“He abused me when I was 12”

by time news

A woman accused Bob Dylan of sexually abusing her when she was only 12 years old. The lawsuit, according to the Guardian, was filed last Friday by JC, a 68-year-old woman living in Greenwich, Connecticut: according to JC, the Nobel-winning folk singer-songwriter, at the time 23 or 24, allegedly “exploited the his status as a musician by luring her to gain his trust and control over her “by drugging her and making her drink alcohol, then harassing and sexually abusing her for six weeks between April and May 1965, including at the famous Chelsea hotel in Manhattan.

According to the complaint, of which the Guardian cites some excerpts, Dylan would have established a “connection” with JC to “lower his inhibitions with the aim of sexually abusing her”, which he would have done several times, “leaving her emotionally. scarred and psychologically damaged “and causing her depression, humiliation and anxiety” of a permanent and lasting nature “that prevented the plaintiff from” participating in her normal activities. “JC seeks unspecified damages and a jury trial against Dylan for the charges between the ‘more of assault, beatings and the infliction of emotional distress, the consequences of which would have led her to seek medical attention on multiple occasions. A spokesperson for Dylan, now 80, told the Guardian that the accusation was made about 56 years ago. ” is false “and the strangeness of the songwriter” will be vigorously defended “.

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