UPDATE, 8:30 PM: After nearly two years, Marilyn Manson has reached an agreement with Esmé Bianco to end the Game of Thrones actress’ sexual assault and sexual battery case against him.
“Ms. Bianco has agreed to resolve her claims against Brian Warner and Marilyn Manson Records, Inc,” lawyer Howard E. King told Deadline on behalf of Manson (a.k.a. Warner) and the record label. Bianco’s attorney released a similar statement Tuesday too, stating his client wanted “to move on with her life and career.”
The details of the settlement are shrouded, but clearly at least one of the parties sought to have this taken off the docket and out of the public eye.
Filed in federal court in April 2021, Bianco’s action alleged that Manson/Warner had used “fraudulent offers of movie and music video roles to convince Ms. Bianco to travel to Los Angeles, whereupon Mr. Warner then made threats of force and performed violent sexual acts on Ms. Bianco to which she did not consent.” Bianco said she was asked to come over from the UK to LA by Manson under the pretense of working on one of his elaborate music videos. The job and video apparently never panned out, but the actress alleged that after moving into the fading shock rocker’s West Hollywood apartment in 2011, Manson tried to control her entire life.
“Mr. Warner raped Ms. Bianco in or around May 2011,” Bianco’s unsuccessfully challenged suit claims. She added that Manson would not allow her to sleep, eat, or leave the residence without...
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