Yahoo Finance Aerosmith Wishes 'Demon of Screamin'' Frontman Steven Tyler a Happy 76th Birthday: 'The One, The Only'
The band shared a post in honor of the Aerosmith frontman on their Instagram account Tuesday
Steven Tyler is celebrating a milestone.
On Tuesday, the Aerosmith frontman celebrated his 76th birthday and received a sweet tribute from the band on Instagram.
Alongside video footage of Tyler performing on stage throughout the years in glamorous costumes — tossing mic stand, sliding down a pole, jumping onto the stage — the iconic rock group shared the caption: "Let’s all wish a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the one, the only, the Demon of Screamin’, Mr. Steven Tyler! Sound off and wish Steven a happy birthday in the comments!"
Earlier this month, the Los Angeles court granted the "Dream On" singer a motion to strike portions of a sexual assault lawsuit filed against him in 2022 by a woman who says she had a sexual relationship with the Aerosmith rocker when she was a teen in the 1970s.
The court ruled that that it would strike the parts of Julia Misley’s complaint against Tyler that claimed she suffered an “intentional infliction of emotional distress” (IIED) based on Tyler’s publication of his memoirs.
After she initially filed suit in December 2022 alleging sexual assault, sexual battery and IIED, the rocker responded claiming she cannot use his memoirs as cause for emotional distress in court, since it was free speech and his writings do not identify her.
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Steven Tyler of Aerosmith peforms during the last ever Aerosmith show in the U.K. headlining day 3 of Download Festival at Donington Park in June 2017 near Castle Donington, England.In court documents, Tyler alleged that his memoirs were published in 1997 and 2011, and because Misley didn’t sue until 2022, 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.”
Attorneys for Misley did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment, and a rep for Tyler declined to comment.
Misley has claimed she had a sexual relationship with the star when she was a teenager, and that the “Dream On” singer convinced her mother to grant him guardianship over her when she was 16 in order for them to continue the relationship.
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While she did not name Tyler in her suit, her allegations aligned with comments he’d made in his 2011 memoir Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? about a relationship with a 16-year-old girl. However, Misley eventually named Tyler in a follow-up statement.
Tyler’s memoir does not name Misley, 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.”
In April 2023, Tyler responded to his accuser's suit denying all claims against him, and stating that she consented to their sexual relationship. He also argued that he had immunity as her legal guardian, and requested the suit be dismissed (Her lawyer suggested Tyler was “gaslighting” her).
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