According to Billboard, the lawsuit filed against Marilyn Manson by his former assistant Ashley Walters has been revived in court. The complaint, which was previously dismissed, was initially filed following accusations of sexual assault, sexual battery, sexual harassment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and more.
At the time of the dismissal, a judge cited the statute of limitations, saying that Walters “pleaded too few facts and too late to keep this case in court.” However, an appeals court has since ruled that the case can move forward on the grounds of delayed discovery. The court said the following:
“Until she received diagnosis and treatment, Walters [says she] was unable to remember the repressed events, and once she did recall them, she was unable to immediately identify these events as abuse. These allegations of suppressed memories and psychological blocking are sufficient to withstand [dismissal].”
The following was also added:
“The complaint described the support group Walters joined in October 2020 and recounted the stories shared by the other abused women that ‘began to unlock new memories [Walters] repressed long ago as a result of her psychological trauma by being manipulated and threatened by Warner during and after her employment.’ The complaint also described how Walters began therapy in November 2020 and was diagnosed the following month with complex posttraumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder.”
The case is now set to return to a trial court. Further litigation will occur before working towards an eventual trial.
As previously reported, Manson has been facing allegations from a number of women who came forward after being inspired by Evan Rachel Wood, who claimed that the shock rocker “horrifically abused [her] for years.” Among those who shared their stories were Ashley Morgan Smithline, who accused him of sexual assault before recanting her statements, Esmé Bianco, who settled a lawsuit in which she accused him of abuse and human trafficking, Bianca Allaine, who described him as the “most terrifying person [she has] ever met in [her] life,” one unidentified woman, who recently settled a rape and death threat lawsuit, and another unidentified woman, who filed a lawsuit after claiming he sexually assaulted her when she was 16.
For his part, Manson has continued to deny the allegations, while also lamenting the impact they have had on his career. He also filed a lawsuit against Wood for defamation.
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