Bob Dylan accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old in 1965

A spokesperson for Dylan, now 80, said that the 56-year-old claim is untrue and will be vigorously defended

Legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has been sued by a woman who claims he sexually abused her in 1965 when she was 12, an allegation the Nobel Prize winner has called “untrue”. The lawsuit filed last week on behalf of JC, now a 68-year-old woman living in Greenwich, Connecticut, alleges that Dylan, then 23 or 24-year-old, exploited his status as a musician to provide (the plaintiff) “with alcohol and drugs and sexually abuse her multiple times”. A spokesperson for Dylan, now 80, said “the 56-year-old claim is untrue and will be vigorously defended.” According to Deadline, in the papers filed at the New York Supreme Court under the state’s Child Victims Act, JC said the abuse took place at Dylan’s apartment in New York’s Chelsea Hotel for over a six-week period from April-May 1965.