Marilyn Manson’s lawyer: “global settlement with alleged victims is in the cards”

A blanket settlement with Marilyn Manson‘s accusers apparently seems to be in the cards. His lawyer somewhat teased the idea during a recent court hearing. Manson is being sued by multiple women for sexual assault. His lawyer recently pitched the idea of a global settlement.

At a court hearing in Los Angeles, defense lawyer Stephen D. Rothschild started by saying Warner’s side was open to settlement discussions with the Jane Doe ex-girlfriend who claims the musician brutally raped her at his residence in 2011. The lawyer then took it a step further. “There are other cases that are somewhat related, and so as things progress, we may decide that it’s best to have a global mediation. I don’t think that’s going to happen any time soon, but it is in the cards,” Rothschild said.

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Manson has denied all accusations.

On February 1, 2021, actress Evan Rachel Wood publicly named Manson as her abuser, after previously detailing being mentally and physically tortured by an older man when she was 18-years-old. You can see the details of her accusations here. She later elaborated that Manson started grooming her when she was a teenager and horrifically abused her for years, adding that she was brainwashed and manipulated into submission. Wood released a second statement accusing Manson and his current wife of trying to blackmail her into silence. One of Manson’s former personal assistants has also backed her claims and added another claim, alleging Manson is abusing his current wife.

Wood began backing up and encouraging other women who spoke of the abuse they alleged Manson caused them. Another accuser has since come forward saying Manson pulled a gun on her and accused him of drugging his girlfriend at the time.

Limp Bizkit‘s Wes Borland, who played with Manson in 1998, was the first artist to speak out, and said that everything Wood was saying was true. Trent Reznor released a statement denouncing him. Another musician, Phoebe Bridgers, revealed she went over to Manson’s house as a teenager and he joked of having “a rape room.”