Marilyn Manson accuser Esmé Bianco has expressed her disappointment that Los Angeles County District Legal professional Nathan J. Hochman has dropped their investigation of Marilyn Manson (actual identify 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 finally 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 finally unsurprised that the investigation towards Manson was dropped.
“While I’m deeply upset by the choice of the District Legal professional to not carry expenses within the case towards Brian Warner, I’m sadly not shocked. Inside our poisonous tradition of sufferer blaming; a lack of knowledge 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 end 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 yet one more piece of stinging information and feeling hopeless or discouraged, let me remind you: 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 are able to draw power to proceed the combat for justice reform. Shine our mild onto the darkish realities of sexual violence and intimate companion abuse, in order that we can’t solely perceive it however finish it. Try to heal not solely ourselves however the damage individuals who damage others. Our tradition wants your love, compassion and brilliant mild now greater than ever. That’s the reality.
“To Brian Warner, I say solely this. By you dragging me via hell, I found the unstoppable power 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 simply left of my life. You additionally know the reality, and will you endeavor to search out peace with that.”
In a press release to Billboard shortly after the investigation was dropped, Manson‘s lawyer Howard King stated: “We’re very happy that, after an intensive and extremely prolonged overview of all the precise proof, the District Legal professional has concluded what we knew and expressed from the beginning – Brian Warner is harmless.”
Investigation by the Los Angeles County District Legal professional started in 2021, which resulted in a search of Manson‘s residence. The investigation stretched into late 2024 when then-Los Angeles County District Legal professional George Gascón issued a press release saying there was new proof towards Manson delivered to their Intercourse Crimes Division relating to Manson. Gascón was voted out of workplace in December 3, 2024.
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