Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary accused of raping underage girl in hotel room in 1969
A lawsuit accuses the folk singer of sexual abuse of a child, assault, battery, and more
Peter Yarrow of the 1960s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary has been accused in a new lawsuit of raping an underage girl in his hotel room in 1969.
A woman named Deborah Martin filed a complaint against Yarrow, 82, and the musical trio's employer, in Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday under the state's Child Victims Act.
In the complaint obtained by Fox News, Yarrow is accused of sexual abuse of a child, negligence, assault, battery, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. It also lodges a claim against the Peter, Paul & Mary, Co. for negligence and negligent hiring, retention and supervision.
An attorney for Yarrow, Martin and reps for the Peter, Paul and Mary, Co. did not immediately respond to Fox News' requests for comment.
Martin alleges in the complaint that she was a fan of Peter, Paul and Mary, and even met members of the group during her youth. Martin had "several seemingly-friendly interactions with Yarrow," according to the complaint, and claims Yarrow groomed the plaintiff.
In 1969, the alleged victim ran away from her St. Paul, Minn. home and called Yarrow. The folk musician "directed Martin to meet him in the lobby of a hotel on the Lower East Side of Manhattan."
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