Marilyn Manson Ex-Assistant’s Abuse Lawsuit Dismissed – Billboard

A Los Angeles Superior Court docket choose dismissed a lawsuit in opposition to Marilyn Manson on Wednesday (Could 25) filed by his former private assistant. The paperwork, acquired by Billboard, cite the statute of limitations as the explanation for dismissal, because the incidents occurred in 2010 and 2011.

The choose dismissed the case with prejudice, prohibiting plaintiff Ashley Walters from refiling the costs.

Walters initially filed her lawsuit in opposition to Manson (actual title Brian Warner) in Could 2021, alleging sexual assault, sexual battery, sexual harassment and intentional infliction of emotional misery, amongst different claims. She additionally named his label, Marilyn Manson Data Inc., as a co-defendant. Manson has since denied all claims of sexual abuse.

In March, Walters filed an amended lawsuit explaining that she repressed recollections of Manson’s alleged abuse till not too long ago and that she felt threatened by Manson’s attorneys for showing in his ex-fiancée Evan Rachel Wooden’s not too long ago launched Phoenix Rising documentary, in response to Rolling Stone.

Walters was an aspiring photographer in 2010 when she first met Manson, who had complimented her work on social media, in response to the swimsuit. In response to revealed studies, Walters was employed as Manson’s PA in August 2010 and claims she was subjected to a poisonous working setting, through which she confronted aggression, violence, threats and extra earlier than her departure the next yr, which she particulars within the swimsuit. Walters additionally claimed Manson made her work for 48 hours straight, and he invited his pals to sexually assault her.

Walters’ accusations got here amid a string of greater than a dozen accusers who got here ahead after Wooden accused her former fiancé of grooming and sexual abuse on Twitter in February 2021. Marilyn Manson continues to be dealing with lawsuits from three ladies: Recreation of Thrones actress Esmé Bianco, mannequin Ashley Morgan Smithine and a Jane Doe. All three lawsuits are nonetheless pending.