The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office has decided not to proceed with charges in a rape/assault allegation claim made against Marilyn Manson. A woman alleged that Manson, aka Brian Warner, held her captive for 48 hours and raped/assaulted her back in October 2011.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, these accusations were brought to the police in May of this year with TMZ noting that an ‘absence of corroboration’ led to the District Attorney’s office deciding there was not enough evidence to charge him.
Battery and assault with a deadly weapon charges stemming from the accusation—allegedly due to sexually oriented knifeplay—will not proceed either due to exceeding the statute of limitations.
Manson‘s attorney Howard E. King commented to various press outlets in a statement issued today, August 10th:
“Under current policy, the Los Angeles County District Attorney must investigate any claim of sexual abuse, no matter how outlandish. It is not surprising that the District Attorney, after investigation, summarily rejected the claims made in a police report filed by a former acquaintance against Brian Warner p/k/a Marilyn Manson.
The allegations made to the police were and are categorically denied by Mr. Warner and are either completely delusional or part of a calculated attempt to generate publicity for the claimant’s business of selling Manson memorabilia. The police report that spurred the investigation was accompanied by the woman’s press release and other attempts to generate publicity that fraudulently claimed she was held captive by Mr. Warner for 48 hours in 2011. Any claim of sexual impropriety or imprisonment at that, or any other, time is false.”
