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MARILYN MANSON's Lawyer: "Global Mediation" with Alleged Victims is "In The Cards"

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Could a blanket settlement with Marilyn Manson's accusers be in the cards? His lawyer seemed to float the idea during a recent court hearing. Manson (real name Brian Warner) is being sued by multiple women for sexual assault. His lawyer at one of these hearings recently floated the idea of a global settlement.

Ā Rolling StoneĀ reports:

At a court hearing in Los Angeles, defense lawyer Stephen D. Rothschild started by saying Warnerā€™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.

ā€œThere are other cases that are somewhat related, and so as things progress, we may decide that itā€™s best to have a global mediation. I donā€™t think thatā€™s going to happen any time soon, but it is in the cards,ā€ Rothschild said.

Manson has previously denied all accusations.

On February 1st, 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 me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years," adding "I 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 backed her claims and alleged Manson is abusing his current wife.

Wood began signal-boosting other womenĀ who spoke of the abuse they alleged Manson caused to them. Another accuser has since come forward sayingĀ Manson pulled a gun on herĀ and accused him of drugging his girlfriend at the time.

Limp Bizkit's Wes Borland, who played with Manson in 1998, was theĀ first artist to speak out, and said that everything Wood was saying was true. Trent Reznor released a statementĀ 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."

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