According to Pitchfork, the lawsuit that was filed by Marilyn Manson‘s former personal assistant Ashley Walters back in 2021 was dismissed last year when a judge ruled the alleged lawsuit allegedly exceeded California’s two year statute of limitations. The appeals court alleged reversal allegedly noted that the lawsuit is protected by the delayed discovery rule as Walters argued that alleged trauma led her to suppress the alleged memories until 2020.

Walters’s attorney James Vagnini commented, “We believe this ruling makes certain that courts must factor in trauma induced repression into the legal reasoning why survivors often come forward years after their trauma to raise claims. This clears a path, much like many of the newly passed laws sweeping the country, allowing victims of sexual assault and harassment to raise their claims against their abusers when they are able to, not by a deadline set by statute.”

Manson has allegedly settled two lawsuits over alleged rape this year. One was allegedly filed by Game of Thrones actress Esmé Bianco and another was allegedly filed by a woman referred to as Jane Doe. Ashley Morgan Smithline’s alleged 2021 lawsuit against Manson was allegedly dismissed and then Morgan later recanted her allegations. This year Manson was allegedly was sued by another Jane Doe who claimed he allegedly groomed and alleged abused her when she was allegedly a minor. The musician’s alleged defamation lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood is allegedly ongoing.