Ashley Walters vs. Brian Warner Although the Ashely Walters lawsuit was initially filed in 2021, it has only been at issue since April 25, 2024 when it was reinstated. On April 9, 2025, the Defendants Marilyn Manson and Marilyn Manson Records, Inc. applied for an ex parte order to continue the trial date from June 2, 2025 to January 26, 2026. This is mainly due to the fact that depositions and discovery in this case were delayed due to the criminal investigation against Manson by the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office. Since the end of this investigation, depositions have begun in this case but there was not adequate time for both the depositions and discovery to meet the trial date of June 2nd, hence the extension. Discovery was supposed to expire in this case in May 2025 to meet the June 2nd trial date. According to court documents, during Manson's deposition it was revealed by the Plaintiff's attorney that there are "at least" ten more depositions to be co...
On January 24th 2025, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office issued the following announcement in the decision on the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault allegations against Brian Warner, a.k.a. Marilyn Manson: Within a few hours of issuing this statement, it was deleted from their website and all social media accounts and edited as follows. The difference between the two statements are they added an Update on top and they removed a line from the third paragraph which in the original statement said "necessitated by the facts and evidence in this matter." I have little doubt that Evan or Esme disputed this part of the statement and the LADA complied out of fear. Both Evan and Esme would never concede to having their "compelling evidence" downplayed. Eliminating this part of the statement instead allows them to ignore the evidence aspect and focus on the statute of limitations, which would help them elevate their victim status and promote their advocac...