“All the Vilest Things” initially sounds like a song about retaliation. The speaker has been attacked, wounded, and subjected to things that were intended to destroy him, and much of the language is deliberately violent. Yet Manson's own explanation points in a different direction. He describes the song as being about “balancing your resentments” and determining the proper measure of punishment in matters of war. More importantly, he says that the song provides “a real balance to the idea of vengeance.” The lyrics suggest that this balance comes from recognizing the damage that has been done without allowing the desire for revenge to become the thing that defines what happens next. The opening establishes the situation immediately: “You tried your best To destroy me I don't want revenge Because you only Made me stronger.” There is no attempt to minimize what happened. The speaker acknowledges that someone genuinely tried to destroy him. What changes is his response t...
As previously reported, Marilyn Manson's attorney Howard King submitted on August 23rd a Motion to Strike 37 references to sexual assault of a minor from Bianca Allaine Kyne's Second Amended Complaint, and asked the court for her to submit a Third Amended Complaint.
On September 11th, Bianca's attorney Patrick Stoneking filed an opposition to Manson's Motion to Strike, stating that though the majority of the motions are inconsequential and Bianca has agreed to strike the majority of the references related to sexual assault of a minor, there are still a few references they are opposed to removing because it has bearing on her alleged assault when she was an adult in 1999. The first reference that Bianca refuses to have removed is related to what she believes was part of the grooming process that led to her being assaulted as an adult. And the second reference is related to behavior exhibited by Manson when Bianca was a minor that displayed a power dynamic which he later exploited when Bianca was an adult to abuse her.
In Exhibit 1 that accompanied the filing, the Second Amended Complaint is submitted with red marks to indicate what they intend to remove for the Third Amended Complaint.
We await the ruling as to what Motions to Strike submitted by Manson will be accepted or rejected.
Of further interest, this filing also confirms once again that Bianca filed a separate lawsuit against Manson on February 20th 2024 in Louisiana relating to the childhood sexual abuse (Kyne v. Warner et al., 2023-13429; A-16 - Orleans Parish).
On September 11th, Bianca's attorney Patrick Stoneking filed an opposition to Manson's Motion to Strike, stating that though the majority of the motions are inconsequential and Bianca has agreed to strike the majority of the references related to sexual assault of a minor, there are still a few references they are opposed to removing because it has bearing on her alleged assault when she was an adult in 1999. The first reference that Bianca refuses to have removed is related to what she believes was part of the grooming process that led to her being assaulted as an adult. And the second reference is related to behavior exhibited by Manson when Bianca was a minor that displayed a power dynamic which he later exploited when Bianca was an adult to abuse her.
In Exhibit 1 that accompanied the filing, the Second Amended Complaint is submitted with red marks to indicate what they intend to remove for the Third Amended Complaint.
We await the ruling as to what Motions to Strike submitted by Manson will be accepted or rejected.
Of further interest, this filing also confirms once again that Bianca filed a separate lawsuit against Manson on February 20th 2024 in Louisiana relating to the childhood sexual abuse (Kyne v. Warner et al., 2023-13429; A-16 - Orleans Parish).