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Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler has been accused of sexually assaulting a former teen model in a new lawsuit filed Thursday in New York. The allegations stem from “approximately” 1975, when the plaintiff, Jeanne Bellino, was 17 years old.
During the summer of that year, the lawsuit states, Bellino was signed with a children’s modeling agency and traveled to Manhattan from her home in Queens with a group of local young models; she and a friend had planned their travel together and were going to share the costs. According to the lawsuit, the friend had arranged for the two of them to meet with Aerosmith after a weekend fashion show at the Warwick Hotel.
After Bellino and her friend met with Tyler and his entourage, her lawsuit claims that they began walking down 6th Avenue in Manhattan with “around a half a dozen people who appeared to be bandmates and other people affiliated with Aerosmith.” During that walk, Bellino allegedly made a comment that irritated Tyler, who responded by forcing her into a phone booth, her suit claims.