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 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 courtroom in 2023 for an undisclosed quantity.
In her assertion posted to Instagram, Bianco stated she was disappoint however finally unsurprised that the investigation in opposition to Manson was dropped.
“While I’m deeply disenchanted by the choice of the District Lawyer to not convey prices within the case in opposition to Brian Warner, I’m sadly not shocked. Inside our poisonous tradition of sufferer blaming; a lack of awareness of coercive management, the advanced nature of sexual assault inside intimate partnerships, and statutes of limitations that don’t help 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 accomplish that with one hand tied behind their collective backs. Seven years in the past after 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 yet one more piece of stinging information and feeling hopeless or discouraged, let me remind you: you realize your fact additionally. Let that be your anchor, for it’s stronger than the bars of any jail.
“Utilizing that fact as our information we are able to draw power to proceed the battle for justice reform. Shine our mild 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 mild now greater than ever. That’s the fact.
“To Brian Warner, I say solely this. By you dragging me by means of hell, I found the unstoppable pressure 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 should you endeavor to seek out peace with that.”
In an announcement 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 the entire 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 an announcement saying there was new proof in opposition to Manson dropped at their Intercourse Crimes Division relating to Manson. Gascón was voted out of workplace in December 3, 2024.
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