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Rocker Marilyn Manson won’t face sexual abuse charges despite allegations by more than a dozen women including actors Evan Rachel Wood and Esmé Bianco. Newly elected Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Friday, “We have determined that allegations of domestic violence fall outside of the statute of limitations, and we cannot prove charges of sexual assault beyond a reasonable doubt.”

Evan Rachel Wood has used a Channel 4 documentary series to reveal details about her experience of feeling “violated” and “essentially raped” by Marilyn Manson during the shooting of one of his music videos.

he sexually and physically abused her during their relationship and encouraged other women to fabricate their own allegations.“After four years of fighting a battle where he was able to tell the truth, Brian is pleased to dismiss his still-pending claims and appeal in order to close the door on this chapter of his life,” Manson attorney Howard King said in a statement.Manson had been appealing the judge’s decision but his attorneys reached out to Wood’s seeking a settlement in the spring. Wood’s attorneys said Tuesday that she rejected requests that the terms be kept confidential.Manson “filed a lawsuit against Ms.

Marilyn Manson is no longer suing ex Evan Rachel Wood.

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine must reportedly pay his former manager over $1million in a new legal settlement.In court documents seen by Rolling Stone, Mustaine is set to pay Cory Brennan over $1.4million (£1.1million). This comes as Brennan’s company 5B Artist Management alleged that Mustaine “unexpectedly and unceremoniously terminated [5B], stating no reason for the termination.” Up until their termination, 5B had managed the legendary thrash metal band since 2014, and currently manages Slipknot, Lamb of God, and other metal heavyweights.In the complaint, 5B suggested that Mustaine wished for his son to manage him, further claiming that the singer, songwriter and guitarist did not pay them for several commissions on over 40 tour dates and merchandise.

Marilyn Manson subjected her to “horrific” abuse as a minor in the ’90s has spoken publicly for the first time.Bianca Allaine Kyne released a statement yesterday (July 15) saying she felt “empowered” to step forward with her full identity.“No longer a nameless victim, I stand before you as Bianca Allaine Kyne, a survivor. Today, I reclaim my voice, a voice stolen for far too long,” she said in a new statement released by her lawyer, Jeff Anderson to Rolling Stone.Kyne claims Manson, whose legal name is Brian Warner, subjected her to “horrific” abuse in New Orleans in 1995, when she was 16-years-old, then again in 1999 on Long Island and in upstate New York.She added: “Warner exploited his power and twisted influence to coerce me into his dark desires. The young girl he groomed in Louisiana became a victim of his perversion in New York.”Kyne continued: “For years, I lived under his shadow, paralysed by fear.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Sheryl Crow recently spoke to the BBC and slammed artificial intelligence being used in the music space to bring back the vocals of dead artists. She specifically called out Drake for using AI to recreate the voice of late rapper Tupac on his Kendrick Lamar diss track “Taylor Made Freestyle” in April. The song was ultimately pulled after Tupac’s estate threatened to sue Drake.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer After Tupac Shakur’s estate threatened to sue him for using the late rapper’s AI vocals on his song “Taylor Made Freestyle,” Drake has removed the track from his social media profiles. Drake initially posted the song, a diss track towards Kendrick Lamar, on April 19, featuring computer-generated verses from the late Shakur and Snoop Dogg.

Big update on Marilyn Manson’s legal troubles… As we’ve previously reported, the 54-year-old

Marilyn Manson has settled a lawsuit that was set to go to trial next week, in which an anonymous woman alleged that he sexually assaulted her in 2011, when she was underage, and then threatened to murder her family if she told anyone.

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Tuesday dismissed portions of a defamation lawsuit filed last year by musician Marilyn Manson against his former fiancee, Evan Rachel Wood. The "Westworld" actress accused Manson of "grooming" her when she was a teenager in an Instagram post shared in February 2021.The former couple began dating in 2007 when Wood was 19 and Manson was 39.

LEGALA judge has dismissed the majority of Marilyn Manson’s defamation claims against actor Evan Rachel Wood under California’s so-called anti-SLAPP free speech laws. Wood’s attorney, Michael Kump said that Manson had “failed to show that his claims against her have even minimal merit”.

Evan Rachel Wood has hit back at claims by Ashley Morgan Smithline that she “manipulated” her into making allegations of sexual assault against Marilyn Manson.This is the latest development in Manson’s defamation lawsuit against his former partner Wood. He sued her and her girlfriend Illma Gore a year ago, ahead of the premiere of a documentary in which Wood made her own claims of abuse against Manson.Smithline recanted claims she had previously made against Manson in a sworn statement presented by his lawyers to the New York court over seeing the defamation case last week.

A woman who accused Marilyn Manson of sexual abuse has recanted her allegation, claiming she was manipulated into lying by his ex Evan Rachel Wood. Ashley Morgan Smithline was one of several women who had accused Manson - whose real name is Brian Warner - of sexual abuse over the past two years. However, she has now recanted her allegation.

A video that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) posted to her Twitter feed, in which she celebrated the election of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House and her bonds with the new chamber leader, was pulled from the platform after a copyright complaint from Dr. Dre.

Kanye West is being sued by a production company for unfulfilled promises of payment which have totaled over $7million.The 45-year-old artist is at the center of a lawsuit by Phantom Labs who worked on multiple massive projects with the hitmaker from June 2021 to March 2022 according to a TMZ report on Thursday.The production company had worked on four weeks of his Sunday Service, a listening event for Donda 2, the Free Larry Hoover concert in LA with Drake, and even his 2022 Coachella performance which was cancelled according to the publication.Scroll down for video Pay back? Kanye West (seen in December 2021) is being sued by a production company for unfulfilled promises of payment which have totaled over $7million according to TMZ on ThursdayPhantom Labs attorney Howard King said that the All Of The lights rapper and his team were fine with making payments at first but then they began to pile up as the production company claims they were owed over $6million by February. The legal documents also say that Ye had allegedly promised to settle his debt with Phantom Labs using the money he was supposed to make from his headlining gig at 2022 Coachella which was reportedly $9million.However the artist pulled out just weeks before the gig and Phantom Labs claimed that it soon became clear that he wasn't going to pay.

Evan Rachel Wood has insisted she is "steady as a rock" as she faces a defamation lawsuit against her alleged abuser Marilyn Manson. The Westworld actress appeared on The View on Monday to promote her new documentary, Phoenix Rising, in which she details her abuse allegations against her former fiancé Manson, real name Brian Warner. During the interview, Wood was asked about the defamation lawsuit Manson filed against her earlier this month and she admitted the legal action was expected.

Marilyn Manson filed a lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood over allegations of abuse she leveled against the shock rocker in February 2021.

Dr Dre has confirmed he still owns 100 per cent of his rights to ‘The Chronic’, despite Snoop Dogg’s recent acquisition of ‘Death Row Records’.It was announced last month that Snoop is now the official owner of Death Row Records, the iconic record label where he started his career 30 years ago.At the time of the acquisition, the full terms of the deal had not been disclosed, but there were reports that classic albums like Dre’s ‘The Chronic’ and 2Pac ‘All Eyes On Me’ were not included in Snoop’s deal.However, comments Snoop made in a recent interview suggested that he was in fact in possession of ‘The Chronic’ and some 2Pac albums as part of the deal.Snoop said in the interview with Tidal, “As far as 2Pac’s masters, 2Pac’s masters came back to him last year. But I got a great relationship with his estate, and I’m pretty sure we’re going to be able to work something out…to continue some Death Row 2Pac business now that Snoop Dogg is in control of Death Row.”He added: “Same with Dr. Dre and ‘The Chronic’.

Marilyn Manson has filed a lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood, accusing his former partner of defamation. The legal action comes ahead of the TV premiere of new documentary ‘Phoenix Rising’ on HBO, in which Wood makes various allegations of sexual abuse against the musician.In the lawsuit, Manson – real name Brian Warner – accuses Wood and her “on-again, off-again” partner Ashley Gore of framing him as “a rapist and abuser – a malicious falsehood that has derailed Warner’s successful music, TV and film career”.He also accuses Wood and Gore of “falsifying and spreading” allegations against him, as well as “forging and distributing a fictitious letter from the [FBI], to create the false appearance” that he was under federal investigation.

Marilyn Manson has filed a lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood over allegations of abuse she leveled against the shock rocker in February 2021.According to lawsuit filed on behalf of Manson — whose real name is Brian Warner — by his attorney, Howard King, the singer alleges that Wood and her romantic partner, Illma Gore, engaged in a «conspiracy» meant to «publicly cast Plaintiff Brian Warner, p/k/a Marilyn Manson, as a rapist and abuser.»The lawsuit claims the allegations leveled against Manson by Wood are «a malicious falsehood that has derailed Warner’s successful music, TV, and film career.»The suit also makes specific claims regarding the supposed conspiracy, and alleges that Wood and Gore «impersonated an actual agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation by forging and distributing a fictitious letter from the agent, to create the false appearance that Warner’s alleged “victims” and their families were in danger, and that there was a federal criminal investigation of Warner ongoing.»The lawsuit further claims that this was done as part of an effort to convince other women of coming forward with false allegations against the musician.«For at least the last two years, Gore and Wood have secretly recruited, coordinated, and pressured prospective accusers to emerge simultaneously with allegations of rape and abuse against Warner, and brazenly claim that it took ten or more years to 'realize' their consensual relationships with Warner were supposedly abusive,» the lawsuit claims.The suit further alleges that the pair «provided checklists and scripts to prospective accusers» and claims that Gore «hacked Warner’s computers, phones, email accounts, and/or social media accounts; created a fictitious email account to