A choose in Los Angeles has reinstated a lawsuit towards shock rocker Marilyn Manson underneath a brand new legislation enabling previous sexual assault instances to be heard in courtroom.
The lawsuit, filed in May 2021 by a former assistant to the musician, had been dismissed in December as a result of it exceeded the statute of limitations, a most time interval for initiating authorized proceedings after the associated occasions came about.
But plaintiff Ashley Walters requested the courtroom to rethink her case in January, when a brand new legislation mandated a two-year window for the consideration of sexual assault instances that had already expired underneath the statute.
The lawsuit was accepted by the identical Los Angeles Superior Court choose who had dismissed it the month earlier than. “I looked at this closely,” Judge Steve Cochran mentioned at a listening to on Monday, in keeping with media studies. “I do think the statute revives the claim.”
Walters alleges that the rocker sexually assaulted her when she labored for his Manson Records between 2010-2011.
She additionally claims that Manson, whose actual identify is Brian Hugh Warner, boasted about raping girls and even confirmed her a video during which he was abusing a minor woman.
Manson’s lawyer Howard King mentioned the lawsuit would fail.
“While Ms. Walters made several now-irrelevant claims about so-called workplace harassment, she has no pending claims for sexual assault as defined in the penal code, as would be required under the new law, nor is she permitted under the ruling to add new claims,” King mentioned in an announcement despatched to AFP on Tuesday.
“The undeniable fact is that Mr. Warner never committed any sexual assault,” he added.
Several girls have accused Manson, 57, of sexual abuse and assault over time, together with actresses Esme Bianco (“Game of Thrones”) and his former companion Evan Rachel Wood.
One of these instances, alleging sexual assault and home violence, was dismissed in January 2025, once more as a result of it fell outdoors of the statute of limitations.
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