In a civil lawsuit filed with the New York Supreme Court, the woman claimed Bob Dylan sexually abused her at his New York apartment over six weeks. ” learning of her emotionally scarred and psychologically damaged to this day.”

Bob Dylan is one of the most prominent and influential artists of the rock era. Bob Dylan was sued by a woman who says he sexually abused her almost 60 years ago when she was 12.

An unnamed woman has sued the folk singer-songwriter, Bob Dylan, alleging he sexually abused her after giving her drugs and alcohol in 1965 when she was 12 years old. A spokesman for Dylan, now 80, said the allegations were false. “The 56-year-old claim is untrue and will be vigorously defended,” the spokesman said.

In a civil lawsuit filed late on Friday with the New York Supreme Court, the woman identified only as J.C. said Dylan sexually abused her at his New York apartment over six weeks “leaving her emotionally scarred and psychologically damaged to this day.”

Bob Dylan, who was in his mid-20s at the time, “exploited his status as a musician to provide J.C. with alcohol and drugs and sexually abuse her multiple times,” the lawsuit said.

The complainant is investigating unspecified damages. Her lawsuit was submitted just ahead of a New York state deadline, authorized in a 2019 law, for people to file legal claims involving allegations of sexual abuse of children that in the past were too old to pursue due to a statute of limitations.

Bob Dylan appeared from the Greenwich Village folk scene in the early 1960s to become one of the most acclaimed and influential artists of the rock era with hits including “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “Like a Rolling Stone.”
He has sold more than 125 million records globally and won the Nobel prize for literature in 2016.

In 2016, Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.” Last year he released his 39th studio album, “Rough and Rowdy Ways,” 58 years after the release of his first.