Marilyn Manson will not be charged over sex assault claims

Marilyn Manson volition not beryllium charged pursuing a lengthy probe into intersexual battle and home unit allegations, prosecutors person said.

Los Angeles region territory lawyer Nathan Hochman said immoderate of the alleged incidents had happened excessively agelong ago, portion determination was not capable grounds to complaint the 56-year-old, whose ineligible sanction is Brian Warner, implicit immoderate of the different claims.

Mr Hochman said: "We person determined that allegations of home unit autumn extracurricular of the statute of limitations, and we cannot beryllium charges of intersexual battle beyond a tenable doubt.

"We recognise and applaud the courageousness and resilience of the women who came guardant to marque reports and stock their experiences, and we convey them for their practice and patience with the investigation."

LA region sheriff's detectives announced successful aboriginal 2021 that they were investigating Manson for incidents betwixt 2009 and 2011 successful West Hollywood, wherever helium lived astatine the time.

The lawsuit was initially turned implicit to prosecutors successful September 2021. However, the probe continued aft the region territory attorney's bureau requested much evidence.

Almost 4 years aft the probe began, officials said successful October that caller leads were being pursued, adding to an "already extensive" file.

The identities of the women who spoke to authorities were not revealed, but Game Of Thrones histrion Esme Bianco, who sued Manson successful a lawsuit that has since been settled, said she was portion of the transgression investigation.

In an Instagram post, she said she was "deeply disappointed" by the determination not to complaint Manson, but was "sadly not surprised".

She had antecedently criticised however agelong the probe was taking.

In 2021, Manson's erstwhile fiancée Westworld histrion Evan Rachel Wood accused him of abuse successful an Instagram post.

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Wood and Manson's narration became nationalist successful 2007, erstwhile helium was 38 and she was 19, and they were concisely engaged 3 years aboriginal earlier breaking up.

Manson sued Wood implicit her claims but a justice threw retired ample sections of the suit and successful November Manson dropped the case.