Actor Esme Bianco, Marilyn Manson Settle Sex Abuse Lawsuit

LOS ANGELES (AP) Game of Thrones actor Esm Bianco has agreed to settle a federal lawsuit with rocker Marilyn Manson in which she alleged sexual, physical and emotional abuse, attorneys for both sides said Wednesday.

Bianco reached the agreement in her lawsuit against Manson and his record company in order to move on with her life and career, lawyer Jay Ellwanger said in an email.

Mansons attorney Howard King also confirmed the agreement in an email. He previously said the actions alleged in the suit simply never happened and were provably false.

In the lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles in 2021, Bianco said Manson, whose legal name is Brian Warner, violated human trafficking law by bringing her to California from England in 2009 and 2011 under the false pretenses of roles in music videos and movies that never materialized.

The suit alleged Manson deprived Bianco of food and sleep, gave her alcohol and drugs, locked her in a bedroom, whipped her, cut her, gave her electric shocks, tried to force her to have sex with another woman and threatened to enter her room and rape her during the night.