On Novemshe walked a familiar route to her friend Lynda’s house before they were to head to a party together later that evening. On the night she crossed paths with the Grim Sleeper, Enietra Washington was a 27-year-old mother of two and lifelong resident of South Los Angeles. Enietra Washington Encounters Lonnie Franklin Jr.Ī photo of Enietra Washington taken in the 1980s. However, as the only confirmed survivor of the Grim Sleeper, Washington’s testimony was critical in finally getting one of the city’s most prolific serial killers off the streets. Largely due to police indifference to the murders of young Black women in poor neighborhoods, the Grim Sleeper stalked the streets of South LA for decades with little interference from law enforcement. But against all odds, she survived Lonnie Franklin Jr.’s attack in the 1980s, not knowing until the 2000s that she was targeted by a serial killer. Septem~ By Shari Rose Serial Killer Lonnie Franklin Murdered At Least 10 Women & Girls in Los Angeles From 1980s To 2000sĮnietra Washington (Margette) was intended to be the Grim Sleeper’s eighth murder victim the day he watched her walk down the street in South Los Angeles. at Los Angeles Superior Court in February 2015. The auction will start on March 29, at 7pm PST (3am GMT) live at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills and online.Enietra Washington speaks during a preliminary hearing in the trial of serial killer Lonnie Franklin Jr. Mr Nolan said “high net worth individuals” typically buy Banksy’s works but hoped that museums would be interested in Brace Yourself!īrace Yourself! is being displayed in the window of the Hard Rock Cafe in Piccadilly Circus in London from March 9 to 15. He also said: “We absolutely do expect it to sell for more than the estimate.” Mr Nolan added: “( Banksy ) wanted them to have (it) as a backdrop, but they were smart to realise this is something of value. The proceeds of the sale will go to the band with a large portion set aside for MusiCares, a music industry charity, which Mr Nolan said was an added “feel-good factor”. Martin Nolan, executive director/CFO at Julien’s Auctions, said the importance of the artwork rests in it being given to a five-piece cover band – which also includes guitarist Kevin Wilson – by Banksy as “you can’t say it’s a beautiful picture because it’s the Grim Reaper”. I think we have improved and I guess, (we’re) more determined to keep playing.” Our first gig was in (drummer Simon Duncan’s) garden and now (we have played) in a big pub in Victoria called the Shakespeare (with) hundreds of people dancing. “The journey has been a good one,” Moore also said over changing their name. She also said the painting had given them “joy” and a lot of opportunities for “fun” and they wanted to say goodbye to it in a “cool way”. ![]() When asked if the band will be disappointed if a private collector buys the work, she added: “I think it will be shown again at some point even if that does happen, because he’s the biggest artist in the world. ![]() The sale is also about preserving the artwork as a “piece of history”, said singer Natalie Zalewska. “So (the sale) wasn’t necessarily the cost driving it but it was a trigger because (after the exhibits) we were going to have to put it in storage and (continue to pay for) insurance.” He added they were getting to fulfil their “bucket list” by playing a gig in front of the painting at the auction in California, as it can be taken out of temperature-controlled storage, which is a cost to the band.Ītkinson also said: “People should be able to see it … whether that’s (in) someone’s house or in a museum. ![]() When asked how they were feeling about parting with the artwork, guitarist Darren Moore said: “I was kind of quite frustrated that it was so valuable … it did just kind of languish for a while in storage, hidden away from the world and so I was really happy when we finally started to exhibit.”įellow guitarist Mark Atkinson said: “I think for me, it’s the thing of even though we wouldn’t own it anymore, it’s still part of our story.” Picture date: Thursday March 9, 2023.Īfter valuing the artwork with Sotheby’s at £200,000, the rockers stored the Banksy and exhibited it at 2014’s Stealing Banksy and 2021’s Art of Banksy. Banksy's original grim reaper painting Brace Yourself!, is moved to be displayed in the window of the Hard Rock Cafe in London ahead of it being offered for sale by Julien's Auctions in Los Angeles.
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