Steven Tyler is headed to trial after child sexual assault claims ^4.9%

Los Angeles Times - By Cerys Davies - 5/1/2026, 9:58 PM

Appeal to Emotion 12.8% - Self-Serving Bias 10.7% - Indoctrination 4%

A child sexual assault case filed against Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler will proceed to trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The singer is accused of grooming, sexually assaulting and impregnating 16-year-old Julia Misley in the 1970s. The suit, first filed in 2022 in Torrance, claims he "used his role, status, and power as a... more