Overview
- Los Angeles County Judge Steve Cochran granted Manson’s motion to dismiss and vacated a trial that had been set for next month.
- In court, Cochran said he could not apply the delayed discovery doctrine because Walters filed roughly a decade after the alleged events.
- Walters’ attorney, Kate McFarlane, said she will explore an appeal and argued the doctrine is meant to protect abuse survivors.
- Walters sued in 2021 over alleged abuse during her 2010–2011 employment; the suit was tossed in 2022, revived on appeal in 2024, and has now been dismissed again.
- Manson has denied wrongdoing, his lawyer praised the ruling, and a separate sheriff’s probe closed in January 2025 citing proof hurdles and statutes of limitation.