Civil Litigation
Dec. 14, 2023
Panel: Suppressed memory extends statute of limitations
On appeal, the plaintiff contended the delayed discovery rule “postponed accrual of her claims until 2020, when she joined a support group and was able to recover suppressed memories” of abuse, wrote Justice Gail Ruderman Feuer.
Marilyn Manson in West Hollywood, Dec. 11, 2014. (The New York Times)
The statute of limitations for a sexual abuse lawsuit against rocker Marilyn Manson has not expired, an appellate panel ruled Wednesday, because the plaintiff alleged sufficient facts to support an application for the delayed discovery rule, and because she said the defendants pressured her into silence for a decade.
The opinion by a panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 7, reversing and remanding the case to Los Angeles Coun...