Bob Dylan, woman accuses him: “He abused me when I was 12”

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 luring her status as a musician 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 famed Chelsea hotel in Manhattan. from 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 and psychologically scarred. damaged “and causing her depression, humiliation and anxiety” of a permanent and lasting nature “which prevented the plaintiff” from participating in her normal activities “. JC seeks unspecified damages and a jury trial against Dylan on charges including assault, beatings and 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 allegation about facts from 56 years ago “is false” and the singer-songwriter’s strangeness “will be vigorously defended”.