The artist and personal assistant who claims Marilyn Manson whipped her, threw plates at her and sexually assaulted her received a trial date Tuesday for her previously dismissed lawsuit that was revived on appeal.
Ashley Walters is now scheduled to face Manson, whose legal name is Brian Warner, at a jury trial set to begin June 2, 2025, a Los Angeles County judge ruled. The judge ordered the trial after Walters’ lawyer, James Vagnini, told the court that the parties were “not successful at resolving the case” during a mediation last December.
Ashley Walters is now scheduled to face Manson, whose legal name is Brian Warner, at a jury trial set to begin June 2, 2025, a Los Angeles County judge ruled. The judge ordered the trial after Walters’ lawyer, James Vagnini, told the court that the parties were “not successful at resolving the case” during a mediation last December.
- 5/7/2024
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Marilyn Manson’s penalty for pursuing failed defamation and emotional distress allegations against Westworld actress Evan Rachel Wood and artist Illma Gore has ballooned to nearly half a million dollars.
The hefty legal tab first hit six figures back on Jan. 29, when a Los Angeles judge ordered Manson, whose legal name is Brian Warner, to pay $326,956 for the fees Wood racked up defending against the claims struck last May from Warner’s still-pending lawsuit against the two women. On Thursday, the same judge ordered Warner to pay an additional $169,408 to compensate Gore’s lawyers,...
The hefty legal tab first hit six figures back on Jan. 29, when a Los Angeles judge ordered Manson, whose legal name is Brian Warner, to pay $326,956 for the fees Wood racked up defending against the claims struck last May from Warner’s still-pending lawsuit against the two women. On Thursday, the same judge ordered Warner to pay an additional $169,408 to compensate Gore’s lawyers,...
- 2/17/2024
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Marilyn Manson‘s former assistant, Ashley Walters, won an appeal that would bring back a dismissed sexual assault lawsuit she brought against the singer in 2021.
A tribunal with California’s Second Appellate District sided with Walters and reversed a lower court ruling, ordering that the case be sent back to the judge for trial.
According to the court filings, Walters declared that Manson had forced her hand into his underpants. She alleges that he also whipped her, pushed her into a wall and made her stay awake for 48 hours straight.
The filings claim that Manson offered Walters up sexually to associates and friends. He even instructed her to stand on a chair for 12 hours and fed her cocaine so that she would not fall asleep.
There are more accusations mentioned in the filings in addition to these.
Walters claims that Manson often relied on threatening behavior, including blackmail, to keep her quiet.
A tribunal with California’s Second Appellate District sided with Walters and reversed a lower court ruling, ordering that the case be sent back to the judge for trial.
According to the court filings, Walters declared that Manson had forced her hand into his underpants. She alleges that he also whipped her, pushed her into a wall and made her stay awake for 48 hours straight.
The filings claim that Manson offered Walters up sexually to associates and friends. He even instructed her to stand on a chair for 12 hours and fed her cocaine so that she would not fall asleep.
There are more accusations mentioned in the filings in addition to these.
Walters claims that Manson often relied on threatening behavior, including blackmail, to keep her quiet.
- 12/21/2023
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
The former assistant who claims Marilyn Manson sexually assaulted her, whipped her and threw her against a wall during a drug-induced rage won a critical appeal ruling Wednesday that revives her previously dismissed lawsuit against the shock rocker.
Ashley Walters initially sued Manson, whose legal name is Brian Warner, with claims of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and sex discrimination in May 2021. She argued that while the alleged abuse took place during a “horrific” year of employment that ended in 2011, the typical two-year statute of limitations didn’t apply because she...
Ashley Walters initially sued Manson, whose legal name is Brian Warner, with claims of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and sex discrimination in May 2021. She argued that while the alleged abuse took place during a “horrific” year of employment that ended in 2011, the typical two-year statute of limitations didn’t apply because she...
- 12/13/2023
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Marilyn Manson and a woman who sued the singer for rape have reached a settlement before it could go to trial next week. Adam Wolf, the attorney for the woman who filed as a Jane Doe, filed a notice of settlement with the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, on Wednesday. The lawyer will submit a request to dismiss the case within 45 days.
Doe’s suit, filed in 2021, alleged that the singer, whose real name is Brian Warner, raped her and deprived her of food, sleep, and a sense of safety.
Doe’s suit, filed in 2021, alleged that the singer, whose real name is Brian Warner, raped her and deprived her of food, sleep, and a sense of safety.
- 9/28/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Marilyn Manson was fined $1,200 and sentenced to 20 hours of community service after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge for blowing his nose on a concert videographer.
Initially, Manson was charged with two misdemeanors for allegedly blowing his nose and spitting on videographer Susan Fountain during a performance at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Gilford in 2019. Manson pleaded no contest to the first misdemeanor (nose-blowing) in a negotiated plea deal, with the second one (spitting) tossed out.
Manson requested to appear in court remotely via video, but a New Hampshire judge forced the shock rocker to appear in person in the Laconia courtroom about 30 miles north of the state capital of Concord. He was dressed head-to-toe in black and addressed himself by his legal name, “Brian Warner,” and made no statement, only replying “Yes” to the judge’s questions about the proceedings.
As reported by ABC News, the...
Initially, Manson was charged with two misdemeanors for allegedly blowing his nose and spitting on videographer Susan Fountain during a performance at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Gilford in 2019. Manson pleaded no contest to the first misdemeanor (nose-blowing) in a negotiated plea deal, with the second one (spitting) tossed out.
Manson requested to appear in court remotely via video, but a New Hampshire judge forced the shock rocker to appear in person in the Laconia courtroom about 30 miles north of the state capital of Concord. He was dressed head-to-toe in black and addressed himself by his legal name, “Brian Warner,” and made no statement, only replying “Yes” to the judge’s questions about the proceedings.
As reported by ABC News, the...
- 9/19/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Marilyn Manson will plead no contest in a case involving him allegedly spitting on and blowing his nose on a concert videographer. The plea will allow the singer to avoid a trial that was set to begin next month.
Susan Fountain had accused Manson of first spitting a “big loogie” on her and then blowing his nose on her as she was filming his concert in Gilford, New Hampshire, on August 19th, 2019. He faced two misdemeanor accounts of simple assault related to the incident.
According to the Associated Press, if Manson had gone to trial, he would’ve faced prison time and a $2,000 for each charge had he been convicted. As a result of the no contest plea, the charge involving the spitting incident will be dropped, while Manson will pay a $1,200 fine and serve 20 hours of community service for the nose-blowing offense.
All of the above is contingent on...
Susan Fountain had accused Manson of first spitting a “big loogie” on her and then blowing his nose on her as she was filming his concert in Gilford, New Hampshire, on August 19th, 2019. He faced two misdemeanor accounts of simple assault related to the incident.
According to the Associated Press, if Manson had gone to trial, he would’ve faced prison time and a $2,000 for each charge had he been convicted. As a result of the no contest plea, the charge involving the spitting incident will be dropped, while Manson will pay a $1,200 fine and serve 20 hours of community service for the nose-blowing offense.
All of the above is contingent on...
- 7/19/2023
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
A California judge has tossed out most of Marilyn Manson’s defamation lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood following the actress’ claims of abuse during the one-time couple’s relationship from 2007 to 2010.
“The Court grants Wood’s special motion to strike in part,” rule Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Teresa A. Beaudet in the tentative order [via Deadline], which invoked California’s anti-slapp law and its protections on individual free speech.
Manson’s defamation suit from March 2022 alleged that Wood penned a fake FBI letter and a checklist for other alleged Manson abuse victims — both of which have been tossed out with the latest motion. It’s another loss for the Manson camp, which was previously not allowed to add Ashley Morgan Smithline’s about-face recantation as a new declaration to the lawsuit.
“We are very pleased with the Court’s ruling, which affirms and protects Evan’s exercise of her fundamental First Amendment rights,...
“The Court grants Wood’s special motion to strike in part,” rule Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Teresa A. Beaudet in the tentative order [via Deadline], which invoked California’s anti-slapp law and its protections on individual free speech.
Manson’s defamation suit from March 2022 alleged that Wood penned a fake FBI letter and a checklist for other alleged Manson abuse victims — both of which have been tossed out with the latest motion. It’s another loss for the Manson camp, which was previously not allowed to add Ashley Morgan Smithline’s about-face recantation as a new declaration to the lawsuit.
“We are very pleased with the Court’s ruling, which affirms and protects Evan’s exercise of her fundamental First Amendment rights,...
- 5/10/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
A judge struck down many of the claims made by Marilyn Manson in his defamation lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood on Tuesday, marking a big win for Wood in the continued legal battle between the musician and the Westworld actress.
A Los Angeles judge sided with Wood in striking several claims in Warner’s original complaint including that she had “recruited, coordinated, and pressured” women to make false statements against the musician using a checklist and script, and claims that Wood had forged an FBI letter.
“Based on the foregoing,...
A Los Angeles judge sided with Wood in striking several claims in Warner’s original complaint including that she had “recruited, coordinated, and pressured” women to make false statements against the musician using a checklist and script, and claims that Wood had forged an FBI letter.
“Based on the foregoing,...
- 5/9/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Evan Rachel Wood will not have to face defamation claims from Marilyn Manson accusing her of manufacturing a conspiracy to portray him as a serial abuser who has sexually assaulted several women.
At the center of the dispute were allegations that Wood and her friend Illma Gore lied to prospective accusers to encourage them to come forward with sexual assault allegations against the musician, namely by saying that he filmed the assault of a minor in a 1996 short film he made called Groupie. In a tentative ruling adopted by the court on Tuesday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Teresa Beaudet tossed claims against Wood under a law providing for the dismissal of suits arising out of protected speech.
Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, sued the pair in 2021 ahead of the premiere of HBO documentary Phoenix Rising, which explores sexual assault allegations against the musician and Wood’s efforts...
At the center of the dispute were allegations that Wood and her friend Illma Gore lied to prospective accusers to encourage them to come forward with sexual assault allegations against the musician, namely by saying that he filmed the assault of a minor in a 1996 short film he made called Groupie. In a tentative ruling adopted by the court on Tuesday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Teresa Beaudet tossed claims against Wood under a law providing for the dismissal of suits arising out of protected speech.
Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, sued the pair in 2021 ahead of the premiere of HBO documentary Phoenix Rising, which explores sexual assault allegations against the musician and Wood’s efforts...
- 5/9/2023
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Shock rocker Marilyn Manson just got a legal shock as a California judge tossed out most of the fading musician’s defamation case against Evan Rachel Wood over the Westworld actress’ claims of abuse during the former couple’s relationship.
“The Court grants Wood’s special motion to strike in part,” wrote , LA Superior Court Judge Teresa A. Beaudet Tuesday in a multi-pronged tentative order that has just become final (read it here).
Emphasizing the Golden State’s anti-slapp statute and its protect of individual free speech, Judge Beaudet took a lot of the guts out of Manson a.k.a. Brian Warner’s suit of March 2022. While Manson’s case can proceed on the remaining counts, the big-ticket items are pretty much dead, at least for now. Among the claims now out of the suit are Manson and his lawyers attempts to taint Wood with penning a fictitious FBI...
“The Court grants Wood’s special motion to strike in part,” wrote , LA Superior Court Judge Teresa A. Beaudet Tuesday in a multi-pronged tentative order that has just become final (read it here).
Emphasizing the Golden State’s anti-slapp statute and its protect of individual free speech, Judge Beaudet took a lot of the guts out of Manson a.k.a. Brian Warner’s suit of March 2022. While Manson’s case can proceed on the remaining counts, the big-ticket items are pretty much dead, at least for now. Among the claims now out of the suit are Manson and his lawyers attempts to taint Wood with penning a fictitious FBI...
- 5/9/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
In a February 2021 statement on Instagram, actress Evan Rachel Wood said she was done being silent.
“The name of my abuser is Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson,” Wood said. “He started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years. I was brainwashed and manipulated into submission.”
Before this statement, Wood had spent more than three years being a vocal advocate for women experiencing domestic assault and abuse. But her post was the first time she publicly named Warner, whom she...
“The name of my abuser is Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson,” Wood said. “He started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years. I was brainwashed and manipulated into submission.”
Before this statement, Wood had spent more than three years being a vocal advocate for women experiencing domestic assault and abuse. But her post was the first time she publicly named Warner, whom she...
- 3/20/2023
- by CT Jones
- Rollingstone.com
Evan Rachel Wood says she never pressured Marilyn Manson accuser Ashley Morgan Smithline to make allegations against the musician after the woman recanted her statement earlier this month.
Responding to an earlier filing by Smithline, Wood said in a declaration filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by The Hollywood Reporter that she had no contact with Smithline prior to an Oct. 21, 2020, “meeting of survivors” filmed as part of the HBO doc Phoenix Rising.
She added, “I had not met her, I had not communicated with her, and I did not know who she was” prior to Smithline commenting on one of Wood’s March 2019 posts in which the actress discussed the abuse she allegedly experienced at the hands of a man she would later reveal to be Manson (legally known as Brian Warner).
That statement, along with several exhibits of social media interactions between Smithline and the...
Responding to an earlier filing by Smithline, Wood said in a declaration filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by The Hollywood Reporter that she had no contact with Smithline prior to an Oct. 21, 2020, “meeting of survivors” filmed as part of the HBO doc Phoenix Rising.
She added, “I had not met her, I had not communicated with her, and I did not know who she was” prior to Smithline commenting on one of Wood’s March 2019 posts in which the actress discussed the abuse she allegedly experienced at the hands of a man she would later reveal to be Manson (legally known as Brian Warner).
That statement, along with several exhibits of social media interactions between Smithline and the...
- 3/1/2023
- by Abbey White and Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In the latest twist in Marilyn Manson’s battle against allegations of sexual crimes, Evan Rachel Wood is rejecting claims she coerced another woman into saying the shock rocker raped her, saying instead the accuser was pressured to recant.
“I never pressured or manipulated Ashley Morgan Smithline to make any accusations against Plaintiff Brian Warner, and I certainly never pressured or manipulated her to make accusations that were not true,” Wood said in a declaration filed this week in Los Angeles Superior Court. “It was Ms. Smithline who first contacted me in March 2019,” the Westworld actress said in the document (read it here).
“Ms. Smithline has always told me that she was abused by Mr. Warner,” Woods bluntly added in the declaration.
The recent stark about-face by Smithline, a month after her 2021 lawsuit against Manson/Warner was dismissed by default, came as attorneys for the much-accused singer and Wood argued...
“I never pressured or manipulated Ashley Morgan Smithline to make any accusations against Plaintiff Brian Warner, and I certainly never pressured or manipulated her to make accusations that were not true,” Wood said in a declaration filed this week in Los Angeles Superior Court. “It was Ms. Smithline who first contacted me in March 2019,” the Westworld actress said in the document (read it here).
“Ms. Smithline has always told me that she was abused by Mr. Warner,” Woods bluntly added in the declaration.
The recent stark about-face by Smithline, a month after her 2021 lawsuit against Manson/Warner was dismissed by default, came as attorneys for the much-accused singer and Wood argued...
- 2/28/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
A woman who accused Marilyn Manson of sexual assault has officially retracted her claims, saying fellow accuser Evan Rachel Wood “manipulated” her into implicating the artist.
Model Ashley Morgan Smithline first accused Manson — born Brian Warner — of assault in a People cover story, which detailed numerous instances of graphic abuse throughout the couple’s two-year relationship. The report came after Wood, another ex of Manson’s, came forward with her own harrowing experience with the singer, prompting over 10 more women to do the same.
Now, however, Smithline — via a statement filed by Manson’s lawyers — says the abuse never happened, and that she “succumbed to pressure from Evan Rachel Wood and her associates to make accusations of rape and assault against Mr. Warner that were not true.”
In the statement, Smithline recalls meeting with Wood and other Manson accusers — including actress Esme Bianco and Manson’s former assistant, Ashley Walters...
Model Ashley Morgan Smithline first accused Manson — born Brian Warner — of assault in a People cover story, which detailed numerous instances of graphic abuse throughout the couple’s two-year relationship. The report came after Wood, another ex of Manson’s, came forward with her own harrowing experience with the singer, prompting over 10 more women to do the same.
Now, however, Smithline — via a statement filed by Manson’s lawyers — says the abuse never happened, and that she “succumbed to pressure from Evan Rachel Wood and her associates to make accusations of rape and assault against Mr. Warner that were not true.”
In the statement, Smithline recalls meeting with Wood and other Manson accusers — including actress Esme Bianco and Manson’s former assistant, Ashley Walters...
- 2/28/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Evan Rachel Wood is refuting a Marilyn Manson accuser’s claim that Wood “manipulated” her into making false allegations against the musician in 2020 by saying the accuser had reached out to Wood first the previous year. In a new legal declaration, the actress provided screenshots of Instagram comments dating back to 2019, along with reported text messages, DMs, and voicemails from the last three years she says proves Smithline lied in a recent legal filing on behalf of the rocker.
In Monday’s filing, obtained by Rolling Stone, Wood denied ever...
In Monday’s filing, obtained by Rolling Stone, Wood denied ever...
- 2/28/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
One of Marilyn Manson’s accusers has come forward, claiming that her previous claims of sexual abuse were made up.
Ashley Morgan Smithline, who appeared on the cover of People magazine back in May 2021 alongside the headline “I survived a monster,” at the time claimed she was horribly abused by Manson. In the cover story, she alleged that, while she was sleeping, the musician had tied her up and raped her, drank her blood and carved his initials into her thigh.
“I was brainwashed, and it makes me feel disgusting,” she said in the story, which also displayed a photo of her scar.
However, Smithline has now renounced her allegations in a three-page declaration that was filed in court on Thursday.
She stated that the former claims regarding Manson, 54, “contained untrue statements…including that there was violence and non-consensual sexual activity in our brief relationship.”
She added that throughout their...
Ashley Morgan Smithline, who appeared on the cover of People magazine back in May 2021 alongside the headline “I survived a monster,” at the time claimed she was horribly abused by Manson. In the cover story, she alleged that, while she was sleeping, the musician had tied her up and raped her, drank her blood and carved his initials into her thigh.
“I was brainwashed, and it makes me feel disgusting,” she said in the story, which also displayed a photo of her scar.
However, Smithline has now renounced her allegations in a three-page declaration that was filed in court on Thursday.
She stated that the former claims regarding Manson, 54, “contained untrue statements…including that there was violence and non-consensual sexual activity in our brief relationship.”
She added that throughout their...
- 2/26/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Los Angeles, Feb 25 (Ians) Ashley Morgan Smithline, who earlier said that she had suffered horrific abuse at the hands of Marilyn Manson, stating that Manson had tied her up and raped her while she slept, drank her blood and carved his initials into her thigh, has backtracked on her statements.
“I was brainwashed, and it makes me feel disgusting,” she said, alongside a photo in which she displayed the scar. But in a three-page declaration filed in court on Thursday, Smithline recanted her allegations, reports Variety.
She said that the claims, which she first posted to her Instagram account in February 2021, “contained untrue statements” about Manson, “including that there was violence and non-consensual sexual activity in our brief relationship.”
As per Variety, she also stated that there was “no branding or cutting” during the relationship, “and certainly no ‘Marilyn Manson’ initials carved on my body.”
Smithline also alleged that she...
“I was brainwashed, and it makes me feel disgusting,” she said, alongside a photo in which she displayed the scar. But in a three-page declaration filed in court on Thursday, Smithline recanted her allegations, reports Variety.
She said that the claims, which she first posted to her Instagram account in February 2021, “contained untrue statements” about Manson, “including that there was violence and non-consensual sexual activity in our brief relationship.”
As per Variety, she also stated that there was “no branding or cutting” during the relationship, “and certainly no ‘Marilyn Manson’ initials carved on my body.”
Smithline also alleged that she...
- 2/25/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Marilyn Manson accuser Ashley Morgan Smithline has recanted her sexual abuse allegations against the musician.
In a Los Angeles Superior Court filing, Smithline states she was “manipulated” by actress and ex-Manson fiancée Evan Rachel Wood and others to accuse Manson of sexual and physical abuse. “I succumbed to pressure from Evan Rachel Wood and her associates to make accusations of rape and assault against [Manson] that were not true,” she says in the Feb. 19 declaration that has been obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.
The statement, part of a lawsuit from Manson against Wood and Illma Gore, comes a month after a separate lawsuit against Manson from Smithline was dismissed. Smithline tells the court that she had a “brief, consensual sexual relationship with Brian Warner,” who is also known as Marilyn Manson, in Nov. 2010.
But ten years later, Smithline said she was contacted to take part in a group of women alleging...
In a Los Angeles Superior Court filing, Smithline states she was “manipulated” by actress and ex-Manson fiancée Evan Rachel Wood and others to accuse Manson of sexual and physical abuse. “I succumbed to pressure from Evan Rachel Wood and her associates to make accusations of rape and assault against [Manson] that were not true,” she says in the Feb. 19 declaration that has been obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.
The statement, part of a lawsuit from Manson against Wood and Illma Gore, comes a month after a separate lawsuit against Manson from Smithline was dismissed. Smithline tells the court that she had a “brief, consensual sexual relationship with Brian Warner,” who is also known as Marilyn Manson, in Nov. 2010.
But ten years later, Smithline said she was contacted to take part in a group of women alleging...
- 2/24/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In a defamation case against actress Evan Rachel Wood and artist Illma Gore, Marilyn Manson‘s lawyers have filed a statement from accuser Ashley Morgan Smithline that recants her previous sexual abuse allegations against the rock musician as evidence.
The model claimed she was “manipulated” into accusing Manson of mental, physical and sexual abuse.
Smithline said Wood, Gore and others pressured her into making the accusations, which she now claims are “false.”
Although various media outlets verified her earlier story with multiple sources, Smithline said she was “pressured” by her attorney Jay Ellwanger to speak out.
In the statement, Smithline said she was “gaslit” by Wood, Ashely Walters, Manson’s former assistant who sued him for sexual assault, Game of Thrones actress Esmé Bianco and others into believing that Manson had abused her.
A spokesperson for Wood refuted the claims, saying, “Evan never pressured or manipulated Ashley. It was Ashley...
The model claimed she was “manipulated” into accusing Manson of mental, physical and sexual abuse.
Smithline said Wood, Gore and others pressured her into making the accusations, which she now claims are “false.”
Although various media outlets verified her earlier story with multiple sources, Smithline said she was “pressured” by her attorney Jay Ellwanger to speak out.
In the statement, Smithline said she was “gaslit” by Wood, Ashely Walters, Manson’s former assistant who sued him for sexual assault, Game of Thrones actress Esmé Bianco and others into believing that Manson had abused her.
A spokesperson for Wood refuted the claims, saying, “Evan never pressured or manipulated Ashley. It was Ashley...
- 2/24/2023
- by Alex Nguyen
- Uinterview
Ashley Morgan Smithline, who previously sued Marilyn Manson for sexual assault, recanted her previous allegations and now claims that actress Evan Rachel Wood and others “manipulated” her into speaking out against the singer. The about-face comes in a declaration submitted by Manson’s lawyer, Howard King, in a suit the musician, whose real name is Brian Warner, filed against Wood and Wood’s friend, Illma Gore. “I succumbed to pressure from Evan Rachel Wood and her associates to make accusations of rape and assault against Mr. Warner that were not true,...
- 2/23/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Marilyn Manson is facing another lawsuit for sex crimes, this time from a woman who says she was groomed and sexually assaulted when she was underage in the 1990s.
Manson allegedly targeted the Jane Doe plaintiff when she was 16 using his celebrity to “groom, manipulate and exploit” her, resulting in multiple sexual assaults over the course of their relationship, according to a complaint filed Monday in New York state court. She argues Manson’s record label Nothing Records, an arm of Interscope, failed to protect her by neglecting to carry safeguards to prevent its artists from committing sex crimes.
The suit is one of multiple after a recently passed New York law temporarily suspended the statute of limitations on sexual assault claims, giving adult victims of sexual abuse a one-year window to sue regardless of when the alleged crimes occurred. Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, joins Bill Cosby,...
Manson allegedly targeted the Jane Doe plaintiff when she was 16 using his celebrity to “groom, manipulate and exploit” her, resulting in multiple sexual assaults over the course of their relationship, according to a complaint filed Monday in New York state court. She argues Manson’s record label Nothing Records, an arm of Interscope, failed to protect her by neglecting to carry safeguards to prevent its artists from committing sex crimes.
The suit is one of multiple after a recently passed New York law temporarily suspended the statute of limitations on sexual assault claims, giving adult victims of sexual abuse a one-year window to sue regardless of when the alleged crimes occurred. Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, joins Bill Cosby,...
- 1/30/2023
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Marilyn Manson has settled a lawsuit brought by Esmé Bianco, a Game of Thrones actress who accused him of sexual, physical and psychological abuse in a series of violent incidents over the course of their relationship.
The two sides reached a deal “in principle to resolve” the suit, according to a court document filed on Tuesday. Details weren’t disclosed.
Manson, who’s been dropped by his record label, Loma Vista, and Creative Artists Agency, still faces a suit from ex-girlfriend Ashley Morgan Smithline accusing him of rape, domestic abuse and assault. He’s denied all of the allegations from her and several other women, including ex-fiancée Evan Rachel Wood, who’ve claimed that he raped them. In March, Manson sued Wood for defamation over the allegations.
In a statement, Jay Ellwanger, a lawyer for Bianco, said that his client settled her suit “in order to move on with her life and career.
The two sides reached a deal “in principle to resolve” the suit, according to a court document filed on Tuesday. Details weren’t disclosed.
Manson, who’s been dropped by his record label, Loma Vista, and Creative Artists Agency, still faces a suit from ex-girlfriend Ashley Morgan Smithline accusing him of rape, domestic abuse and assault. He’s denied all of the allegations from her and several other women, including ex-fiancée Evan Rachel Wood, who’ve claimed that he raped them. In March, Manson sued Wood for defamation over the allegations.
In a statement, Jay Ellwanger, a lawyer for Bianco, said that his client settled her suit “in order to move on with her life and career.
- 1/25/2023
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Actress Esmé Bianco and Marilyn Manson have reached an out-of-court settlement for the sexual assault lawsuit she filed against him and his business, Marilyn Manson Records, Inc., in 2021. The actress, who appeared on Game of Thrones, alleged the singer, whose real name is Brian Warner, had raped and battered her sexually; she also claimed he had violated California human trafficking laws. The terms of the agreement are unknown.
“Ms. Bianco has agreed to resolve her claims against Brian Warner and Marilyn Manson Records, Inc. in order to move on with her life and career,...
“Ms. Bianco has agreed to resolve her claims against Brian Warner and Marilyn Manson Records, Inc. in order to move on with her life and career,...
- 1/25/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
One of the three remaining sex abuse lawsuits filed against shock rocker Marilyn Manson was dismissed by a federal judge in Los Angeles Tuesday after the plaintiff, Ashley Morgan Smithline, missed a key deadline.
The court previously granted Smithline’s prior lawyer permission to withdraw from the case on Oct. 5. It then gave Smithline two months to keep the case alive by either hiring new representation or filing a status report stating she was ready to represent herself. She never responded.
Smithline originally sued Manson, born Brian Warner, in June...
The court previously granted Smithline’s prior lawyer permission to withdraw from the case on Oct. 5. It then gave Smithline two months to keep the case alive by either hiring new representation or filing a status report stating she was ready to represent herself. She never responded.
Smithline originally sued Manson, born Brian Warner, in June...
- 1/4/2023
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
Esmé Bianco, Marilyn Manson’s ex-girlfriend who is suing the singer for sexual assault and human trafficking, among other charges, has expanded her allegations against the singer, claiming that he interfered with her involvement in a planned tour video for Deftones.
According to a motion filed Wednesday in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Bianco participated in a video shoot “to be used as part of the stage set for the band’s current tour.” The trek kicked off this month and is scheduled to go through July.
According to a motion filed Wednesday in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Bianco participated in a video shoot “to be used as part of the stage set for the band’s current tour.” The trek kicked off this month and is scheduled to go through July.
- 4/27/2022
- by Jason Newman
- Rollingstone.com
In an amended lawsuit filed Friday, lawyers for former Marilyn Manson assistant Ashley Walters stated that she repressed the memories of much of the sexual abuse and battery she claimed she endured during her time with the shock rocker, only confronting what occurred following therapy sessions in the fall of 2020.
Walters first sued the singer born Brian Warner in May 2021; Manson’s lawyers attempted to have the lawsuit thrown out in January 2022 on the basis of statute of limitations, but the judge overseeing the case declined to rule on that motion until a later date.
Walters first sued the singer born Brian Warner in May 2021; Manson’s lawyers attempted to have the lawsuit thrown out in January 2022 on the basis of statute of limitations, but the judge overseeing the case declined to rule on that motion until a later date.
- 3/12/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Evan Rachel Wood makes sense of her relationship with Marilyn Manson, whom she calls by his real name, Brian Warner, in the new trailer for the documentary, Phoenix Rising.
The picture is a chronicle of the ways Wood alleges Warner abused her sexually and controlled her; it also follows her as she advocates for the Phoenix Act, a 2019 law that extended the statute of limitations for sexual abuse survivors in California. The two-part documentary will be available to stream in full on HBO Max March 15.
The Phoenix Rising trailer opens...
The picture is a chronicle of the ways Wood alleges Warner abused her sexually and controlled her; it also follows her as she advocates for the Phoenix Act, a 2019 law that extended the statute of limitations for sexual abuse survivors in California. The two-part documentary will be available to stream in full on HBO Max March 15.
The Phoenix Rising trailer opens...
- 2/22/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
A fourth woman is suing Brian Hugh Warner, known by his stage name as Marilyn Manson, for sexual abuse. On June 29, Ashley Morgan Smithline filed a complaint against Manson, accusing him of being a sex trafficker and sexually abusive. Smithline said in court documents that Manson contacted her in 2010 when she was working as a […]
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- 7/4/2021
- by Alexandra Llorca
- Uinterview
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