Aerosmith's Steven Tyler denies allegations that he sexually assaulted a minor in the 1970s

• Aerosmith's Steven Tyler has responded to a lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a minor.
• Tyler denied the allegations, claiming his accuser consented and that he had "immunity" due to his role as her guardian.

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler has responded to a sexual assault lawsuit filed late last year, denying the allegations and claiming his accuser — who was 16 years old at the time — consented to a sexual relationship.

The lawsuit, filed by Julia Misley in the Los Angeles Superior Court, alleged that Tyler began sexually assaulting her when she was a minor in the 1970s. Misley alleged that Tyler convinced her parents to grant him guardianship over her, further enabling the sexual assault and allowing Tyler to take her across state lines as he toured.

Tyler's attorneys issued a seven-page court filing on March 28 listing 24 different defenses against the allegations, including that Misley had consented to the sexual relationship with Tyler.

The lawyers also say Tyler had "immunity or qualified immunity" against the allegations due to his guardianship over Misley.

One of Misley's attorneys issued a statement on Wednesday calling Tyler's legal defense "obnoxious and potentially dangerous," criticizing Tyler's legal team for suggesting that legal guardianship amounts to permission for sexual abuse.

"It's astonishing, galling, and arrogant that an adult is trying to defend his crimes and exploitation of an unguarded 16-year-old for his perverse pleasure," attorney Jeff Anderson wrote.

Tyler is requesting that a judge dismiss Misley's lawsuit and force her to pay for his attorneys' fees.

Misley's lawsuit alleged that she first met Tyler at an Aerosmith concert in Portland, Oregon, shortly after her 16th birthday. She alleged that she went with Tyler to his hotel room after the show, where the singer "performed various acts of criminal sexual conduct" upon her while knowing she was a minor.

Misley's lawsuit also alleged that she became pregnant with Tyler's child when she was 17, but that Tyler pressured her into having an abortion against her will. She alleged that Tyler threatened to withdraw financial support if she didn't go through with the procedure.

Misley's lawsuit even cited Tyler's own memoir, which described his sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl he described as "barely old enough to drive and sexy as hell." Tyler called the 16-year-old his "partner in crimes of passion," and said he "almost took a teen bride."

Tyler's memoir also described convincing the 16-year-old's parents to sign over custody papers for their daughter "so I wouldn't get arrested if I took her out of state. I took her on tour with me." As Misley's lawsuit noted, Tyler's memoir even named Misley in the acknowledgments.

Misley filed her lawsuit under California's Child Victims Act, a law that granted accusers a temporary "lookback window" to file lawsuits over allegations that would have otherwise fallen outside of the statute of limitations.

Despite the Child Victims Act, one of Tyler's defenses listed in his court filing is that Misley's allegations are barred by California's statute of limitations.