Prediction: MM won't be charged - Attorney Analysis

The public statements released last week by LA County Prosecutor Eric Gascon about the Marilyn Manson investigation and today's news that the LA Sheriff's Department has forwarded their report to his office for a charging decision are unusual in a case like this. It's unfolding like a game of hot potato to see who ends up being the target for the lack of charges that will inevitably follow. I've seen many criminal investigations and this public breach of OPSEC, combined with how this investigation has unfolded, lead me to believe that we are very unlikely to see Marilyn Manson criminally charged.

Gascon's statement from 9/12: https://www.foxla.com/news/gascon-update-marilyn-manson-case

Today's article: https://www.foxla.com/news/lasd-submits-marilyn-manson-investigation-file-to-la-da-gascon

0:00 Intro
0:30 ERW has been inviting publicity into the investigation
2:09 Still, publicizing investigation status is unusual
2:46 They're choosing to talk about it for a reason
3:21 There's lots of reasons to think the investigation has gone nowhere
6:08 The publicity looks very politically motivated
8:18 LASD isn't going to hold the potato
9:50 OPSEC basic is don't tip off your movements
11:00 You'd expect more coordination if the case was going somewhere
13:53 So what's going to happen next?
15:00 The appropriate thing is to shut up to not taint the jury pool
17:15 But political considerations lean more towards saying more
18:13 If there's a charge, it should happen fast