Marsh died two years after allegations of sexually abusing teenagers. Police arrested him, raided his offices, and publicized evidence. He settled lawsuits with the accusers out of court in 2013 but was still indicted on 14 counts of sexual performance, assault, or indecency with children.[1][2][3][4][5] The charges were dropped only with Marsh's death prior to a trial date.[6] The accusations followed other publicly known sexual misconduct accusations and charges in 2001, 1998, and 1996.[4] Following his death, his survivors were also accused of sex trafficking.[7] Several businesses associated with Marsh's office settled suits with accusers in 2015.[8]
Yeah, those are legitimate allegations as far as I am experienced.
When I was in high school and college in the 90s I used to hang around with various punks in Amarillo.
I worked with a guy bussing tables Abuelo's who was part of being molested by that dude. It was kind of common knowledge among the people I was around, but being young and dumb it just sounded like stuff that happened, or maybe even something that young gay dudes might not be opposed to doing for fun.
For context this was in the years around the time Brian Deneke was murdered.
The horrific fuck-up-ed-ness of that town was lost on me until later in life.
But yeah, lots of cool art from that old guy, and the punk scene there was sometimes more interesting than Lubbock so I guess that's a thing.
1: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/us/stanley-marsh-cadillac...
2: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/us/millionaire-stanley-ma...
3: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/23/arts/design/stanley-marsh...
4: https://www.amarillo.com/story/news/crime/2013/04/11/million...
5: https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/darkness-on-the-plains...
6: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2014/06/19/stanley-mars...
7: https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/local/2015/10/09/la...
8: https://www.amarillo.com/story/news/crime/2015/04/07/chase-t...
cf. Marsh 3's feud over the Ranch with the Whittenbergs, another eccentric oil-rich family: https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/big-feud-at-cadillac...
Marsh left the Ranch land to a trust unaffected by the lawsuits: https://www.petersen.org/blog/cadillac-ranch