Marilyn Manson Sees Judge Gut Rocker’s Defamation Case Against Evan Rachel Wood Over Abuse Allegations

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Marilyn Manson is disputing Evan Rachel Wood’s claims.

Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell split in 2014 and have since been caught in a lengthy custody dispute over their now 9-year-old son, Jack Matfin Bell. Back in 2022, Jamie said they had shared “equal custody” of their son for seven years before, as he claimed, Evan started keeping Jack from him. The 35-year-old Thirteen alum denied these claims. However, she was trying her hardest to keep her son with her at her home in Nashville, Tennessee. But things have changed.

Ethan Shanfeld Experimental filmmaker, artist and author Kenneth Anger has died. He was 96. His gallery, operated by Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers, confirmed the news on their website, writing, “Kenneth was a trailblazer. His cinematic genius and influence will live on and continue to transform all those who encounter his films, words and vision.” Anger produced over 30 short films from 1937 to 2013, having made his first movie at 10 years old. Known as “one of America’s first openly gay filmmakers,” he gained a reputation for exploring themes of erotica and homosexuality decades before gay sex was legalized in America. Anger received recognition for his homoerotic 1947 film “Fireworks,” which landed him in court on obscenity charges. Filmed in his childhood home in Beverly Hills, Calif., while his parents were away for the weekend, “Fireworks” is known as the first gay narrative film produced in the U.S.

Jonathan Majors seems to be spending more time with his rumored girlfriend, Meagan Good.The embattled actor — who is currently facing allegations of domestic violence leveled by an ex-girlfriend back in March — was spotted getting close to the actress as they arrived at LAX on Saturday following a flight from New York City.In photos obtained by TMZ, Majors and Good appeared to get cozy, holding hands and leaning in close to one another as they walked on the tarmac to their waiting sedan after disembarking from the plane.Both Majors and Good dressed incognito for the flight, with Majors rocking a black hoodie over a grey shirt and black sweat pants, while Good wore a maroon t-shirt and black leggings, as well as a dark beige ballcap.The news of their pair's rumored romance first broke last weekend, when the same outlet reported that they've gotten close over the course of the last several weekends and that the relationship is «fairly new.»The outlet, citing eyewitnesses, reported they hit up the Alamo Drafthouse in downtown Los Angeles in early May to see a movie together. Shortly after the report,  confirmed the actors are seeing each other.The relationship news comes just weeks after the woman who accused Majors of assault was granted a full temporary order of protection against the Marvel actor.

Tiger Woods' ex-girlfriend came up short in a ruling from a Florida judge late Wednesday as she not only sought to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement but also aimed to sue Woods for $30 million in public court. Circuit Judge Elizabeth Metzger ruled that Erica Herman's attempt to claim sexual harassment against Woods in an attempt to nullify the NDA was vague, lacking «factual specificity for any claim relating to sexual assault or sexual harassment.»Woods' legal team asked Metzger to throw out the case as the NDA signed by both parties requires disputes to be settled in private.

Jimmie Allen is back on social media following his split from his wife — who is expecting their baby — and an explosive lawsuit launched by his former manager, alleging that he raped and sexually abused her.

Johnny Depp is returning to the big screens after his high-profile legal case against ex-wife Amber Heard. During a recent press conference for his new movie Jeanne Du Barry at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, the 59-year-old actor revealed he did feel “boycotted” by Hollywood when many companies canceled him.“You’d have to not have a pulse at that point to feel like, ‘No, none of this is happening. This is actually just a weird joke,’” said Depp during the event.

Marilyn Manson has teased fans with what may be his first new music since accusations of sexual and physical abuse.Taking to social media yesterday (May 15), the singer – real name Brian Warner – shared a grainy black-and-white photo of himself, singing into a microphone. “I’ve got something for you to hear,” he wrote in the Instagram caption, as well as giving photo credit to his wife Lindsey Elizabeth Warner.The update was Manson’s first post on social media since March 2022.

Fall from grace. Megachurch Hillsong has faced a series of controversies over the years and the new documentary series The Secrets of Hillsong is breaking it all down.

S Club 7 star Rachel Stevens' new boyfriend Brendyn Hatfield became a dad just months before the pair sparked up a romance after meeting on Dancing On Ice, it has been claimed.

Jimmie Allen, expectant mom Alexis Gale still made sure to find some light to shine on Mother's Day.Gale — who is pregnant with her and Allen's third child — took to her Instagram stories on Sunday to share a snapshot of her recent sonogram and reveal the sex of their forthcoming baby.Under the black-and-white ultrasound image, Gale wrote, «My baby boy» with a heart emoji. She added, «Happy Mother's Day.»Allen, who's dad to 8-year-old Aadyn from a previous relationship, proposed to Gale in July 2019.

Despite the turmoil of recent developments and headlines surrounding her estranged husband, Jimmie Allen, expectant mom Alexis Gale still made sure to find some light to shine on Mother’s Day.

Natalie Portman is getting candid about her career.

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge Tuesday dismissed portions of a defamation lawsuit filed last year by musician Marilyn Manson against his former fiancee, Evan Rachel Wood. The "Westworld" actress accused Manson of "grooming" her when she was a teenager in an Instagram post shared in February 2021.The former couple began dating in 2007 when Wood was 19 and Manson was 39.

Marilyn Manson‘s defamation case against Evan Rachel Wood.Manson — real name Brian Warner — filed a defamation lawsuit against Westworld actor Wood back in March 2022 after she accused him of grooming, manipulation and “horrific abuse”.Part of the lawsuit claimed that Manson’s former fiancee Wood and Illma Gore — the latter of whom was described as Wood’s “on-again, off-again romantic partner” in the lawsuit — “secretly recruited, coordinated, and pressured prospective accusers to emerge simultaneously with allegations of rape and abuse against Warner”.Wood responded at the time that she was “not scared” of Manson’s defamation lawsuit, adding that “this is part of the retaliation that keeps survivors quiet”.Yesterday (May 9), Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Teresa A. Beaudet rejected Manson’s claims that Wood pressured “multiple women to make false accusations” against him and fabricated an FBI letter to back up her allegations (via Los Angeles Times).Beaudet also dismissed a section that alleged Wood and Gore used a checklist for other women to use to make claims of abuse.The court found that Manson had not “demonstrated a probability of prevailing on his claims based on alleged defamation against Wood”.“We are very pleased with the Court’s ruling, which affirms and protects Evan’s exercise of her fundamental First Amendment rights,” Wood’s lead attorney, Michael Kump, told Deadline.

Big win for Evan Rachel Wood!

LEGALA judge has dismissed the majority of Marilyn Manson’s defamation claims against actor Evan Rachel Wood under California’s so-called anti-SLAPP free speech laws. Wood’s attorney, Michael Kump said that Manson had “failed to show that his claims against her have even minimal merit”.

A political party! The annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner is almost upon Us and some of the biggest names in Hollywood and government are expected to attend. 

As twice-impeached and once-indicted former President Donald Trump finds himself in the middle of another lawsuit, the hosts of “The View” couldn’t help but mock his tactics on Thursday morning. According to the women, he’s actively “making another case against himself.”Earlier this year, Trump was indicted on 34 counts of felony business record falsification and is the target of at least four other investigations.