In August 2021, a woman filed a lawsuit in New York against Bob Dylan alleging that the singer sexually abused her in 1965, when he was 12 years old.
The woman, named only as “JC”, stated in the lawsuit that Dylan used “his status as a musician in grooming JC to gain her trust and gain control over her as part of his plan to abuse and sexually abuse her.
The claim went to court in January of this year, but as of this week the claim has been withdrawn by the alleged victim.
At a hearing last Thursday, the accusing party requested that the case be dismissed permanently, that is, that it cannot be reopened.
“This case is over. It’s outrageous that he came forward in the first place,” Dylan’s attorney, Orin Snyder, said in a statement. “We are pleased that the plaintiff has abandoned this attorney-driven charade and that the case has been dismissed with prejudice.”
The woman’s request to the judge came after Dylan’s attorneys accused of deleting key messages related to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit, now dismissed, alleged that Dylan used drugs and alcohol “as part of his plan to abuse the girl, who was 12 years old in 1965” and that some of the alleged sexual assaults occurred in Dylan’s apartment at the Chelsea Hotel in New York over a six-week period in April and May of the year in question.
After Dylan’s historians argued that the musician was out of New York on his ‘Don’t Look Back’ tour in the UK from the end of April until at least 10 May of that year, the accuser updated her lawsuit alleging that the alleged abuse took place over “several months sessions in the spring of 1965.”
In response, Dylan’s legal team called it “blatant, false, malicious, reckless and defamatory”. And they continued: “Mr. Dylan will not be extorted. Dylan will vigorously defend himself against these attorney-driven lies and seek redress against all those responsible, including by seeking monetary penalties against the individuals responsible for fabricating and filing this abusive lawsuit.”