Bob Dylan Sex Abuse Allegation

A fair summary- I think that's probably why no-one actually posted this even though the news has been around since yesterday - from a personal perspective, and like I said, I don't feel too good about creating this thread as Dylan has been part of my life from a musical perspective for decades- but I'm not here to "defend" him either if such a story is true.

It's unlikely to have either a definitive or positive outcome. His personal life, including children and marriages, has always been shrouded in secrecy until relatively recent years.

Not sure where this thread will go but it's news, and Current Affairs was a suitable enough forum for it, given the global nature of his public profile - but as you say, what else can you do at this point?

Maybe folk here might just want to comment or something, I dunno. I just hope this accusation is a one-off and can be legally resolved at least.

I posted similar in another thread many years ago - the "Actors" have had their "purge" of sex exploitation for many years now but the Rock n' Rollers have been relatively quiet overall in terms of legal cases- is it that in general, "groupies" are/were willing participants, in general, even though there was a huge level of exploitation involved, whether they acknowledge that or not?

Edit- I'm not referring to the current thread under discussion, but just rock n roll artists/groups in general, and groupies of legal age, in case there's any dispute around what I'm saying.

That doesn't "prove" anything either way- the alleged victim states that the "grooming" and "abuse" happened "at certain times" over a period of 6 weeks between April and May '65- Dylan's tour dates of England run from 30th April to May 10th.

I get the feeling that the accuser has her facts and her dates very clear and given her age, it's likely that Bob knew her mother i.e. that it's unlikely a 12 year old girl was in regular company with Bob Dylan without her parents or guardians' knowing where she was- that of course, is assuming that these allegations have any credibility to them. I assume that such a case would not be put forward without some form of credible evidence?

https://gaslightrecords.com/news/bob-dylan-uk-tour-dates

There's plenty of groupie "stories" out there- I mean, you can add the famous Mandy Smith-Bill Wyman saga to that which was well publicised at the time, and of course Bowie who's underage alleged encounter story was recently reported too- to name but 2 - but extraordinarily, the legal and criminal cases have been few and far between.

I guess you can't help thinking about the accuser in all of this too though. What have they gone through in life to get to this stage to instigate a legal process? Because Dylan is so revered, so influential in the past, so much a part of the early 60's rebellion era that went on to shape future teenage attitudes and culture- a modern day American and in some respects, global icon-and especially since nothing of this nature has been raised so publicly in the past, I'll certainly give him the benefit of the doubt at this early stage - but between this, the "American Dad" Cosby cases, and other events in recent times, it does go to show, best not elevate any human being too high up on a pedestal.