(New York) A woman who was suing American singer Bob Dylan claiming he sexually assaulted her nearly 60 years ago has withdrawn her complaint, a lawyer for the state said on Thursday. Nobel Prize-winning artist in literature.
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“This case is over. […] We are happy that the plaintiff has renounced this travesty of justice, “said Bob Dylan’s lawyer, Orin Snyder, in a statement to the media, while judging “scandalous” that the file could have existed.
Before a hearing this week in a New York court, the lawyer had argued the existence of emails showing the “inconsistencies” of the charges and suspected the complainant of having removed these elements that could exonerate the folk-rock singer.
Solicited Thursday evening, the lawyers of this complainant, who remained anonymous, did not respond.
In the complaint filed last August, this woman identified only by her initials, J. C., claimed that Bob Dylan had sexually assaulted her over a period of six weeks, between April and May 1965. She was then 12 years old.
The singer “abused his status as a musician to provide alcohol and drugs to JC, and to sexually assault him on several occasions”, supported the complaint which also accused Bob Dylan of having physically threatened the young girl.
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016 for “creating new poetic expressions in the great American song tradition”, Bob Dylan, 81, is considered one of the greatest singer-songwriters of all time. Among his most famous songs are Blowin’ in the Wind, The Times They Are a-Changin’or Like A Rolling Stone.