New News From The Case Of Sexual Harassment Of Minor Steven Tyler

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JAKARTA - Steven Tyler's legal team called on judges to attack claims of intentional emotional pressure change (IIED) "based on a statement" made by Tyler in his memoir.

Last month, Tyler denied all charges from a lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing minors.

The charges were first filed in December, in which Julia Misley - known as Julia Holcomb at the time - accused vocalist Aerosmith of sexual harassment and violence since the 1970s, when he was a minor.

In the lawsuit, he claimed that the two of them were involved in sexual intercourse for about three years and the vocalist convinced his mother to give him guardianship over him when he was 16.

The lawsuit also refers to Tyler's memoir, where she remembers that she "almost became a young bride" and described how her parents "signed a letter so I had custody, so I wouldn't be arrested if I took her out of the state."

As reported by Rolling Stone, the defense stated that all claims were "forbidden" because the plaintiff gave an "approval", adding that Tyler should be given immunity because he was a "guard and/or guardian" at the time.

Now, according to Rolling Stone, in a new filing, Tyler's lawyers argue that part of Misley's lawsuit based on a memoir makes it a "Strategic Law Against Public Participation" (SLAPP).

Tyler's attorney claims that the motion to strike was based on the fact that Misley filed for SLAPP because, "Detroversy behavior arises from a statement made in Tyler's published memoir. Such behavior has implications for Tyler's right to freedom of speech."

Tim hukum berpendapat, pernyataan Tyler dalam memoirnya harus dianggap sebagai "aktivitas yang dilindungi" dan bahwa Misley telah "berulang kali" mengakui " bahwa klaim IED-nya berdasarkan pada pernyataan kepentingan publik yang sangat besar".

"Here, Tyler's memoir of his experience as a world-famous rock star is undoubtedly worth reporting as shown by the broad attention they have gathered," the motion reads. "Therefore, the depth of the intrusion is minimal and clearly exceeds Tyler's right to tell the events of his own life in his memoir."

In response, Misley's attorney, Jeff Anderson, told Rolling Stone that Tyler's "sembrono" and "enterprises to continue to profit and protect himself are dirty and obscene."

"The damage he caused was very strange and astonishing," Anderson said. "When he claimed in his written statement that at the same time he made millions of dollars at auction by publishing a memoir, he claimed under oath that he had no intention of hurting him. It was like saying that when he risked his heart, he never intended to make him run out of blood.

It represents the depth of the scam and the power he thinks he has. Reality: He has no power over him. And he has hurt him every day since then. He is now a person in power. It's no longer about rape according to law, but about restoring his power."

Tyler hasn't made any comments in response to Anderson's statement.