In a recent lawsuit filed in New York, another woman has stepped forward with grave accusations against Aerosmith‘s frontman, Steven Tyler, shedding light on a disturbing incident from the summer of 1975. Jeanne Bellino, a former child model, alleges that she was subjected to a harrowing experience at the hands of the rock icon when she was just 17 years old. The lawsuit, claiming gender-motivated violence, seeks unspecified damages in response to the alleged assaults.
Bellino’s account of the encounter unfolds as a distressing narrative. She recounts how she found herself in Tyler’s presence after a friend facilitated a meeting with Aerosmith at the Warwick Hotel in New York. As they strolled down Sixth Avenue together, an innocuous inquiry about a song lyric seemingly sparked Tyler’s ire, leading to an aggressive physical confrontation. The lawsuit states that Tyler forcefully pushed her into a phone booth.
While trapped there, Tyler allegedly subjected Bellino to a horrifying assault, involving unwelcome advances, groping, and simulated sexual acts. Shockingly, the suit alleges that Tyler’s behavior was met with laughter from others in his entourage.
Bellino further asserts that Tyler’s behavior left her feeling violated and cornered. Eventually, she managed to break free from the confines of the phone booth by using her knee and pulling on Tyler’s hair.
Bellino describes Tyler’s innuendos
The lawsuit recounts another disturbing encounter in the Warwick Hotel, where Tyler reportedly engaged in unwanted physical contact and advances, forcing Bellino to reject his advances once more.
The suit takes a chilling turn as it describes Tyler’s whispered invitation for Bellino to join him in his room. In a state of fear and paralysis, Bellino rejected the proposal and quickly fled the scene, with a doorman witnessing her distress and “flinging her” into a cab outside the hotel.
According to the lawsuit, she required hospitalization and ongoing medication as a result of the ordeal, which continues to affect her life nearly five decades later.
These unsettling allegations come on the heels of a similar lawsuit filed by Julia Misley almost a year ago. Misley claimed that Tyler sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager, involving a deeply troubling story of coercion and abuse, which includes allegations of pregnancy and coerced abortion.
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