Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler wins dismissal for good of sexual assault lawsuit

FILE PHOTO: Singer Steven Tyler arrives for the iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

NEW YORK (Reuters) -A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed for good a lawsuit accusing Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting a former teenage model twice in one day in the mid-1970s.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said Jeanne Bellino cannot recover damages from the 76-year-old Tyler under a 2000 New York City law protecting victims of gender-motivated violence.