[Trigger warning: this article contains descriptions of domestic violence, as well as sexual and physical abuse.]
Marilyn Manson is the topic of a brand new lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct. The suit by the woman — recognized anonymously as “Jane Doe” within the submitting — alleges that the singer, now 54, groomed and sexually assaulted the then-underage lady in the course of the early portion of his profession.
Manson (born Brian Warner) is known as as a defendant within the swimsuit filed in Nassau County Supreme Court docket in Lengthy Island, New York, alongside former labels Interscope and Nothing Data in a submitting that features accusations of sexual battery and intentional infliction of emotional misery in opposition to the singer, and negligence and intentional infliction of emotional misery in opposition to the labels.
The swimsuit says Doe, then 16, first met Manson in 1995 after a present in Dallas when she waited outdoors his tour bus and the singer invited her and “one of many different youthful women” onto his tour bus the place he allegedly requested for his or her ages and faculty grades whereas jotting down their cellphone numbers and addresses.
A spokesperson for Manson and the singer’s lawyer had not returned a request for touch upon the Doe lawsuit at press time, and a spokesperson for Interscope/Common Music Group had not but responded to a request for remark.
“Whereas on the tour bus, Defendant Warner carried out numerous acts of legal sexual conduct upon Plaintiff, who was a virgin on the time, together with however not restricted to compelled copulation and vaginal penetration,” the lawsuit claims. On the time, the age of consent in Texas was (and nonetheless is) 17 and the swimsuit notes that considered one of Manson’s band members watched “Defendant Warner sexually assault Plaintiff… Plaintiff was in ache, scared, upset, humiliated and confused. After he was executed, Defendant Warner laughed at her. … Then Defendant Warner demanded Plaintiff to ‘get the f–ok off of my bus’ and threatened Plaintiff that, if she informed anybody, he would kill her and her household.”
Greater than a dozen girls have accused Manson of sexual, emotional and bodily assault, together with actress Evan Rachel Wooden, who was the topic of the two-part HBO documentary Phoenix Rising final 12 months that delved into her claims of the abuse she claims she allegedly suffered on the rocker’s hand throughout an on-and-off relationship that started when she was 18.
Manson and considered one of his accusers, actress Esme Bianco, just lately reached a settlement to finish her sexual assault lawsuit, and earlier within the month a decide dismissed one other sexual abuse swimsuit from mannequin Ashley Morgan Smithline over her failure to discover a new lawyer. Final Might, an L.A. Superior Court docket decide dismissed a suit in opposition to Manson filed by a former private assistant alleging sexual assault, sexual battery, sexual harassment and intentional infliction of emotional misery. Manson has denied the allegations.
The brand new Jane Doe lawsuit alleges {that a} member of Manson’s crew gave her a 1-800 quantity and a password so she may meet up with the singer once more, noting that the teenager started utilizing medication and alcohol quickly after the alleged sexual assault, and continued to take action for years after. The swimsuit additionally alleges that Manson would name and chat on-line with the teenager whereas asking her for express photographs of her and her pals.
In the identical 12 months they met, Doe claims that Manson satisfied the teenager to satisfy him in New Orleans, the place he “groomed” her by complimenting her paintings earlier than he turned extra “aggressive and once more sexually assaulted Plaintiff, together with kissing, biting her breast, oral copulation, and penetration,” the criticism alleges. “After the second assault, Defendant Warner acted in a kinder method nicer to Plaintiff and informed her that he wished to see her once more.” As with Texas, the age of consent in Louisiana on the time was, and is, 17.
Doe mentioned she continued to be in contact with Manson and his band, and when she was 18 moved to Los Angeles and started courting then-9 Inch Nails drummer Chris Vrenna. (Billboard has reached out to Vrenna for remark.) In 1999, she allegedly attended a Manson present in New Orleans, describing a typical backstage scene that included “the provision of huge quantities of medicine for her and others to make use of.” The swimsuit claims that the lady then spent the subsequent month on the street with Manson, taking medication and spending time with the disgraced singer throughout which he would “groom, harass and sexually abuse” her.
The swimsuit goes on to explain Manson’s growing psychological management over Doe, by which he allegedly “purposefully and deliberately laid the groundwork essential to intimidate and management her … As he did on numerous events, Defendant Warner exploited this vulnerability to maintain Plaintiff beneath his management. Defendant Warner usually made Plaintiff really feel alone and remoted by telling her that nobody understands her apart from him, which included her household. On the time, Plaintiff believed Defendant Warner and was compelled to maintain following him.”
The swimsuit claims the alleged controlling and grooming conduct continued — together with “coerce[ing] Plaintiff to have intercourse with him and different band members or his assistant on the similar time,” whereas “offering Plaintiff with medication.”
In particulars that bear a resemblance to allegations from plenty of the opposite girls who’ve accused Manson of abuse, Doe’s lawsuit claims that the singer employed “hostile and verbally abusive behavior,” in addition to racially charged language blended with the sharing of intimate private particulars. The swimsuit additionally claims that Interscope and Nothing Data “had been well-aware of Defendant Warner’s obsession with sexual violence and childhood sexual assault,” and that the labels didn’t have a “affordable system or process in place to research, supervise, or monitor its workers and/or brokers, together with Defendant Warner, to stop pre-sexual grooming and sexual harassment, molestation, and assault of followers, together with minors and girls.”
The swimsuit continues, “On account of Brian Warner’s sexual abuse and assault, enabled and inspired by Defendants Interscope and Nothing Data, Plaintiff has suffered extreme emotional, bodily, and psychological misery, together with disgrace, and guilt, financial loss, financial capability and emotional loss.”
Doe is searching for damages to be decided at trial and an order “enjoining Defendants from future illegal enterprise practices together with, however not restricted to, exposing minors and weak adults to sexual abuse and exploitation.”
Tales about sexual assault allegations may be traumatizing for survivors of sexual assault. For those who or anybody you already know wants help, you may attain out to the Rape, Abuse & Incest Nationwide Community (RAINN). The group offers free, confidential help to sexual assault victims. Name RAINN’s Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline (800.656.HOPE) or go to the anti-sexual violence group’s website for extra data.
