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Evan Rachel Wood Alleges Marilyn Manson Abused Her

Marilyn Manson has responded in an Instagram post to Evan Rachel Wood's allegations of abuse.

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Evan Rachel Wood — the actor, singer and activist — has alleged that Marilyn Manson is the person to whom she has referred over the years when she has talked about being a survivor of domestic violence. Wood and Manson’s relationship became public in 2007 when she was 19 and he was 38. They became engaged in 2010, but broke up later that year.

In an Instagram post on Monday morning, and in a statement to Vanity Fair, Wood said, “The name of my abuser is Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson. He started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years. I was brainwashed and manipulated into submission. I am done living in fear of retaliation, slander, or blackmail. I am here to expose this dangerous man and call out the many industries that have enabled him, before he ruins any more lives. I stand with the many victims who will no longer be silent.”

Wood began talking about being a survivor of rape and domestic violence in a Rolling Stone article in 2016, and has focused her activism on those issues. In 2019, Wood created the Phoenix Act, a bill that extends the statute of limitations on domestic violence to five years from three. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law in October of 2019, and it took effect in January 2020. Wood testified before the California Senate at the time, saying that her abuser had hidden his drug and alcohol addiction from her, and “had bouts of extreme jealousy, which would often result in him wrecking our home, cornering me in a room, and threatening me.”

“I mustered the courage to leave several times, but he would call my house incessantly and threaten to kill himself,” Wood said at the time. “On one occasion, I returned to try and defuse the situation, he cornered me in our bedroom, and asked me to kneel. Then he tied me up by my hands and feet. Once I was restrained he beat me and shocked sensitive parts of my body with a torture device called a violet wand. To him it was a way for me to prove my loyalty. The pain was excruciating. It felt like I left my body and a part of me died that day.”

In the fall, Wood told Variety, “When I started being an activist, I really asked myself, where do I even start? So the place that I usually start, because I feel like I’m going to do the most good, are the places that I have direct experience. I think that’s why I’ve done so much on domestic violence, and sexual assault.”

Because of Wood’s public comments, which has narrowed down the timing of these alleged incidents, journalists and the public have wondered whether he was the person Wood was talking about. “Why Is Nobody Talking About Marilyn Manson’s ‘Fantasy’ of Killing Evan Rachel Wood?” read a Glamour headline in March 2018 — the piece pointed out that Manson had once said about Wood in a 2009 interview: “I have fantasies every day about smashing her skull in with a sledgehammer.”

And this past fall, Manson ended an interview with the U.K. music magazine Metal Hammer when the writer brought up Wood’s name. Later, Manson issued a lengthy statement, denying any wrongdoing.

 

[CrankyJay™]

I thought we actually knew this already? Or was it just innuendo/rumor?

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

Honestly, it’s hard to know who to believe.

 

[Revolutionary]

 

[Tesseract]

this was known for some time, it's not revelatory

 

[LisaMariaMartin]

He has the look

 

[SirKicksalot]

Wood testified before the California Senate at the time, saying that her abuser had hidden his drug and alcohol addiction from her

...is she still talking about Marilyn Manson here?

 

[OnThePathToWisdom]

You're telling me that this openly satanic creep, covered in satanic tattoos and whose whole image is of some satanic lunatic is an abuser? HOLD THE PRESSES.

 

[M1chl]

He is quite inteligent, however I can see that, this does not seems to be that much of a....how to put it, I would expect this sort of thing. But than again "I was brainwashed into submission" is something which authorities should look into, because what does it mean.

 

[Stouffers]

You're telling me that this openly satanic creep, covered in satanic tattoos and whose whole image is of some satanic lunatic is an abuser? HOLD THE PRESSES.

 

[infinitys_7th]

You're telling me that this openly satanic creep, covered in satanic tattoos and whose whole image is of some satanic lunatic is an abuser? HOLD THE PRESSES.

He even has the pedophile puffy face.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

He's always been a creep. Never understood his appeal. I imagine it was somebody early 2000's edgelord atheists could cling to.

 

[FreedomOfSpeech]

You're telling me that this openly satanic creep, covered in satanic tattoos and whose whole image is of some satanic lunatic is an abuser? HOLD THE PRESSES.

Oh noes! Someone was accused of something, you invoke your religion's villain, and associate him with the accused. Surely this is an open and shut case, to the pyre with MM.

 

[OnThePathToWisdom]

Oh noes! Someone was accused of something, you invoke your religion's villain, and associate him with the accused. Surely this is an open and shut case, to the pyre with MM.

It doesn't exactly take a religious scholar to see this guy is bad news. If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck...

 

[Elektro Demon]

Now she started talking after all these years. For some reason, I don't believe her.
And I don't care for Manson.

 

[SlimySnake]

I think i know what she's talking about. She was only 19 years old when they got engaged which is very young. And if they knew each other when she was only 18 or younger, he couldve easily manipulated her.

The other stuff reads like he made her do some sick twisted shit in bed and she regrets it. The guy is clearly a freak even though hes very intelligent, but that just means he's just that much smarter at manipulating young girls. Part of me wants to say that she shouldnt have been dating a man more than twice her age. They are a lot more sexually advanced and girls that young arent that adventurous.

Having sex with an unconscious girl is just wrong. i dont care if shes your wife or gf, its practically necrophilia.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

He's always been a creep. Never understood his appeal. I imagine it was somebody early 2000's edgelord atheists could cling to.

I maintain that Mechanical Animals was a great album. And the production of Antichrist Superstar was pretty gritty and awesome, though that's probably a mark of Trent Reznor's talents more than Brian Warner &co.

But towards the start of the Golden Age of Grotesque era, he just kind of became this out of shape, drug addled parody of himself. His level of talent REQUIRED that he maintain the shock value from leftover Satanic Panic, because he was a far better performer than he is a musician.

 

[Tesseract]

It doesn't exactly take a religious scholar to see this guy is bad news. If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck...

eye witness testimony is the lowest form of evidence and basically useless in most cases

presumption of innocence works inside and out of the court room, public opinion or perception isn't a factor

 

[xrnzaaas]

She's a strange woman, she already stated in the past about being raped and sexually abused, but somehow didn't mind to voluntarily act in several movie/tv rape scenes.

 

[OnThePathToWisdom]

eye witness testimony is the lowest form of evidence and basically useless in most cases

presumption of innocence works inside and out of the court room, public opinion or perception isn't a factor

I'm not saying he's guilty, just that I wouldn't be surprised whatsoever if he is. Just look at him and what he puts out.

 

[Ionian]

Now she started talking after all these years. For some reason, I don't believe her.
And I don't care for Manson.

She had spoken about it before, only named him now.

She isn't the only woman to accuse him either. I believe her, she has nothing to gain from stating it was him.

 

[Elektro Demon]

She had spoken about it before, only named him now.

She isn't only woman to accuse him either. I believe her, she has nothing to gain from stating it was him.

But accusations of rape are serious. If somebody raped me, I'd go straight to the police or murder the rapist. You don't just put up with it. Or you do because Manson has a lot of money. That's what I think is going on in this case.

 

[Tesseract]

I'm not saying he's guilty, just that I wouldn't be surprised whatsoever if he is. Just look at him and what he puts out.

output isn't necessarily in indicator of state of mind, especially for showmen who make dosh outta theatrics

he might be a degenerate freak who hurts women tho, which case fuck him but it's hard to stake that position without evidence

 

[Winter's End]

Nothing new i heard these crazy story's about him for decades now. He was always a creep he openly talked about abusing and killing women and made songs about it. People somehow just thought it was part of his act but he was never acting it was always really him.

 

[Gloomnivore]

This isn’t hard to believe. What she describes sounds like what an average relationship with Marilyn Manson would be. He wasn’t one to keep his depravities in the closet.

 

[Ionian]

But accusations of rape are serious. If somebody raped me, I'd go straight to the police or murder the rapist. You don't just put up with it. Or you do because Manson has a lot of money. That's what I think is going on in this case.

Fuck that shit, you not watch her testimony?

What's in it for her? The answer is absolutely nothing, no point in lying because she ain't getting anything from it.

 

[Elektro Demon]

Fuck that shit, you not watch her testimony?

What's in it for her? The answer is absolutely nothing, no point in lying because she ain't getting anything from it.

Except for leftist social media points and everyone feeling sorry for her and telling her how she's brave blah blah.

 

[Ionian]

Except for leftist social media points and everyone feeling sorry for her and telling her how she's brave blah blah.

Bullshit. Going for woke points about being groomed and tortured?

Nah. you're out of your mind.

 

[Kimahri]

If you ever watched his Dead to the World video back in the day, you'd know pretty well that Manson not some regular good guy behind the makeup.

I'm not gonna defend him or anything, but if you go in expecting some vanilla safe and sound relationship with this guy:

You're probably in for a surprise.

 

[teezzy]

Marilyn Manson is the Andy Dick of nu-metal

 

[Woo-Fu]

I wonder how surprised she was when it turned out he wasn't an angel.

 

[Peggies]

You're telling me that this openly satanic creep, covered in satanic tattoos and whose whole image is of some satanic lunatic is an abuser? HOLD THE PRESSES.

Did you say Satan?!

 

[MrS]

Fucked up situation and it has always been obvious that Brian has a screw loose. Still love his musical output.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

If you ever watched his Dead to the World video back in the day, you'd know pretty well that Manson not some regular good guy behind the makeup.

I'm not gonna defend him or anything, but if you go in expecting some vanilla safe and sound relationship with this guy:

You're probably in for a surprise.

When you're trying to shit and eat spaghetti at the same time, but you realize you're late for setting the world record for circumnavigating the Earth in a fixed winged aircraft.

 

[Peggies]

It doesn't exactly take a religious scholar to see this guy is bad news. If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck...

Oh my God, you sound like my grandmother talking to my dad about Alice Cooper, back in the days.

 

[OnThePathToWisdom]

Oh my God, you sound like my grandmother talking to my dad about Alice Cooper, back in the days.

Oh you're still in the "satan is cool" phase, you'll grow out of it eventually, I hope.

 

[teezzy]

Peggies

 

[Maiden Voyage]

 

[Peggies]

Oh you're still in the "satan is cool" phase, you'll grow out of it eventually, I hope.

No. I just find it ridiculous to say that some wimp like Manson is a Satanist just because he likes to dress up and therefore has to be a rapist.

 

[Forsythia]

Don't know if Marilyn Manson actually abused her, but isn't this is a risk with groupies/fangirls/whatever in general? Rockstars fuck young girls, what else is new?

[EDIT] Read some more about this on Reddit:

Manson genuinely seems like a fucking creep. How many of these rockstars treat the girls like this? It's insane that this shit is accepted. Where's the #metoo for this?

 

[OnThePathToWisdom]

No. I just find it ridiculous to say that some wimp like Manson is a Satanist just because he likes to dress up and therefore has to be a rapist.

Have you looked at his tattoos and jewellery? The guy literally has pentagrams and satanic sigils tattooed all over himself. Maybe educate yourself first before making fun of something.

 

[Bridges]

No. I just find it ridiculous to say that some wimp like Manson is a Satanist just because he likes to dress up and therefore has to be a rapist.

He was given honorary priesthood for the Church of Satan, and has been vocal about being a Satanist.
It's not that ridiculous to call someone a Satanist if they (and other Satanists) call themself one

 

[INC]

What a surprise.......

At least that means, we'll never have to hear his shitty music on the radio, ever again

Thank you cancel culture, you've actually done good this time

 

[SLoWMoTIoN]

public opinion or perception isn't a factor

Except that is how most people get convicted sadly.

 

[NeoGiffer]

 

[Peggies]

Have you looked at his tattoos and jewellery? The guy literally has pentagrams and satanic sigils tattooed all over himself. Maybe educate yourself first before making fun of something.

Good lord, he has pentagrams tattooed? Like pretty much every little stupid Gothic girl in the world?
I'm neither pro Satanist nor defending rapists, just saying that it's dangerous to be so judgmental.
Educate yourself what happens when people like you have a say what seems "suspicious".

 

[Kimahri]

Oh my God, you sound like my grandmother talking to my dad about Alice Cooper, back in the days.

Funny thing, he turned out to be a christian. So did Twiggy after the rape allegations. I suppose Manson is next.

 

[Lanrutcon]

I was not aware we had so many puritans on this board.

Careful, guys. Maybe he played D&D.

OoooOOOoOOOooOOOoo

 

[OnThePathToWisdom]

Good lord, he has pentagrams tattooed? Like pretty much every little stupid Gothic girl in the world?
I'm neither pro Satanist nor defending rapists, just saying that it's dangerous to be so judgmental.
Educate yourself what happens when people like you have a say what seems "suspicious".

There's a difference between some girl tattooing and a guy who quite literally worships satan in his music and art that's heard by millions. I have no idea why you are defending something you seem to have no knowledge of. Or you do and are just playing dumb.
What is that west memphis three case supposed to prove? Have you seen Damien Echols and who he hangs with? Quite the shady characters, also all coincidentally covered in satanic and occult tattoos. Just a coincidence, I'm sure.

 

[Peggies]

There's a difference between some girl tattooing and a guy who quite literally worships satan in his music and art that's heard by millions. I have no idea why you are defending something you seem to have no knowledge of. Or you do and are just playing dumb.
What is that west memphis three case supposed to prove? Have you seen Damien Echols and who he hangs with? Quite the shady characters, also all coincidentally covered in satanic and occult tattoos. Just a coincidence, I'm sure.