A little over a week ago I wrote about a significant partial dismissal granted to Marilyn Manson on July 2nd in the lawsuit issued by Bianca Allaine Kyne. First, it stated that Manson's motion to dismiss all allegations in Kyne's complaint referencing sexual abuse as a minor in 1995 when she was 16 years old was granted. Second, any reference to Kyne's own personal drawings of Manson from when she was 16 are to be removed. Third, Kyne is therefore ordered to make a Second Amended Complaint within 30 days removing all of the above. Despite this significant victory of Marilyn Manson in managing to get a partial dismissal in this case, on July 15th Bianca Allaine Kyne and her lawyer Jeff Anderson decided to issue statements spinning their loss into a victory. They argue that since Manson was not granted a full dismissal (which he was not seeking), then he lost and they won in this particular ruling. What Was the Ruling on July 2nd? When you read the ruling issued on July
Jeff Anderson Partners With a Coalition of Women in Issuing a Report Against Accused Musicians and Executives in the Music Industry
On February 28th 2024 in Los Angeles, attorney Jeff Anderson, who is the current attorney in the case of Bianca Kyne vs. Brian Warner/Marilyn Manson, led a group of women at a press event, during which there was presented a report that reveals over 35 musicians accused of sexual misconduct and over 18 executives accused of sexual assault, misconduct, or cover-up of crimes. In this report are covered seven decades of sexual abuse and coverup, from the 1950s to the present, with Marilyn Manson having 16 pages of coverage. This event was covered by Rolling Stone and The Washington Post , among other publications. This is the first stage of a coordinated campaign of a coalition of four women-led non-profits ( The Representation Project , Lift Our Voices , The Punk Rock Therapist , Female Composer Safety League ) that will launch a multi-month, aggressive advocacy campaign to hold the music industry accountable for sexual violence. According to the press release , "survivors and al