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Marilyn Manson at a 2011 press conference
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After the serious allegations by now more than a dozen women against singer Marilyn Manson, his former assistant Ashley Walters has now also filed a lawsuit in a court in Los Angeles, as she confirmed to the magazine "The Cut".
Walters had already commented on the allegations against Manson in February and described her own experiences.
In the current complaint published by the magazine, she describes the alleged acts in more detail and demands compensation for pain and suffering.
Manson was violent and abusive, forced her to work 48 hours with no sleep, and sexually offered her to his friends.
Sleep deprivation and tantrums
The now 37-year-old met Manson, according to his own statement, in May 2010 after he wrote to her on the social network Myspace and praised her photography.
Shortly after an initial meeting, at which Manson is said to have already become violent, he offered her the job as an assistant.
He promised her exciting jobs and a good salary, but reality was marked by fear and torture, according to the complaint.
Manson forced her to work non-stop, kept her awake with coke.
He often had fits of anger, then threw heavy objects at them or pressed them against the wall.
In addition, he constantly threatened her.
Among other things, he sent her a photo of the slashed back of his then girlfriend Esmé Bianco - with the words: "See what happens."
Walters also heard the mistreatment of Manson's girlfriends.
They would often have hidden and locked themselves in the guest bathroom, where Walters secretly brought them food.
Manson had told her many times that he wanted to kill women and boasted that he could rape women without being punished for it.
Walters tells The Cut that Manson isolated and manipulated her so much that she thought she couldn't escape him.
"You just lower your head and you're in survival mode," says Walters.
Photos with Nazi objects
Manson also searched her laptop for private files and forced her to take photos with Nazi memorabilia so that he could blackmail her if she turned against him.
He also regularly offered her sexually to his business partners and friends, pushed her onto their lap and said they could touch her.
An unnamed director kept reaching under the skirt of Walters while he covered her mouth.
“It made me feel like his [Mansons,
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] To be possessed.
I felt like a piece of meat, ”says Walters of“ The Cut ”.
The magazine quotes an anonymous source close to Manson who confirms Walters' statement: Manson offered Walters "more than a few times" to other people.
After a year as Manson's assistant, the singer fired Walters after some arguments.
At the time, however, she was too afraid of retaliation to talk about her experience.
She thought it was better "to have him as a friend rather than an enemy," she told the magazine.
It was only when several of Manson's alleged victims turned to her in the fall of 2020 and told their stories that she made the decision not to let him get away with it any longer and to want to protect other women.
Another lawsuit is currently pending against Manson after ex-girlfriend Esmé Bianco filed a lawsuit for sexual assault and assault earlier this year.
Police are also investigating him on allegations of domestic violence.
Manson has denied all allegations so far.
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