Steven Tyler Scores Legal Win in Ongoing Sexual Assault Lawsuit as All Claims but One Thrown Out

Daniela Avila, Rachel DeSantisWed, April 29, 2026 at 10:30 PM UTC

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Steven Tyler in Los Angeles in March 2026Credit: Jerritt Clark/Getty -

A judge dismissed most claims in Julia Misley's 2022 lawsuit against Steven Tyler, leaving only one claim to proceed

Misley alleged she had a sexual relationship with Tyler when she was 16 in the 1970s

Tyler has denied the claims, citing consent and his role as her legal guardian at the time

The majority of a sexual assault lawsuit filed against Steven Tyler in 2022 has been dismissed in a Los Angeles court.

According to documents filed on Tuesday, April 28 and obtained by PEOPLE, a judge ruled that Julia Misley's complaint against Tyler, which included various claims regarding an alleged sexual relationship with the rock star when she was a teen in the 1970s, would only move forward with one claim.

"This is a massive win for Steven Tyler. Today, the Court has dismissed with prejudice 99.9% of the claims against Mr. Tyler in this case," Tyler's attorney, David Long-Daniels, told PEOPLE in a statement. "The court has decided that only one night, fifty-plus years ago, out of a three year relationship is allowed to remain. We look forward to trying this case on Aug. 31."

Per the filing, the IIED (intentional infliction of emotional distress) claim that remains in Misley's lawsuit — which alleged sexual assault, sexual battery and IIED — centers around an allegation that she and Tyler had sex in a hotel and public hot tub when she was 16 in California in 1974. The filing claims that they were "engaged to be married, expecting a child and still living together in Massachusetts" by June 1975.

Lawyers for Misley did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.

In 2024, a court ruled that it would strike parts of her complaint that claimed Misley suffered intentional infliction of emotional distress based on Tyler's publication of his memoirs.

After she first filed the lawsuit in December 2022, Tyler responded, claiming she could not use his memoirs as a cause for emotional distress in court, as it was free speech and his writings do not identify her.

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Tyler alleged in court that because Misley didn't sue until 2022, and his memoirs were published in 1997 and 2011, her IIED claim was barred by the two-year statute of limitations. He also argued that her claims were barred by the First Amendment because his memoirs "relay his own experiences from his newsworthy life."

Steven Tyler in Los Angeles in February 2026Credit: Robin L Marshall/Getty

Though Misley did not initially name Tyler in her lawsuit, her allegations aligned with comments he made in his 2011 memoir Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? about a relationship with a 16-year-old girl. Misley eventually named Tyler in a follow-up statement.

The "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" singer does not name Misley in his memoir, though he writes he “almost took a teen bride” because “her parents fell in love with me, signed a paper over for me to have custody, so I wouldn't get arrested if I took her out of state. I took her on tour with me.”

Tyler denied all claims against him in April 2022 and said that she consented to their sexual relationship. He also argued that he has immunity as her legal guardian and requested the suit be dismissed. At the time, her lawyer said he was "gaslighting" her.

A second woman filed a sexual assault lawsuit against him in November 2023, alleging he assaulted her twice in one day when she was a teenager in 1975. That suit was dismissed in February, with a New York judge ruling that accuser Jeanne Bellino waited too long to bring the case to light.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.

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