Marilyn Manson
Now his former assistant is also suing him
Manson in February 2020 in California
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Further allegations against Marilyn Manson: Now his former assistant Ashley Walters has filed a lawsuit against the musician.
Like several other women, Marilyn Mansons (52), former assistant Ashley Walters, has made serious allegations against the musician. The 37-year-old filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles on Tuesday accusing Manson of sexual assault, assault and harassment, reports the magazine “The Cut”.
This behavior is said to have already been indicated at their first meeting. Manson had therefore contacted Walters in 2010 via MySpace. She visited him at home, where he initiated a nightly photo shoot for which she was supposed to take off her shirt. He then allegedly pushed her onto his bed, held her and tried to kiss her before biting her ear and allegedly sticking her hand in his underpants.
She kept in touch with Manson, who eventually offered her an assistant job. From the time she was hired, he is said to have urged her to work through the nights with him. Walters claims Manson threatened her, threw dishes at her, and pushed her against a wall. Once he is said to have sent her a photo of the wounds that he allegedly inflicted on the actress Esmé Bianco (38) – with the subject: “See what happens?”
“I felt like a piece of meat”
Manson is also said to have “offered” Walters to friends and employees in the industry. This was also confirmed by an anonymous source from Manson’s environment. She said she saw Manson Walters “offer more than a couple of times” and instruct them to sit on the men’s laps. Manson told an actor, for example, that he could “have” it.
“It made me feel like I was his property,” Walters told The Cut. “I just felt like a piece of meat.” Walters is one of over a dozen women who have accused Manson of abuse in the past few months, including Evan Rachel Wood, 33, Bianco, who has also filed a lawsuit, and most recently Ashley Morgan Smithline, 34. “Much of the isolation and much of the mental abuse was very similar to what I experienced,” Walters said of Bianco and Wood’s allegations.
Manson has so far denied all allegations. He previously stated in a statement: “Obviously my life and my art have long been a magnet for controversy, but these recent claims about me are terrible distortions of reality.” A member of Manson’s team said, according to the report, that the musician also “vehemently” denies the latest allegations.