Recent
reports
have
revealed
that
an
unnamed
woman
has
sued
the
folk
singer-songwriter,
Bob
Dylan,
for
alleged
sexual
abuse.
A
civil
lawsuit
was
filed
against
the
singer
on
Friday
(August
13)
with
the
New
York
Supreme
Court.
The
woman
identified
only
as
JC
has
claimed
that
she
was
sexually
abused
by
Bob
Dylan,
who
also
gave
her
alcohol
and
drugs
in
1965
when
she
was
12
years
old.
She
added
that
Dylan
sexually
abused
her
at
his
New
York
apartment
over
a
six-week
period
"leaving
her
emotionally
scarred
and
psychologically
damaged
to
this
day".
The
lawsuit
added
that
Dylan,
who
was
in
his
mid-20s
at
the
time,
"exploited
his
status
as
a
musician
to
provide
JC
with
alcohol
and
drugs
and
sexually
abuse
her
multiple
times." According
to
the
court
submitted
documents,
the
plaintiff
is
seeking
unspecified
damages
and
a
jury
trial.
The
singer.
now
80
years
old,
is
accused
of
assault,
battery,
false
imprisonment
and
infliction
of
emotional
distress.
Dylan's
spokesman
said
the
allegations
were
false.
"The
56-year-old
claim
is
untrue
and
will
be
vigorously
defended,"
the
spokesman
told
BBC.
Notably,
Dylan
gained
fame
in
the
1960s
and
become
one
most
acclaimed
and
influential
artists
of
the
rock
era
with
hit
songs
including
Blowin'
in
the
Wind
and
Like
a
Rolling
Stone.
He
has
sold
more
than
125
million
records
globally
and
has
even
been
honoured
with
the
Nobel
Prize
for
Literature
in
2016.
In
2012,
he
was
also
awarded
the
Presidential
Medal
of
Freedom
by
the
then
US
President
Barack
Obama.
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