Marilyn Manson looked unrecognisable as he was seen on a rare outing with his wife amid sexual abuse lawsuits from three different women.
53-year old Manson, real name Brian Hugh Warner, wore an all black coat, T-shirt, baggy pants, and leather boots on his outing. He was seen with his 37-year old wife, Lindsay Usich, on Wednesday evening while out in Hollywood.
Manson is currently facing lawsuits from three women, Game of Thrones actress Esmé Bianco, model Ashley Morgan Smithine, and a Jane Doe. The lawsuit takes place, while Manson is currently suing ex Evan Rachel Wood for defamation.
However, another lawsuit against him from his former assistant was dismissed by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge back in May. Statute of limitations was the reason the court dismissed the case, which occurred in 2010 and 2011.
The judge then dismissed the case with prejudice which prohibited plantiff Ashley Walters, 37, from refiling the lawsuit.
Walters was gearing up for court, after stating accusations that she suffered ‘horrific’ abuse at Manson’s hands.
Walters had alleged Manson sexually, physically, and psychologically abused her during her employment, but the singer is claiming the only thing that will save her is her creative writing skills.
Manson claimed Walter’s case is in violation of the two-year statute of limitations, as the alleged abuse occurred between 2010 and 2011.
However, Walters claimed her case is within its timeframe as it falls within the delayed discovery rule that allows plaintiffs, in some cases, to start their time limit after comprehending their loss and injury.
Walters claimed Manson forced her to stand for 12 hours and take pictures of him and made her take cocaine to stay awake; whipped her and others, telling them they could ‘take it;’ and threw hatchets when he was angry. She also said she watched him throw a prop skull at Woods so hard it left a welt.
“We believe our amended complaint specifically addresses the court’s concerns and establishes that Ms. Walters suffered such severe harm while working for Mr. Warner that she repressed the vast majority of abuse she was subjected to, and that the nature of the abuse should strip Warner of any statute of limitations defense. Regardless of the outcome, we will continue to work to expose Mr. Warner for exactly who he is, a narcissistic predator and pathological violator,” her lawyer James Vagnini said.
“Plaintiff contradictorily claims that throughout her employment she was cognizant of a need to hide from her employer, while simultaneously arguing that she did not know that her employer was committing arguably actionable acts towards her,” Manson claimed in new court documents.
Walter’s said she was so traumatized that she repressed the memories until she met with Manson’s former girlfriends in October 2020. Evan Rachel wood and Esmé Bianco all discussed their traumas with her.
Walters said she fully understood her abuse after entering therapy following the meeting, learning that Manson’s alleged behavior caused her to ‘near-immediately repress’ the memories.
She originally claimed the abuse started in 2010 at a photo shoot after he contacted her over MySpace and said he liked her photography.
Manson supposedly pinned her to a bed, bit her ear, and forced her hand down his underwear. Walter’s claims she moved away from him and left the shoot feeling confused and fearful.
Afterward, she claimed Manson bombarded her with messages and offered her extra pay to stay. Throughout the next year, he allegedly threw dishes at her, threatened suicide and pushed her into a wall during drunken rages.
He also allegedly sent her a photo of Bianco’s back showing whipping wounds with the subject line, “See what happens?”
Manson also reportedly took Walters to an awards show in 2010, where he supposedly pushed her onto the lap of an actor and said he could ‘have her’.
“The actor proceeded to kiss Walters and keep her on his lap,” the lawsuit said.
Manson also introduced Walters to a film director who sexually assaulted her. “It just made me feel like a piece of meat,” Walters said.
Manson has denied assault. He is being investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for domestic violence.
Evan Woods, appearing on The View in March of this year, said she was not scared over the recent defamation lawsuit Marilyn filed against her.
“I can’t, obviously, speak about any of the specific allegations of the lawsuit, but I am not scared,” she said.
In the documentary, she claims the musician sexually assaulted and emotionally abused her during the time they were in a relationship from 2006 until 2010.
In the suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court earlier this month, Manson said in court docs that the actress and artist Illma Gore had engaged in a ‘conspiracy’ to smear him as ‘a rapist and abuser’ in an effort to sabotage his ‘successful music, TV, and film career.’
Woods said Manson’s tactics are part of the systemic issues when people in power look to silence accusers.
“I am sad, because this is how it works, this is what pretty much every survivor that tries to expose someone in a position of power goes through, and this is part of the retaliation that keeps survivors quiet,” said Woods. “This is why people don’t want to come forward, because this is… this was expected.”
“I am very confident that I have the truth on my side and that the truth will come out, and that this is clearly timed before the documentary…this is the reason,” Wood said. “So yes, again, I’m not doing this to clear my name, I’m doing this to protect people. I’m doing this to sound the alarm that there’s a dangerous person out there and I don’t want anybody getting near him.”
So far, Manson has been accused by at least 15 women of sexual assault, and has denied all claims.
