Editing Steven Tyler (section)

=== Family and relationships ===
Tyler had a brief relationship with fashion model [[Bebe Buell]], during which he fathered actress [[Liv Tyler]], born in 1977.<ref name="imdb">{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0878911/bio |title=Internet Movie Database profile |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011151032/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0878911/bio |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |access-date=April 18, 2014 |website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> Buell initially claimed that the father was [[Todd Rundgren]] to protect her daughter from Tyler's drug addiction. Through Liv's marriage to British musician [[Royston Langdon]] and relationship with entertainment manager David Gardner, Tyler has three grandchildren.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Liv Tyler Welcomes Daughter Lula Rose |url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2016/07/10/liv-tyler-welcomes-daughter-lula-rose/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712122632/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2016/07/10/liv-tyler-welcomes-daughter-lula-rose/ |archive-date=July 12, 2016 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In 1978, he married [[Cyrinda Foxe]],<ref name="imdb" /> an ex-[[Warhol]] model and the former wife of [[New York Dolls]]' lead singer [[David Johansen]], and fathered model [[Mia Tyler]] (born on December 22, 1978). He and Foxe divorced in 1987; in 1997, she published ''Dream On: Livin' on the Edge with Steven Tyler and Aerosmith'', a memoir of her life with Tyler. Foxe died from a [[brain tumor]] in 2002.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fiasco |first=Lance |date=September 12, 2002 |title=Aerosmith's Tyler Attends Funeral of Ex-Wife, Inspiration for Bowie's 'Jean Genie' |url=http://idobi.com/news/aerosmiths-tyler-attends-funeral-of-exwife-inspiration-for-bowies-jean-genie/ |access-date=July 19, 2016 |work=Idobi.com}}</ref>

On May 28, 1988, in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], Tyler married clothing designer Teresa Barrick.<ref name="imdb" /> With Barrick, he fathered a daughter, Chelsea, born around 1989 and a son, Taj, born around 1991.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 20, 2005 |title=Tyler's on the Rocks |url=https://nypost.com/2005/02/20/tylers-on-the-rocks/ |access-date=2025-05-12 |work=[[New York Post]]}}</ref> In February 2005, the couple announced that they were [[Legal separation|separating]] due to personal problems.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 21, 2005 |title=Steven Tyler and Wife Split After 17 Years |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1029919,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116072101/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1029919,00.html |archive-date=January 16, 2012 |access-date=January 17, 2012 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The divorce was finalized in January 2006.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

Tyler began a relationship with Erin Brady in 2006. They got engaged in December 2011 but called it off in January 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 15, 2013 |title=Steven Tyler Calls Off Engagement to Model Erin Brady |url=https://news.yahoo.com/news/blogs/celeb-news/steven-tyler-calls-off-engagement-model-erin-brady-142345998.html |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Julia Holcomb ====
In 1973, Tyler obtained guardianship of 16-year-old Julia Holcomb so that she could live with him in Boston.<ref>[https://lacrossetribune.com/courierlifenews/lifestyles/life-after-tyler-woman-talks-about-abortion-aerosmith-singer/article_ebe3a82a-1bf3-11e3-a179-0019bb2963f4.html Life after Tyler: Woman talks about abortion, Aerosmith singer], [[La Crosse Tribune]], September 12, 2013</ref> They dated and took drugs together for three years.<ref name="AerosmithDavis225">{{Cite book |last=Aerosmith |title=Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith |last2=Stephen Davis |date=February 18, 2003 |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |isbn=978-0-06-051580-5 |location=New York City |page=225 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Holcomb was referred to by the pseudonym "Diana Hall" by the editor of the Aerosmith autobiography ''Walk This Way'' in an attempt to conceal her identity,{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} but other sources have confirmed her identity.<ref name="Buell2002">{{Cite book |last=Buell |first=Bebe |url=https://archive.org/details/rebelheart00bebe |title=Rebel Heart: An American Rock 'n' Roll Journey |date=2002 |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |isbn=978-0-312-30155-2 |location=New York City |access-date=July 24, 2013 |url-access=registration |authorlink=Bebe Buell}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ed McCormack |title=Aerosmith's Wrench Rock Music for the New Age |url=http://www.reocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/9299/rs1.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042127/http://www.reocities.com/SunsetStrip/Towers/9299/rs1.txt |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=July 17, 2016 |website=Reocities.com |format=TXT |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jerome |first=Jim |date=August 9, 1976 |title=Aerosmith's Heavy Mettle Has Made Steve Tyler America's Hottest Home-Grown Rocker |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20066760,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227064706/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20066760,00.html |archive-date=February 27, 2012 |access-date=June 17, 2012 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Pressures leading to their split included their age difference (Tyler was 25 when they first met), a withdrawn marriage proposal, a house fire, and a planned pregnancy that resulted in an [[abortion]] when Tyler was worried that the smoke from the fire, as well as drugs, might lead to [[birth defect]]s.<ref name="AerosmithDavis225" /><ref name="AerosmithDavis275">{{Cite book |last=Aerosmith |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SrQWbvG_oE0C&pg=PA275 |title=Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith |last2=Stephen Davis |date=February 18, 2003 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=978-0-06-051580-5 |page=275 |access-date=July 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628232323/http://books.google.com/books?id=SrQWbvG_oE0C&pg=PA275 |archive-date=June 28, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}</ref> ''[[Look Away (documentary)|Look Away]]'', a documentary about sexual abuse in the rock music industry, features Holcomb's story.<ref name="mangan">{{Cite news |last=Mangan |first=Lucy |date=September 13, 2021 |title=Look Away review – horrifying stories of abuse at the hands of male rock stars |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/sep/13/look-away-review-horrifying-stories-of-abuse-at-the-hands-of-male-rock-stars |access-date=December 18, 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

Band member Ray Tabano wrote in ''Walk This Way'' that the abortion "really messed Steven up," because the fetus was male.<ref name="nationalreview" /> Tyler wrote, "It was a big crisis. It's a major thing when you're growing something with a woman, but they convinced us that it would never work out and would ruin our lives. You go to the doctor and they put the needle in her belly and they squeeze the stuff in and you watch. And it comes out dead. I was pretty devastated. In my mind, I'm going, Jesus, what have I done?"<ref name="nationalreview">{{Cite news |date=May 4, 2011 |title=Post-Abortion Trauma |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/266316/post-abortion-trauma-kevin-burke |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424172219/http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/266316/post-abortion-trauma-kevin-burke |archive-date=April 24, 2012 |access-date=June 17, 2012 |work=[[National Review]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Holcomb stated in 2011 that after the operation, Tyler had informed her that the child "had been born alive and allowed to die".<ref name="Live">{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Mary Elizabeth |date=May 24, 2011 |title=Steven Tyler's abortion drama deepens |url=https://www.salon.com/2011/05/24/steven_tyler_abortion_story/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=[[Salon.com]]}}</ref>

Holcomb, who later took the name "Julia Misley," filed suit in December 2022, alleging that Tyler sexually assaulted her and forced her to undergo the abortion, plying her with drugs and alcohol after promising to care for her in the guardianship agreement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=December 30, 2022 |title=Aerosmith's Steven Tyler accused of sexually assaulting a minor in new lawsuit |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/aerosmiths-steven-tyler-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-a-minor-in-new-lawsuit-3372555 |access-date=December 30, 2022 |website=[[NME]] |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Millman |first=Ethan |date=December 30, 2022 |title=Steven Tyler Accused of Sexual Assault of a Minor in New Lawsuit Over a Decades-Old Claim |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/steven-tyler-sexual-assault-minor-lawsuit-1234653817/ |access-date=December 30, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="misley" /> In February 2023, Tyler was officially named a defendant in the lawsuit, which also claimed he used his fame and status to "[[child grooming|groom]], manipulate, exploit, [and] sexually assault" Misley over the course of three years, beginning when she was 16 and he was in his mid-20s.<ref name="misley">{{Cite magazine |last=Wang |first=Jessica |date=February 1, 2023 |title=Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler officially named in lawsuit alleging child sexual abuse |url=https://ew.com/music/steven-tyler-accused-child-sexual-abuse-lawsuit/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |accessdate=March 31, 2023}}</ref> In a motion to dismiss the lawsuit that was filed in March 2023, Tyler claimed their relationship was consensual and that he had [[legal immunity|immunity]] because he was her legal guardian at the time.<ref name="lawsuit">{{Cite news |last=Tapp |first=Tom |date=March 31, 2023 |title=Steven Tyler Responds To Lawsuit Alleging Sexual Assault By Woman Who Says She Was 16 At The Time, Singer Claims Consent & Immunity Since He Was Her Legal Guardian |url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/steven-tyler-sued-sexual-assault-teen-1235208652/ |access-date=March 31, 2023 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref name="motiontodismiss">{{Cite news |date=March 31, 2023 |title=Steven Tyler seeks dismissal of woman's sex abuse accusation lawsuit |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/steven-tyler-seeks-dismissal-of-womans-sex-abuse-accusation-lawsuit/ |access-date=March 31, 2023 |publisher=KCAL}}</ref> The motion further stated that Tyler's actions with regards to the abortion decision were legitimate, justified, and in good faith.<ref name="lawsuit" /><ref name="motiontodismiss" /> Tyler's 2023 denial of sexual assault and claim of immunity has drawn scrutiny and has perplexed several attorneys who were experts in the field of sexual assault. On reviewing Tyler's answer to the suit launched against him that same year, Misley's lawyer claimed that Tyler was "[[gaslighting]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Millman |first=Ethan |date=April 10, 2023 |title=Steven Tyler's Teen Assault Defense Is 'F-cking Insane,' Legal Experts Say |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/steven-tyler-sexual-assault-lawsuit-lawyer-response-1234712150/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |accessdate=April 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Steven Tyler Denies All Claims in Sexual Assault Lawsuit as Lawyer Accuses Him of 'Gaslighting' |url=https://people.com/music/steven-tyler-denies-all-claims-in-sexual-assault-lawsuit/ |access-date=April 23, 2023 |website=[[People (magazine)|People]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 17, 2023 |title=Steven Tyler Confessed to 'Crimes of Passion' With a 16-Year-Old in His Own Memoir |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/steven-tyler-child-sexual-assault-lawsuit-memoir/ |access-date=April 23, 2023 |website=Vice.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Survivor of Abuse by Prominent Rock Star Speaks Up and Out Under the California Child Victims Act |url=https://www.andersonadvocates.com/news/survivor-of-abuse-by-prominent-rock-star-speaks-up-and-out-under-the-california-child-victims-act/ |access-date=April 23, 2023}}</ref>

After the release of the documentary [[Look Away (documentary)|''Look Away'']], it was discussed on Instagram by [[Courtney Love]], where she supported some of the claims made, commenting that Tyler also "adopted" another 13-year-old girl in a similar fashion.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ozden |first=Elif |date=5 April 2022 |title=Courtney Love Targets Axl Rose, Steven Tyler, And Jimmy Page For Underage Affairs |url=https://rockcelebrities.net/courtney-love-targets-axl-rose-steven-tyler-and-jimmy-page-for-underage-affairs/ |access-date=22 September 2022 |work=rockcelebrities.net}}</ref>