Evan Rachel Wood got emotional while speaking with Drew Barrymore about her alleged abuser Marilyn Manson.
13.03.2022 - 17:31 / nme.com
Marilyn Manson assistant Ashley Walters was allegedly threatened with “retaliatory legal action” if she took part in Evan Rachel Wood’s upcoming documentary Phoenix Rising.Phoenix Rising, which premieres March 15 and 16 on HBO, details the alleged abuse Wood suffered while with Manson.When it was announced back in January, Manson’s legal team filed a lawsuit against Wood, suing her for defamation, emotional distress, and “impersonation over the internet.”However, according to an amended lawsuit filed Friday (March 11) by Walters’ lawyers, she was also threatened with similar legal proceedings if she took part.In May 2021, Walters sued the singer for sexual assault, battery, and harassment.
When contacted by NME for comment on Walters’ lawsuit, a member of Manson’s team “vehemently denied any accusations of assault”.Following the filing, Manson’s lawyers tried to have the case thrown out on the basis of statute of limitations, but the judge overseeing the case declined to rule on that motion until a later date.In the amended lawsuit (seen by Rolling Stone), Ashley Walters also said that she repressed the memories of much of the sexual abuse and battery she claimed she endured during her time with Manson, only confronting what occurred following therapy sessions in the autumn of 2020.“While (Walters) could not recall many of the specific acts of intimidation, threats and coercion until Fall of 2020 or later, the compilation of numerous threatening and violent events instilled a constant state of fear of retribution and retaliation,” Walters’ lawyers wrote in the amended lawsuit, explaining why she hadn’t come forward before.“This also contributed to the fact that (Walters) was unable to access many of the memories of her
.Evan Rachel Wood got emotional while speaking with Drew Barrymore about her alleged abuser Marilyn Manson.
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Marilyn Manson’s 2007 single ‘Heart-Shaped Glasses (When The Heart Guides The Hand)’, after alleging in her new documentary that she was “essentially raped on camera” during the video’s filming.On Wednesday (March 16), Wood shared the petition – launched by Victoria Ambrose, who describes herself as “an advocate for survivors of domestic violence” – on her Instagram Story.Ambrose argues in the petition that the video “should not still be allowed on YouTube, or circulating anywhere for that matter” as it allegedly depicts Manson penetrating Wood without her consent. At the time of writing, the petition – which you can sign here – has received just over 6,600 signatures.The video for ‘Heart-Shaped Glasses’ remains available for public viewing on YouTube.
Rachel Evan Wood appears on the Thursday, March 17 edition of “The Drew Barrymore Show” to discuss “Phoenix Rising”, the Amy J. Berg-directed documentary in which she details the abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of ex Marilyn Manson.
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“I have every right to be afraid,” Evan Rachel Wood says to viewers who have tuned in to hear more from the actress about her tumultuous relationship with rock star, Marilyn Manson. In the second part of the documentary, Phoenix Rising, Evan is seen meeting with a group of other women who’ve also accused Manson of physical and emotional abuse. Over the course of the film, Evan goes into detail about the worst parts of her relationship with Manson, including what happened when she tried to leave him.
It’s been nearly 15 years since an 18-year-old Evan Rachel Wood met 36-year-old Marilyn Manson at a Hollywood party, but for the first time, the actress known for her roles in True Blood and Westworld has come forward to tell her story about their relationship and the abuses she claims she endured during it.
Evan Rachel Wood has insisted she is "steady as a rock" as she faces a defamation lawsuit against her alleged abuser Marilyn Manson. The Westworld actress appeared on The View on Monday to promote her new documentary, Phoenix Rising, in which she details her abuse allegations against her former fiancé Manson, real name Brian Warner. During the interview, Wood was asked about the defamation lawsuit Manson filed against her earlier this month and she admitted the legal action was expected.
Evan Rachel Wood is speaking out in response to the lawsuit that her former boyfriend and alleged abuser Marilyn Manson has filed against her.
Marilyn Manson filed a lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood over allegations of abuse she leveled against the shock rocker in February 2021.
Evan Rachel Wood is sharing her experience ahead of the debut of her documentary “Phoenix Rising”.
Zack Sharf Evan Rachel Wood appeared on “The View” ahead of her two-part documentary “Rising Phoenix” debuting on HBO this week and stood defiant against a recent lawsuit Marilyn Manson filed against her. “I can’t obviously speak about any of the specific allegations of the lawsuit, but I’m not scared,” Wood said. “I am sad, because this is how it works.
Marilyn Manson‘s history of alleged abuse is coming to light in the new documentary Phoenix Rising. Actress Evan Rachel Wood, 43, details the 53-year-old musician’s alleged acts of sexual and physical abuse in the two-part documentary, which premieres March 15 on HBO and is directed by Amy Berg. Evan has accused Marilyn (real name Brian Warner) of abusing her while they were in a relationship from 2007 to 2010, and Marilyn has denied all the allegations.
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Phoenix Rising” — a two-part documentary set to air on HBO, beginning March 15, that’s directed by Oscar- and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Amy Berg — Wood, 34, reveals she realized she was pregnant with the baby of her alleged abuser, Marilyn Manson, while working on that 2011 miniseries.“From the beginning of our relationship, he always had an issue with whatever birth control I was using — and I went through, like, every type to see which one he liked, and he didn’t like any of them, so essentially he didn’t want me using birth control,” Wood says in the film, whose first half premiered during the Sundance Film Festival in January. She claims that Manson refused to wear a condom, and using spermicides after intercourse didn’t work. Wood decided to terminate the pregnancy — and was shocked when Manson demanded she cook him a meal directly after the abortion.
Marilyn Manson has filed a lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood, accusing his former partner of defamation. The legal action comes ahead of the TV premiere of new documentary ‘Phoenix Rising’ on HBO, in which Wood makes various allegations of sexual abuse against the musician.In the lawsuit, Manson – real name Brian Warner – accuses Wood and her “on-again, off-again” partner Ashley Gore of framing him as “a rapist and abuser – a malicious falsehood that has derailed Warner’s successful music, TV and film career”.He also accuses Wood and Gore of “falsifying and spreading” allegations against him, as well as “forging and distributing a fictitious letter from the [FBI], to create the false appearance” that he was under federal investigation.
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Marilyn Manson has filed a lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood over allegations of abuse she leveled against the shock rocker in February 2021.According to lawsuit filed on behalf of Manson — whose real name is Brian Warner — by his attorney, Howard King, the singer alleges that Wood and her romantic partner, Illma Gore, engaged in a «conspiracy» meant to «publicly cast Plaintiff Brian Warner, p/k/a Marilyn Manson, as a rapist and abuser.»The lawsuit claims the allegations leveled against Manson by Wood are «a malicious falsehood that has derailed Warner’s successful music, TV, and film career.»The suit also makes specific claims regarding the supposed conspiracy, and alleges that Wood and Gore «impersonated an actual agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation by forging and distributing a fictitious letter from the agent, to create the false appearance that Warner’s alleged “victims” and their families were in danger, and that there was a federal criminal investigation of Warner ongoing.»The lawsuit further claims that this was done as part of an effort to convince other women of coming forward with false allegations against the musician.«For at least the last two years, Gore and Wood have secretly recruited, coordinated, and pressured prospective accusers to emerge simultaneously with allegations of rape and abuse against Warner, and brazenly claim that it took ten or more years to 'realize' their consensual relationships with Warner were supposedly abusive,» the lawsuit claims.The suit further alleges that the pair «provided checklists and scripts to prospective accusers» and claims that Gore «hacked Warner’s computers, phones, email accounts, and/or social media accounts; created a fictitious email account to
Rocker Marilyn Manson sued his former fiancee, “Westworld" actor Evan Rachel Wood, on Wednesday over her allegations that he sexually and physically abused her during their relationship.The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges that Wood's allegations were fabricated, and that she and another woman named as a defendant, Illma Gore, used false pretenses including a phony letter from the FBI to convince other women to come forward with sexual abuse allegations and coached them on what to say about Manson, whose legal name is Brian Warner.The lawsuit, which claims defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress, says Wood publicly cast Manson “as a rapist and abuser — a malicious falsehood that has derailed Warner’s successful music, TV, and film career.”Wood and Gore have not yet filed a response to the lawsuit. An email to representatives of Wood seeking comment was not immediately returned.Manson and Wood revealed they were a couple in 2007, and they were briefly engaged in 2010 before breaking up.In 2017, when the #MeToo movement gained momentum, Wood said she had been raped and abused, and she gave testimony to a Congressional committee in 2018, both without naming anyone.