Steven Tyler Sexual Assault Lawsuit Dismissed, Judge Offers Rationale

A sexual assault lawsuit in opposition to Steven Tyler has been dismissed as a result of a choose says the alleged incident didn’t current a critical danger of hurt to the plaintiff … TMZ has realized.

Here is the deal … final yr the singer-songwriter was sued by Jeanne Bellino who alleged Steven kissed, groped and started “humping her pretending to have sex” twice one evening in 1975 when she was 17.

Bellino introduced the lawsuit in opposition to Tyler simply final yr by way of New York Metropolis’s Sufferer of Gender-Motivated Violence Safety Act — a legislation extending the statute of limitations for sure alleged sexual misdeeds, in some circumstances from many years previous, to lastly be heard in courtroom.

However, to benefit from the longer statute of limitations, the choose stated the alleged act wanted to satisfy sure standards … together with “presenting a serious risk of physical injury” — a field the choose in Bellino’s case says this alleged incident doesn’t examine.

Principally, what the choose stated within the resolution handed down Wednesday is that Tyler allegedly forcibly kissing and dry-humping Jeanne — as she claims — is perhaps distressing, however did not rise to the extent of presenting any danger of great damage, so he tossed the swimsuit.

It is a fairly noteworthy resolution, and unclear what future ramifications the precedent set by the choose in the present day could have on different circumstances filed in New York Metropolis underneath the identical provision.