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Marilyn Manson Won’t Face Criminal Charges Tied to Abuse Allegations

Prosecutors in Los Angeles have declined to bring criminal charges against Marilyn Manson tied to the abuse allegations leveled against him.

District Attorney Nathan Hochman said that after a four-year investigation, prosecutors had determined that the domestic abuse allegations against Manson (real name Brian Warner) fell outside the statute of limitations, and that the sexual assault charges could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. As detailed in a 2021 Rolling Stone exposé, Warner has faced numerous allegations of sexual assault and violence over the years, including claims brought by actresses Evan Rachel Wood and Esmé Bianco, as well as model Ashley Morgan. She continued: “Within our toxic culture of victim blaming; a lack of understanding of coercive control, the complex nature of sexual assault within intimate partnerships, and statutes of limitations that do not support the realities of healing; prosecutions face an oftentimes insurmountable hurdle.

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