A former assistant to Marilyn Manson filed a lawsuit against the musician Tuesday over allegations of sexual assault.
Ashley Walters accused Manson of sexual assault, battery and harassment in the lawsuit obtained by The Cut and reviewed by another outlet.
In a lawsuit, Ashley Walters, a former personal assistant to Marilyn Manson, is seeking damages for alleged sexual assault, sexual battery and abuse.https://t.co/mJ5sKTHB1T
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Walters, who worked as Manson’s assistant from 2010 until 2011, claimed the singer assaulted her the first time she met him by allegedly pinning her down on a bed and then forcing her hand down his pants, the outlet reported. The lawsuit claimed Manson continued to direct his anger at Walters throughout their professional relationship. (RELATED: Esme Bianco Says Marilyn Manson Once Cut Her With A Knife, Chased Her With An Axe)
Walters also claimed Manson would brag about raping women to her and once showed her pictures of wounds he gave to ex-girlfriend Esme Bianco, who has also filed a lawsuit against Manson.
Manson allegedly would “[offer her] up to his influential industry friends and associates,” the lawsuit reportedly said.
“It made me feel like I was his property,” Walters told The Cut. “It just made me feel like a piece of meat.”
Walters is one of more than a dozen women that have accused Manson of sexual abuse, Fox News reported.
Manson’s team denied the sexual abuse allegations to TMZ and Manson previously released his own statement on his Instagram page.
“Obviously, my life and my art have long been magnets for controversy, but these recent claims about me are horrible distortions of reality,” Manson said at the time.
“My intimate relationships have always been entirely consensual with like-minded partners,” he added. “Regardless of how — and why — others are now choosing to misrepresent the past, that is the truth.”