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Steven Tyler: sexual assault claim against Aerosmith singer dismissed

Steven Tyler in Los Angeles this month
Steven Tyler in Los Angeles this month. A sexual assault lawsuit against the Aerosmith singer has been dismissed. Photograph: Elyse Jankowski/Getty Images

A US judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit accusing the Aerosmith frontman, Steven Tyler, of sexually assaulting a former teenage model twice in one day in Manhattan nearly 50 years ago.

US district judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan said Jeanne Bellino had waited too long to sue the 75-year-old Tyler, who has “vehemently” denied her allegations, under a New York City law protecting victims of gender-motivated violence.

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