Marilyn Manson accuser Esmé Bianco has expressed her disappointment that Los Angeles County District Lawyer Nathan J. Hochman has dropped their investigation of Marilyn Manson (actual title Brian Warner) over allegations of home violence and sexual assault.
In 2021, Bianco accused Manson of years of abuse beginning in 2009. Bianco sued Manson for sexual assault, human trafficking, and abuse amid some fairly horrendous allegations of threats of violence and rape. Bianco and Manson in the end settled their lawsuit out of court docket in 2023 for an undisclosed quantity.
In her assertion posted to Instagram, Bianco stated she was disappoint however in the end unsurprised that the investigation towards Manson was dropped.
“While I’m deeply upset by the choice of the District Lawyer to not convey costs within the case towards Brian Warner, I’m sadly not stunned. Inside our poisonous tradition of sufferer blaming; a lack of expertise of coercive management, the complicated nature of sexual assault inside intimate partnerships, and statutes of limitations that don’t assist the realities of therapeutic; prosecutions face an oftentimes insurmountable hurdle.
“As soon as once more, our justice system has failed survivors. Not the person prosecutors and detectives who labored for years on this case, however the system that made them achieve this with one hand tied behind their collective backs. Seven years in the past once I was confronted for the primary time with that failure, it set me out on a journey of advocacy and activism, however with that got here a really clear directive. My therapeutic and peace couldn’t be reliant upon the result of a desperately damaged system.
“I do know the reality of what occurred to me. It sits deeply rooted in my stomach, unshakable, mine. No- one and nothing can take that away. And so to all of the survivors studying this, who’re being hit by one more piece of stinging information and feeling hopeless or discouraged, let me remind you: you recognize your reality additionally. Let that be your anchor, for it’s stronger than the bars of any jail.
“Utilizing that reality as our information we will draw power to proceed the combat for justice reform. Shine our gentle onto the darkish realities of sexual violence and intimate accomplice abuse, in order that we can’t solely perceive it however finish it. Attempt to heal not solely ourselves however the harm individuals who harm others. Our tradition wants your love, compassion and vivid gentle now greater than ever. That’s the reality.
“To Brian Warner, I say solely this. By you dragging me by way of hell, I found the unstoppable drive of my very own energy. I learnt how robust, and courageous and daring I actually am. I emerged as a Phoenix from the ashes that you just left of my life. You additionally know the reality, and will you endeavor to seek out peace with that.”
In a press release to Billboard shortly after the investigation was dropped, Manson‘s legal professional Howard King stated: “We’re very happy that, after an intensive and extremely prolonged overview of all the precise proof, the District Lawyer has concluded what we knew and expressed from the beginning – Brian Warner is harmless.”
Investigation by the Los Angeles County District Lawyer started in 2021, which resulted in a search of Manson‘s house. The investigation stretched into late 2024 when then-Los Angeles County District Lawyer George Gascón issued a press release saying there was new proof towards Manson dropped at their Intercourse Crimes Division relating to Manson. Gascón was voted out of workplace in December 3, 2024.
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