Legendary American rock singer Bob Dylan, accused of sexually abusing minors, has won Grammys, Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes

Source: Global Times

According to cnnews (CNN) reported on the 17th, according to the complaint received by the New York Supreme Court last Friday, Bob Dylan, a well-known male singer and songwriter of rock and roll music and folk songs in the United States, was accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in 1965. The lawsuit was filed by a 68-year-old woman under the pseudonym J.C.

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Over a six-week period, Dylan and J. .C became friends, dylan used his status as a famous musician to "lure J. .C., who was only 12 years old at the time, into gaining her trust and exercising control," culminating in multiple sexual assaults between April and May 1965 in a room at the Chelsea Hotel in New York. Dylan was 24 years old at the time.

J.C.'s team of lawyers mentioned in the indictment that Dylan and J.C became friends in order to get her to let down her guard, dylan also gave her drugs and alcohol, abused her for more than 6 weeks, and accompanied by threats of physical violence. According to the indictment, the emotional effects of abuse on J.C. included depression, shame, and anxiety, "which were of a lasting nature that prevented the plaintiff from participating in regular activities." The plaintiff sought compensation and punitive damages from Dylan.

The lawsuit was filed one day before the New York Child Victims Act expires on August 14, 2021. Dylan's spokesman said on the 16th, "This accusation against what happened 56 years ago is not true, and Dylan will be vigorously defended." ”

Bob Dylan, who just celebrated his 80th birthday in May, formed his own band in high school and rose to fame in the 1960s, winning the 1991 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, the Pulitzer Special Honor award in 2008, and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016, the first composer to win the award, and is considered to have had a profound impact on American pop music and culture.