Courts and Crime
Judge said he’d “have trouble sleeping” if he dismissed the lawsuit so soon after reviving it
Marilyn Manson lost his latest bid Friday to shut down a sexual assault lawsuit brought by his former assistant.
A California judge refused to toss or trim the claims in Ashley Walters’ third amended complaint, five months after he revived the case under a new California law that gives older sexual assault claims a two-year lookback window to move forward.
Manson’s lawyer Alexa Foley had argued during the hearing in downtown Los Angeles that Walters’ allegations did not qualify as a revivable under the new law, known as AB250. She tried in vain to convince the court that Walters couldn’t meet the standard of showing she was physically restrained during her alleged sexual assault.
