The sexual assault and battery lawsuit filed against Marilyn Manson – real name Brian Warner – by his former assistant, Ashley Walters, has been dismissed by a judge in Los Angeles. The trial, which had been scheduled to begin in the new year, has been vacated.
"We have a situation where the complaint was not filed until about 10 years after the operative events," said Los Angeles County Judge Steve Cochran. "I’m not able to find that the delayed discovery rule is applicable. I don’t have the authority to rule that the delayed discovery doctrine would apply under the circumstances that exist in this case."
