Folk singer Peter Yarrow has been charged in a new trial with raping an underage girl in a Manhattan hotel room in 1969.
The charges were brought against Yarrow, the founding member of the legendary 1960s trio Peter, Paul and Mary, in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Manhattan under the Child Victims Act.
Before the alleged rape, Yarrow met his accuser, who was a fan of his music, several times during his band’s performances, the suit says.
He “took an interest in her at the time” and did what the minor thought was “paternal,” according to the lawsuit.
But the suit claims that the folk icon actually “took care of” her.
She eventually ran away from her Minnesota home and met Yarrow at a Lower East Side hotel, where he allegedly raped her, the suit says.
The next day, Yarrow bought the minor a plane ticket to Minnesota and told her to leave, the charges allege.
The prosecution “has been suffering the consequences of Yarrow’s rape ever since,” the lawsuit said.
She is demanding compensatory and punitive damages.
Yarrow has had a criminal conviction in the past for “taking indecent liberties” with a 14-year-old girl in a hotel room in Washington, DC in 1970.
Messages seeking comment from Yarrow and his prosecution’s attorneys were not immediately returned.