In early 2021, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division introduced that it was investigating claims of home violence and sexual assault towards Marilyn Manson. The case was submitted to the Los Angeles County district lawyer’s workplace for evaluation the next 12 months. Now, Los Angeles’ district lawyer, Nathan J. Hochman, has introduced that Manson won’t face felony expenses.
“We’ve decided that allegations of home violence fall outdoors of the statute of limitations, and we can not show expenses of sexual assault past an affordable doubt,” Hochman mentioned in a press launch. “We acknowledge and applaud the braveness and resilience of the ladies who got here ahead to make studies and share their experiences, and we thank them for his or her cooperation and persistence with the investigation. Whereas we’re unable to deliver expenses on this matter, we acknowledge that the sturdy advocacy of the ladies concerned has helped deliver larger consciousness to the challenges confronted by survivors of home abuse and sexual assault.”
In an announcement shared with Pitchfork, Manson’s lawyer, Howard E. King, mentioned that he and his consumer are “happy” with the result of the investigation.
Investigators started trying into claims of abuse towards Manson after the musician’s former accomplice Evan Rachel Wooden mentioned that Manson abused her throughout their relationship. The investigation, in flip, centered on incidents that occurred between 2009 and 2011 when Manson lived in West Hollywood.
Late final 12 months, George Gascón, the now-former district lawyer of Los Angeles County, offered an replace on the years-old case, saying that prosecutors had been “fastidiously reviewing new leads and extra proof.”
In response to Gascón, Esmé Bianco—the Sport of Thrones actress who sued Manson for sexual assault and battery and later settled the case—criticized how lengthy the method was taking. And, in an announcement right this moment, she expressed her disappointment within the district lawyer’s workplace’s resolution to not file felony expenses towards Manson.
“As soon as once more, our justice system has failed survivors,” Bianco wrote. “Not the person prosecutors and detectives who labored for years on this case, however the system that made them accomplish that with one hand tied behind their collective backs.”
