MARILYN MANSON'S SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE BY FORMER ASSISTANT REINSTATED UNDER NEW CALIFORNIA LAW. (PHOTO)

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Marilyn Manson's sexual assault case by former assistant reinstated under new California law A previously dismissed sexual assault case against Marilyn Manson, filed by former assistant Ashley Walters, was revived Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court under a new California law extending the statute of limitations for certain sexual abuse claims. Judge Steve Cochran granted Walters’ motion for reconsideration, vacating his December 2025 ruling that had dismissed the case and allowing it to proceed toward trial. The original suit, first filed in 2021, accused Manson, whose legal name is Brian Warner, of sexual harassment, sexual battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and wrongful termination based on her time working for him in 2010–2011. Previous attempts to move the case forward were blocked because the claims were made years after the alleged incidents, with courts initially ruling that the delayed discovery doctrine did not apply. The new law, Assembly Bill 250, s...

NEWSWATCH CO-FOUNDER DAN AGBESE IS DEAD. (PHOTO)


 Newswatch co-founder Dan Agbese is dead


Veteran journalist and co-founder of Newswatch, Dan Agbese, has passed on at the age of 81.


According to our sister publication, TheNews, Agbese died on Monday morning as reported by family sources.


 Agbese was  a towering figure in the nation’s media landscape, decades after he first stepped into the newsroom. He was  regarded as a master stylist and  influential public affairs commentators


Born on 20 May 1944 in Agila, now located in Benue State, Agbese’s journey into journalism began with formal training at the University of Lagos, where he studied Mass Communication. His academic pursuits later took him to the prestigious Columbia University in New York for a master’s degree in Journalism, and to the Thomson Foundation in Cardiff, United Kingdom, for further professional training.


Agbese’s early professional years were spent at the New Nigerian and Nigeria Standard newspapers But his most defining professional milestone came in 1984, when he joined Dele Giwa, Ray Ekpu, and Yakubu Mohammed to establish Newswatch, the groundbreaking weekly newsmagazine that became a model of investigative journalism in Nigeria. 


Over the years, he served the magazine in several capacities, including Managing Editor, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, and Editor-in-Chief.


He was also a  prolific author. Agbese wrote  books ranging from political history to media practice. His works include Fellow Nigerians: Turning Points in the Political History of Nigeria, 1966–1999, Nigeria Their Nigeria, Ibrahim Babangida: The Military, Politics and Power in Nigeria, and The Six Military Governors: Voices of History, among others.

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