A list of celebrities who famously dated minors, now that Steven Tyler has responded to a related lawsuit

Three months ago, Steven Tyler was sued for sexually assaulting a minor. He’s now made his first public response about the claim, noting that plaintiff Julia Misley didn’t suffer any damages, alleging that Misley “failed to mitigate” any alleged damages herself prior to filing suit, all while not denying that he’d had sex with Misley while she was 16 and 25 at the time of the allegations, and claiming that all parties consented to the sexual relationship, and that her claims were barred “because of immunity to Defendant as caretaker/guardian.”

This baffled legal experts, who quickly remarked that “There is no such thing as immunity to a caregiver or guardian for sex abuse. I don’t have the words to describe how crazy it is.”

In Tyler’s 2011 memoir, he wrote about his relationship with Misley, famously saying, “she was sixteen, she knew how to nasty, and there wasn’t a hair on it.”

Gross.

The list of celebrities who proudly displayed their teenage lovers is long and uncomfortable, and notably includes Jerry Seinfeld who dated a senior in high school for a brief period of time after Seinfeld was already a smash-hit, Jerry Lee Lewis, who married his 13-year-old cousin, Fergie, who courted a 16-year-old Justin Timberlake, and Wilmer Valderrama (Fez of That 70’s Show fame), who has displayed a pattern of predatory behavior towards teens like Demi Lovato and Lindsey Lohan.

A more extensive list of celebrities who dated teens can be found here.

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