The Los Angeles prosecutor announced this Friday that the proceedings against rocker Marilyn Manson was going to be abandoned. The artist is accused of sexual assault by several women including his ex-fiancée.
The Los Angeles prosecutor announced this Friday, January 24, the abandonment of prosecution against Rock singer Marilyn Manson, accused of sexual assault and violence by several women in recent years.
After a four -year investigation, the prosecution “determined that the charges of domestic violence are prescribed”. “We cannot prove the accusations of sexual assault beyond any reasonable doubt,” said Nathan Hochman in a statement.
In recent years, several women, including the singer’s ex-fiancée, Evan Rachel Wood, and the actress of “Game of Thrones” Esmé Bianco, have publicly accused Marlyn Manson of rapes or sexual assault.
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The singer, his real name Brian Warner, has always denied. Los Angeles police had opened an investigation against Rockstar, relating to acts committed between 2009 and 2011.
56 years old, Marilyn Manson plays her public character with a disturbing image, of Gothic, made up, carrying two different lenses, with jet hair. Her stage name is inspired by actress Marilyn Monroe and the Guru Charles Manson, who provoked the murder of actress Sharon Tate, among other things.
-Actress Evan Rachel Wood explained that she was raped in 2017, at the beginning of the #MeToo movement. She had testified on this subject before the American Congress in 2018, before publicly accusing Marilyn Manson in 2020 on social networks.
She never formally filed a complaint against him but Marilyn Manson filed a complaint against her for defamation, a procedure to which he finally renounced last November. He also concluded a financial agreement with Evan Rachel Wood in January 2023 to remove her complaint.
“Although we are not able to initiate prosecution in this case, we recognize that the vigorous advocacy of women involved has contributed to better aware of the difficulties faced by the survivors of domestic abuses and sexual assaults” , underlined the prosecutor Hochman on Friday, welcoming their “courage” and their “resilience”.
Marilyn Manson is currently doing a world tour. A few hours before the prosecution press release, the singer of “Shock Rock” announced on Instagram that it was going to include dates in the United States.
