Marilyn Manson sexual assault lawsuit filed by former assistant revived

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Marilyn Manson‘s former assistant has been revived following a ruling by an appeals court.It comes after the case was originally dismissed last year when a judge ruled that Ashley Walters had waited too long to bring her case, ruling that such cases needed to be filed within two years of the alleged crimes.Walters’ initial suit against the vocalist, whose real name is Brian Warner, alleged sexual assault, sexual battery, sexual harassment, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, among other claims during the time she worked for him from 2010 to 2011.

She had initially named Warner’s label, Marilyn Manson Records, Inc., as a co-defendant.Yesterday (December 13), a California’s Second Appellate District said Walters’ case was fair game under the so-called delayed discovery rule, as she claims the trauma of the incidents caused her to suppress the memories until 2020.“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,” according to the court [via Billboard]. “These allegations of suppressed memories and psychological blocking are sufficient to withstand [dismissal].”Walters’s lawyer, James Vagnini, also told Rolling Stone: “This is a great victory for all survivors as it provides a clear path for issues of repressed memories and delayed discovery in these types of cases.

I think the court is very firm in articulating a very clear decision as to why survivors have repressed memories and why that should be relevant when they come forward later in life to bring those claims.”Manson previously denied all allegations levelled at him by Walters, claiming that she and other.