A sexual assault lawsuit against Steven Tyler has been dismissed.
The Aerosmith frontman was sued in November by former teenage model Jeanne Bellino, who accused him of sexually assaulting her twice in one day in 1975 when she was 17. She filed the lawsuit under New York City's Victim of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act, which extended the statute of limitations for certain alleged offences.
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan said the allegations needed to meet certain criteria to take advantage of the act and Bellino's claim did not qualify because she did not allege Tyler's conduct presented a "serious risk of physical injury".
According to Reuters, he ruled that Bellino showed a "lack of diligence" by not suing under the Child Victims Act, which came before the Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Act.
Reacting to the dismissal, Tyler's lawyer David Long-Daniels said, "We agree with the judge's reasoning, and are grateful for this result on behalf of our client."
Bello has until 13 March to amend her complaint, reports TMZ.
In her original lawsuit, Bellino claimed that Tyler kissed, groped and dry-humped her twice on the same day in 1975.
The musician, 75, "vehemently" denied her allegations at the time.
