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Emma Bowman

A woman accused Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting her in the 1970s

Steven Tyler performs during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in November in Los Angeles. In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, a woman alleges she was 16 when the singer first sexually assaulted her. (Chris Pizzello/Invision)

A woman has filed a lawsuit accusing Steven Tyler, the frontman of the rock band Aerosmith, of sexually abusing her in the 1970s when she was a teenager and he was in his 20s.

Julia Misley, now 65, says in the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court that Tyler used his rock star status and power to "groom, manipulate, exploit, sexually assault" her over the course of three years. She is seeking an unspecified amount of monetary compensation.

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