A new article in the L.A. Times (July 9, 2025) explores the accomplishments of the new Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman over the first six months of taking office. According to prosecutors and law enforcement officials, the new district attorney has delivered “a return to normalcy” after the contentious term of progressive luminary George Gascón. One of his accomplishments over his predecessor explored in the article has been to close the Marilyn Manson investigation and not bring any charges against him. The L.A. Times however does not present it as an accomplishment, but as a political pitfall along with another high profile case he is involved in, the Menendez Brothers. According to the L.A. Times: "In January, Hochman announced he would not bring rape charges against rock star Marilyn Manson — roughly four months after he held a campaign event alongside some of Manson’s accusers to attack Gascón’s handling of the case. 'You don’t parade people out. … I found t...
A new article in the L.A. Times (July 9, 2025) explores the accomplishments of the new Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman over the first six months of taking office. According to prosecutors and law enforcement officials, the new district attorney has delivered “a return to normalcy” after the contentious term of progressive luminary George Gascón. One of his accomplishments over his predecessor explored in the article has been to close the Marilyn Manson investigation and not bring any charges against him. The L.A. Times however does not present it as an accomplishment, but as a political pitfall along with another high profile case he is involved in, the Menendez Brothers.
According to the L.A. Times:
"In January, Hochman announced he would not bring rape charges against rock star Marilyn Manson — roughly four months after he held a campaign event alongside some of Manson’s accusers to attack Gascón’s handling of the case.
'You don’t parade people out. … I found that so deeply offensive,' said Lenora Claire, a former member of the district attorney’s office’s victim advisory board. 'What was that choice other than being completely irresponsible? He hadn’t reviewed the case.'
Hochman said the case was handled appropriately and prosecutors made a decision not to charge that was 'rooted in facts and the law, not a political agenda.'"
Though this is the extent of the coverage, in my opinion it is very revealing for a few reasons.
First, they found Lenora Claire to interview about the Marilyn Manson case. As we all know, Marilyn Manson was named by Evan Rachel Wood and others as their abuser on February 1, 2021, and soon after the LADA issued an investigation into Marilyn Manson. What many don't know is that Lenora Claire began working for the LADA on January 31, 2021 and was appointed by George Gascon to be on the victim advisory board dealing with issues like stalking and domestic violence. Lenora Claire is also a long time friend of a number of Marilyn Manson accusers and their friends, especially Esme Bianco, Bianca Allaine Kyne and Chloe Black. In fact, she has been friends with Bianca Allaine Kyne for at least 25 years and helped kickstart her career as a B-Movie actress.
I have questioned Lenora Claire's presence in the offices of the LADA since 2021, especially being on the advisory board for cases that likely included Marilyn Manson's case. Lenora Claire considered Manson guilty of the charges before she took office and of course after, being friends with the women behind the accusations. In my opinion, there was no way she would allow Gascon to not bring charges against Manson. When the LASD concluded its investigation 19 months after it started, in September 2022, Gascon reopened the investigation saying that he was given only "partial case material." What he meant by "partial case material" was never explained. My theory at the time was it had something to do with Lenora Claire, who perhaps knew Manson would not be charged and perhaps knew something else no one else knew.
Four months after the Marilyn Manson investigation reopened, on January 30th 2023, Bianca Allaine Kyne brought a lawsuit against Manson as a Jane Doe. My immediate thought was that it seemed Lenora Claire knew this lawsuit was coming, told the district attorney, and this is the explanation behind "partial case material," since soon there would be new case material embodied in Bianca's lawsuit. Whether or not this decision was influenced by Lenora Claire we may never know, but it seemed logical, even obvious. George Gascon never brought the case to a conclusion after a four year investigation. He couldn't, because he didn't want to not bring charges against Manson, since his administration would often talk about being so pro-victim. But the evidence wasn't there to bring charges against Manson. According to Esme Bianco, her frustrations with cowardly Gascon reached a pinnacle, so she decided to endorse Nathan Hochman for the next district attorney (perhaps a plot influenced by Lenora Claire herself since she also must have viewed Gascon as a coward), and a few months after Hochman came into office he concluded the Marilyn Manson case by deciding to bring no charges against him, which was a disappointment to Bianco and Lenora.
Now, in this L.A. Times interview, Lenora is accusing Hochman of using Bianco for his political campaign, which she finds "so deeply offensive," even though it was Bianco who approached Hochman to endorse him in her vengeance against cowardly Gascon. Essentially what Lenora is saying is that she felt offended that Hochman didn't return the political favor to Bianco. Lenora thinks that Bianco's endorsement should have resulted in Hochman charging Marilyn Manson if he won the district attorney seat. Lenora goes on to call Hochman "completely irresponsible" and accuses him also of not properly reviewing the case. Now we know how Lenora Claire approached this case while Gascon was in office. If Gascon had not brought charges against Manson, Lenora would have to bring the same if not more accusations against him. Being obviously outspoken in her hatred for Manson, we now know that she was indeed a voice behind the scenes while Gascon was in office. When Hochman didn't give Bianco what was surely expected of him, Lenora now speaks up for Manson's accusers crying because she didn't get what she wanted. And when a false accuser cries about something, then it always comes with more false accusations, as we see with Lenora in this interview.
The second stunning revelation comes from what Nathan Hochman says. In his response to Lenora Claire, he says that he made his decision "rooted in facts and the law, not a political agenda." But Evan Rachel Wood just days before said on Instagram that Hochman's decision was based only on the statute of limitations expiring and it was beyond a reasonable doubt. As I noted not long ago in my analysis of what Evan wrote, when the LADA issued a statement not charging Manson, it was taken down and replaced with a second statement. In the second statement, a partial sentence was removed from the first where it talked about the decision being made to not charge Manson based on the "facts" and "evidence." My argument was that evidence showed this decision was made after complaints by Evan Rachel Wood, and due to the LADA's image of being pro-victim and pro-survivor they compromised so as not to discourage future survivors from coming forward. But here in this L.A. Times interview, we are once again told that Hochman came to his conclusions not just because of the statute of limitations and reasonable doubt, but also because of "facts," which was one of the words removed from the original statement along with "evidence." In other words, "facts" were not there to bring charges against Manson.
Lastly, Hochman confirms that his decision was not based on "a political agenda." Esme thought that by endorsing Hochman she would get a political favor in return if he won, even though by the time she endorsed him it was very clear he would win and he didn't need her endorsement to win. Lenora Claire also believed that Hochman owed Bianco a political favor by bringing charges against Manson. Hochman however proved that he does not return political favors for endorsements. Nor was he a coward like Gascon. Instead he made a decision the way he should have, "rooted in facts and the law," and this was not part of Esme Bianco's and Lenora Claire's plot to politically influence the LADA against Marilyn Manson.
According to the L.A. Times:
"In January, Hochman announced he would not bring rape charges against rock star Marilyn Manson — roughly four months after he held a campaign event alongside some of Manson’s accusers to attack Gascón’s handling of the case.
'You don’t parade people out. … I found that so deeply offensive,' said Lenora Claire, a former member of the district attorney’s office’s victim advisory board. 'What was that choice other than being completely irresponsible? He hadn’t reviewed the case.'
Hochman said the case was handled appropriately and prosecutors made a decision not to charge that was 'rooted in facts and the law, not a political agenda.'"
Though this is the extent of the coverage, in my opinion it is very revealing for a few reasons.
First, they found Lenora Claire to interview about the Marilyn Manson case. As we all know, Marilyn Manson was named by Evan Rachel Wood and others as their abuser on February 1, 2021, and soon after the LADA issued an investigation into Marilyn Manson. What many don't know is that Lenora Claire began working for the LADA on January 31, 2021 and was appointed by George Gascon to be on the victim advisory board dealing with issues like stalking and domestic violence. Lenora Claire is also a long time friend of a number of Marilyn Manson accusers and their friends, especially Esme Bianco, Bianca Allaine Kyne and Chloe Black. In fact, she has been friends with Bianca Allaine Kyne for at least 25 years and helped kickstart her career as a B-Movie actress.
I have questioned Lenora Claire's presence in the offices of the LADA since 2021, especially being on the advisory board for cases that likely included Marilyn Manson's case. Lenora Claire considered Manson guilty of the charges before she took office and of course after, being friends with the women behind the accusations. In my opinion, there was no way she would allow Gascon to not bring charges against Manson. When the LASD concluded its investigation 19 months after it started, in September 2022, Gascon reopened the investigation saying that he was given only "partial case material." What he meant by "partial case material" was never explained. My theory at the time was it had something to do with Lenora Claire, who perhaps knew Manson would not be charged and perhaps knew something else no one else knew.
Four months after the Marilyn Manson investigation reopened, on January 30th 2023, Bianca Allaine Kyne brought a lawsuit against Manson as a Jane Doe. My immediate thought was that it seemed Lenora Claire knew this lawsuit was coming, told the district attorney, and this is the explanation behind "partial case material," since soon there would be new case material embodied in Bianca's lawsuit. Whether or not this decision was influenced by Lenora Claire we may never know, but it seemed logical, even obvious. George Gascon never brought the case to a conclusion after a four year investigation. He couldn't, because he didn't want to not bring charges against Manson, since his administration would often talk about being so pro-victim. But the evidence wasn't there to bring charges against Manson. According to Esme Bianco, her frustrations with cowardly Gascon reached a pinnacle, so she decided to endorse Nathan Hochman for the next district attorney (perhaps a plot influenced by Lenora Claire herself since she also must have viewed Gascon as a coward), and a few months after Hochman came into office he concluded the Marilyn Manson case by deciding to bring no charges against him, which was a disappointment to Bianco and Lenora.
Now, in this L.A. Times interview, Lenora is accusing Hochman of using Bianco for his political campaign, which she finds "so deeply offensive," even though it was Bianco who approached Hochman to endorse him in her vengeance against cowardly Gascon. Essentially what Lenora is saying is that she felt offended that Hochman didn't return the political favor to Bianco. Lenora thinks that Bianco's endorsement should have resulted in Hochman charging Marilyn Manson if he won the district attorney seat. Lenora goes on to call Hochman "completely irresponsible" and accuses him also of not properly reviewing the case. Now we know how Lenora Claire approached this case while Gascon was in office. If Gascon had not brought charges against Manson, Lenora would have to bring the same if not more accusations against him. Being obviously outspoken in her hatred for Manson, we now know that she was indeed a voice behind the scenes while Gascon was in office. When Hochman didn't give Bianco what was surely expected of him, Lenora now speaks up for Manson's accusers crying because she didn't get what she wanted. And when a false accuser cries about something, then it always comes with more false accusations, as we see with Lenora in this interview.
The second stunning revelation comes from what Nathan Hochman says. In his response to Lenora Claire, he says that he made his decision "rooted in facts and the law, not a political agenda." But Evan Rachel Wood just days before said on Instagram that Hochman's decision was based only on the statute of limitations expiring and it was beyond a reasonable doubt. As I noted not long ago in my analysis of what Evan wrote, when the LADA issued a statement not charging Manson, it was taken down and replaced with a second statement. In the second statement, a partial sentence was removed from the first where it talked about the decision being made to not charge Manson based on the "facts" and "evidence." My argument was that evidence showed this decision was made after complaints by Evan Rachel Wood, and due to the LADA's image of being pro-victim and pro-survivor they compromised so as not to discourage future survivors from coming forward. But here in this L.A. Times interview, we are once again told that Hochman came to his conclusions not just because of the statute of limitations and reasonable doubt, but also because of "facts," which was one of the words removed from the original statement along with "evidence." In other words, "facts" were not there to bring charges against Manson.
Lastly, Hochman confirms that his decision was not based on "a political agenda." Esme thought that by endorsing Hochman she would get a political favor in return if he won, even though by the time she endorsed him it was very clear he would win and he didn't need her endorsement to win. Lenora Claire also believed that Hochman owed Bianco a political favor by bringing charges against Manson. Hochman however proved that he does not return political favors for endorsements. Nor was he a coward like Gascon. Instead he made a decision the way he should have, "rooted in facts and the law," and this was not part of Esme Bianco's and Lenora Claire's plot to politically influence the LADA against Marilyn Manson.