of limitations for s**ual abuse lawsuits to allow for the pursuit of older claims.
For Tyler’s complete legal response, please refer to the provided link.
