Police issue arrest warrant for Marilyn Manson for assaulting a camera operator
The crime for which the artist is accused is punishable by up to one year in prison and the payment of up to 1,635 euros
The New Hampshire State Police, in the northwestern United States, issued an arrest warrant for the singer Marilyn Manson on Tuesday for the alleged assault on a camera operator in August 2019. A crime that, according to State legislation , can carry a jail sentence of up to one year and a penalty of up to 1,635 euros.
The arrest warrant for Manson has been made public on the Gilford police force's Facebook profile, which states that both the artist and his agent and legal counsel have known about the warrant for a long time, but “have made no effort to return to New Hampshire and respond to pending charges. " "Gilford Police have an active arrest warrant for Brian Hugh Warner [better known as Marilyn Manson] for two assault offenses related to a 2019 incident at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion," the post said, accompanied by a photograph of the vocalist. At the moment, the representative of Manson has not commented on the matter.
The incident occurred, according to agents, on August 18, 2019, when Manson gave a concert at the New Hampshire Pavilion. The camera operator had been subcontracted by a local company to record the performance and she was in the pit of the stage when she was allegedly assaulted.
According to Manson's lawyer, Howard King, to People magazine, the accusation for this crime comes after “having received a demand from the camera operator for more than $ 35,000 [more than 28,600 euros], after a small amount of saliva will come into contact with your arm ”. In these statements, King added that, "after having requested evidence of the damage" reported, they never received a response. "It is not a secret for anyone who has attended a Marilyn Manson concert that he likes to be provocative on stage, especially when there are cameras in front," added the lawyer, who assures that "this whole statement is ridiculous", but that they undertake to collaborate with the authorities as, they say, they have done "at all times."
