<p>Bob Dylan has been sued in a New York court by a woman who says the US rock and folk legend sexually abused her almost 60 years ago when she was 12.</p>.<p>The lawsuit filed Friday alleges that Dylan abused the plaintiff, referred to in court documents as J.C., over a six-week period between April and May 1965.</p>.<p>It says Dylan "exploited his status as a musician to provide J.C. with alcohol and drugs and sexually abuse her multiple times."</p>.<p>The suit also accused Dylan, who turned 80 in May, of physically threatening the girl.</p>.<p>The alleged abuse took place at the apartment Dylan owned in New York's famous Chelsea Hotel, according to the lawsuit.</p>.<p>A publicist for Dylan, whose real name is Robert Zimmerman, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>In a statement to <em>USA Today</em>, his spokesperson said "the 56-year-old claim is untrue and will be vigorously defended."</p>.<p>The accuser, who now lives in Greenwich, Connecticut says Dylan caused her "severe psychological damage and emotional trauma." She is seeking unspecified damages.</p>.<p>The lawsuit was filed a day before the window for filing claims under New York State's Child Victims Act closed.</p>.<p>The act allowed victims of abuse to sue their alleged attackers irrespective of the age of the claims or whether the statute of limitations had passed.</p>.<p>Last week, an accuser of late US financier Jeffrey Epstein used the act to sue Queen Elizabeth II's second son, Prince Andrew, for alleged sexual abuse.</p>.<p>Dylan is widely considered to be the greatest singer-songwriter of all time. His most notable works include "Blowin' In The Wind," "The Times They Are a-Changin'," and "Like A Rolling Stone."</p>.<p>He burst onto the folk scene in New York in the early 1960s and has sold more than 125 million records around the world.</p>.<p>In 2016, Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition."</p>.<p>Last year he released his 39th studio album, "Rough and Rowdy Ways," 58 years after the release of his first.</p>
<p>Bob Dylan has been sued in a New York court by a woman who says the US rock and folk legend sexually abused her almost 60 years ago when she was 12.</p>.<p>The lawsuit filed Friday alleges that Dylan abused the plaintiff, referred to in court documents as J.C., over a six-week period between April and May 1965.</p>.<p>It says Dylan "exploited his status as a musician to provide J.C. with alcohol and drugs and sexually abuse her multiple times."</p>.<p>The suit also accused Dylan, who turned 80 in May, of physically threatening the girl.</p>.<p>The alleged abuse took place at the apartment Dylan owned in New York's famous Chelsea Hotel, according to the lawsuit.</p>.<p>A publicist for Dylan, whose real name is Robert Zimmerman, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>In a statement to <em>USA Today</em>, his spokesperson said "the 56-year-old claim is untrue and will be vigorously defended."</p>.<p>The accuser, who now lives in Greenwich, Connecticut says Dylan caused her "severe psychological damage and emotional trauma." She is seeking unspecified damages.</p>.<p>The lawsuit was filed a day before the window for filing claims under New York State's Child Victims Act closed.</p>.<p>The act allowed victims of abuse to sue their alleged attackers irrespective of the age of the claims or whether the statute of limitations had passed.</p>.<p>Last week, an accuser of late US financier Jeffrey Epstein used the act to sue Queen Elizabeth II's second son, Prince Andrew, for alleged sexual abuse.</p>.<p>Dylan is widely considered to be the greatest singer-songwriter of all time. His most notable works include "Blowin' In The Wind," "The Times They Are a-Changin'," and "Like A Rolling Stone."</p>.<p>He burst onto the folk scene in New York in the early 1960s and has sold more than 125 million records around the world.</p>.<p>In 2016, Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition."</p>.<p>Last year he released his 39th studio album, "Rough and Rowdy Ways," 58 years after the release of his first.</p>