Marilyn Manson sexual abuse investigation turned over to Los Angeles County D.A.

A 19-month sexual abuse investigation into Marilyn Manson by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division has been despatched to Dist. Atty. George Gascón for a call on whether or not to file felony expenses towards the singer.

The Sheriff’s Division’s Particular Victims Bureau, which handles sexual and bodily abuse investigations, submitted its in depth investigation into the performer, whose actual identify is Brian Warner, on Monday for submitting consideration. A search warrant was served at his house in November.

“The incidents occurred between 2009 and 2011 when Mr. Warner lived within the metropolis of West Hollywood,” sheriff’s investigators revealed initially final 12 months. A number of girls have accused Manson of sexual and bodily abuse. He has repeatedly denied the allegations. The statute of limitations for rape in California is 10 years, so any expenses might rely upon the kind of offense and the way way back it occurred.

“As soon as we have now acquired the case, it is going to be fastidiously evaluated by skilled prosecutors to find out whether it is applicable to file expenses presently,” Gascón mentioned final week. “The district lawyer is dedicated to investing in trauma-informed look after all victims of sexual assault, abuse, and intimate companion violence. We perceive how troublesome it could be to return ahead as a sufferer, particularly when the case entails this degree of notoriety, and are devoted to treating all victims with the very best degree of care and respect.”

Evan Rachel Wooden, star of HBO’s “Westworld,” was in a relationship with Manson in the course of the time of the allegations. She turned engaged to the singer in 2010 earlier than splitting. Final 12 months, Wooden and a number of other different girls publicly accused Manson of abuse.

“He began grooming me once I was a young person and horrifically abused me for years,” Wooden wrote in messages posted to Instagram. “I used to be brainwashed and manipulated into submission. I’m achieved residing in worry of retaliation, slander, or blackmail.”

In 2018, because the #MeToo motion rose, Wooden testified to a congressional committee concerning the horrific abuse she suffered by the hands of an unnamed former companion.

Manson has denied the allegations however was dropped by his document label because the variety of allegations grew. In March, he sued Wooden and artist Illma Gore in L.A. County Superior Courtroom, accusing them of defamation, fraud and conspiracy.

Manson additionally faces a federal lawsuit in Los Angeles alleging sexual assault and battery and human trafficking. The swimsuit was filed final 12 months by actor Esmé Bianco.

Bianco alleges that she was raped and subjected to sleep deprivation and compelled labor after Manson supplied to assist her acquire a piece visa.

Manson’s rise to fame occurred within the mid-Nineteen Nineties, constructed partly on an excessive stage persona that courted controversy and spawned albums reminiscent of “Antichrist Famous person” in 1996.