On December 16th 2025, it was announced that the case of Ashley Walters (ex-assistant) brought against her former employer Marilyn Manson (Brian Warner) through her second amended complaint on March 11th 2022, has been dismissed without prejudice. This is because on September 19th 2025, Marilyn Manson and Marilyn Manson Records, Inc. filed a Motion for Summary Judgment, and this Motion was granted on December 16th. Hence the jury trial which was scheduled for the 26th of January will no longer take place. According to court documents, the Motion for Summary Judgment was granted for three reasons: 1. “There is no triable issue of material fact.” The court is saying: Even if we look at the evidence most favorably to the plaintiff, there is nothing a jury needs to decide because the key facts are either undisputed or legally irrelevant. Meaning: The dispute is purely legal, not factual — and the law favors the defendants. 2. “Plaintiff’s claims are time barred.” The court is saying:...
- Los Angeles District Attorney Gives Unexpected Update On the Marilyn Manson Case On September 12th I received a direct video response to a question I submitted on Evan Rachel Wood's birthday (September 7th - per her request through her Instagram stories) directly to the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office in their #AskTheDA series on Instagram. I figured since they weren't answering questions submitted to their website, maybe I can humor Evan and get a direct response from District Attorney George Gascón himself. And it worked! See the video below for his response: Apparently it is a rare thing for the LA District Attorney to make such an announcement regarding such a case, which is why this story was reported everywhere: FOX LA , LA Times , Rolling Stone , Huffington Post , The Daily Beast , Metal Injection , Loudwire , among many others. It seemed as if every news outlet jumped at the chance to report how rare this was, adding to the fact that it was announced the...