A woman is suing Billy Idol, charging the rocker tried to rape her and burned her with a cigarette in 1985.

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The suit by Cheryl Thompson, 30, seeks unspecified damages for injuries she said she suffered in five attacks over several months in New York and Los Angeles.Threats from Idol and his associates kept her from coming forward before now, she said.

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