A US woman announced Friday that she is suing Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, accusing him of “using his rock star status” to sexually exploit her in the 1970s when she was a minor, AFP reported.

Julia Misley, 65, sued Steven Tyler for “sexual assault” in a Los Angeles court under a California law that temporarily tolled the statute of limitations for sexual assault cases involving minors. The name of the 74-year-old singer is not mentioned in the complaint. But in a statement, Measley recalled “the trajectory of (her) life: from her early struggles with exploitation by Steven Tyler and the music industry” to her “transformation.”

In 1973, when her name was Julia Holcomb and she was only 16 years old, she met a 25-year-old musician after a concert. That night, he invited her to his hotel room and “performed several illicit sexual acts with her,” according to the complaint. Then their relationship continued. The young woman “could not resist his power, fame and financial resources”, especially since Tyler convinced her that this was a “love affair”, his lawyers wrote.

In 1974, according to the complaint, the singer obtained custody of her after promising her mother that he would provide her with welfare and an education, but “instead he continued to travel with her, assault her, and supply her with alcohol and drugs. A year later, he forced her to have an abortion, the complaint states.

Then the young woman left Tyler and the music industry. Turning to religion, he “kept his shame a secret.” But her “life was turned upside down” when Steven Tyler wrote about their relationship in his memoirs.

“She was 16 but she could be naughty”, “she was so hot I fell head over heels in love”, her parents “signed papers to give me custody of her so I wouldn’t get arrested if I changed states”. “, he wrote in the book.

According to the complaint, the tabloids exposed her identity, forcing her to tell relatives about her past.

In connection with the first attack and recent psychological trauma, the woman who became an anti-abortion activist is demanding a trial to determine the amount of fines and damages that will be imposed on the rocker.