A sexual abuse lawsuit against Marilyn Manson has been dismissed in US court for lack of legal representation. The decision was made after Ashley Morgan Smithline failed to comply with a court order in due time.
He lost his lawyer in early October and had a December 5 deadline to replace him, which he did not. “The court, therefore, extinguishes this action without prejudice, for the plaintiff’s failure to pursue the action,” reads the text of the court’s decision.
The model and Manson’s ex-girlfriend accused the singer of sexual abuse, rape, assault, death threats and physical and psychological torture, adding that he cut her shoulder, inner arm and stomach with a knife, leaving scars . In an interview with People magazine last year, she said she wanted the artist to be “in charge once and for all.”
Despite this filing, Manson still faces two sexual assault lawsuits: from actress Esmé Bianco (“Game of Thrones”), who accuses Manson of rape and attempting to kill her, and an anonymous victim, who claims to be was brutally raped by the singer. residency in 2011.
A fourth lawsuit filed in May 2021 by Manson’s former assistant Ashley Walters was dismissed for exceeding the statute of limitations, but she has filed an appeal in court. In her complaint, Walters said Manson subjected her to more than a year of “sexual exploitation, manipulation and psychological abuse” after luring her with promises of professional cooperation.
Marilyn Manson, whose real name is Brian Hugh Warner, has also filed a defamation lawsuit, accusing his ex-girlfriend Evan Rachel Wood (the “Westworld” actress) of fabricating charges against him and, according to the suit, “recruit , coordinate and pressure women associated with Warner to make false allegations of abuse against him.”
First to denounce Manson on her social media, Wood said she already expects trial when she spoke publicly about the abuse and said she was “not afraid” to face it in court. “This is what pretty much every survivor who tries to expose someone in a position of power suffers from, and it’s part of the retaliation that keeps survivors quiet. That’s why people don’t want to come forward. That was to be expected,” he ha said during an appearance on the American television program “The View”. “I’m very confident that I have the truth on my side and that the truth will come out.”
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