At a hearing held June 5, 2026, Judge Steve Cochran overruled a demurrer filed by Manson, whose legal name is Brian Warner, and Marilyn Manson Records, Inc., and denied a related motion to strike portions of Walters' Third Amended Complaint. The ruling means that Walters' lawsuit survives another legal challenge and that Warner must now file a formal answer to the complaint within twenty days. According to the court's minute order, Judge Cochran accepted certain documents or records that the defendants asked the court to consider, and rejected the plaintiff's argument against doing so, and ultimately concluded that the allegations were sufficient to move forward at this stage of the proceedings. The ruling follows months of litigation surrounding whether Walters' claims can proceed under California's recently enacted Assembly Bill 250 (AB 250), which took effect on January 1, 2026. The law created a temporary revival window allowing certain previously time-barre...
In this video, Martin DeCoder examines The Extreme Manipulation in ‘Phoenix Rising’ | Evan Rachel Wood vs. Marilyn Manson. How does the docuseries ‘Phoenix Rising’ create sympathy for Evan Rachel Wood, and what does this tell us about the reliability of Wood’s allegations against Marilyn Manson? These are the questions that this in-depth film and language analysis will answer by looking at the trailer to the docuseries. Link to his previous analyses of this case are linked below: Are Evan Rachel Wood’s Allegations Against Marilyn Manson Reliable? | The View Interview Analysis What Evan Rachel Wood Didn’t Want You to Notice | The Daily Show Interview Analysis