Judge sets 2027 date for Steven Tyler sex abuse trial

A Los Angeles judge has scheduled Steven Tyler’s trial for 3 May 2027 over a remaining claim in a lawsuit alleging he abused a minor in the 1970s. The date follows a change of judge after the previous judge disqualified herself, delaying proceedings and prompting the new judge to offer both legal teams a chance to seek reconsideration of earlier rulings.

Julie Misley first made the allegations in 2022, saying her three-year relationship with Tyler began in 1973, when she was 16 and he was 25. She also alleged that he pressured her to have an abortion; Tyler’s lawyers have denied wrongdoing and argued the relationship was consensual. The previous judge dismissed claims tied to Massachusetts, Oregon and Washington statutes of limitations, leaving a California claim to proceed.