Judge Sets New Date for Steven Tyler’s Sexual Assault Trial

A judge has set a new trial date of May 3rd, 2027, for Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler’s sexual assault case stemming from accusations of abusing a minor in the ’70s. The most recent attempt to bring this long-running case to trial was ended in September when Judge Patricia Young recused herself with just two weeks to go before the trial was set to begin due to disclosing elements of the case to another judge. According to Rolling Stone, Judge Lawrence Riff, the new presiding judge for the case, will be the fifth in the position since the beginning of the criminal suit. He has vowed to throw out any previous rulings made by Judge Young should either party request to do so by November 20th. Judge Riff said of his intent to review all prior adjudications, “Both parties here are entitled to have the peace of mind at the end of the case that everything was on the up and up and proper, and that there’s no lingering shadow of doubt of possible impropriety.” He added, “There will be more hearings, to say the least, but I don’t think it’s going to unduly prolong the pretrial proceedings.” Julia Misley, the plaintiff, has claimed that Tyler abused her for a number of years beginning in 1973 when she was just 16 years old and Steven Tyler was 25. Tyler’s claim is that most of their relationship was carried out in the state of Massachusetts, which held an age of consent of 16 at the time, and that this law governed their relationship even while traveling. Misley brought the suit forward in 2022.