Game of Thrones star Esmé Bianco’s lawsuit against Marilyn Manson advances

Brian Warner, aka Marilyn Manson, tried to dismiss a sexual assault suit filed against him by Game of Thrones alum Esmé Bianco (Ros), but the judge disagreed.

Last year, Game of Thrones veteran Esmé Bianco (she played Ros in the first three seasons of HBO’s hit show) became one of several women to file suit against Brian Warner, better known by his stage name Marilyn Manson, for sexual assault. Bianco’s allegations are pretty horrific; she claims that while living with Warner in 2011, he deprived her of sleep, cut her with a knife during sex, sexually assaulted her when she was unconscious, and chased her with an axe. Bianco also alleges that Warner violated trafficking laws by flying her to LA for an alleged work opportunity and then spending days abusing her for a music video that never materialized.

Warner has denied all allegations made against him by Bianco and other women like Westworld star Evan Rachel Wood, calling them “horrible distortions of reality.” He tried to get Bianco’s suit dismissed last week by arguing that her allegations were past California’s statute of limitations, but Judge Fernando Aenlle-Rocha shot him down, according to Insider. “A reasonable jury could find that the effects of Warner’s alleged unconscionable acts, including the perceived threat to Plaintiff’s safety, immigration status, and career, persisted years after her last contact with Warner,” Judge Aenlle-Rocha wrote in his ruling.

This does not mean that Bianco will ultimately win the case, but she’s closer to getting her chance.

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