Rock star Marilyn Manson is suing her ex-fiancée, actress Evan Rachel Wood, for the “malicious lie” of the allegations of abuse she made against him, and claims that she “derailed his successful music, television and film career.”
Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, filed the complaint Los Angeles Supreme Court on Wednesday morning, which was received by DailyMail.com.
The case accuses Wood and her “again, again romantic partner” artist Ilma Gore, real name Ashley Gore, of posing as FBI an agent to distribute a fake letter to “create a false impression” that the alleged victims of Manson and their families are in danger.
The singer also claims that Wood and Gore created a fake email address to make it look as if Manson, 53, had sent her “illegal pornography.”
The complaint also alleges that Wood – who she was accused of assault and sexual assault – and Gore provided checklists and scenarios listing specific acts of abuse so that future prosecutors could claim Manson, including that he filmed the sexual assault. over a minor.
Wood, 34, said earlier that Manson “brainwashed and manipulated to obey” and that he “started preparing me when I was a teenager and harassed me terribly for years.” She also claims that the musician is “forced”. [her] in commercial sexual intercourse under false pretenses ”and“ substantially raped ” [her] camera on ‘.
It is expected to outline allegations of abuse in two forthcoming parts HBO the documentary, called Phoenix Rising, will air next month.
Marilyn Manson (left) is suing her ex-fiancée Evan Rachel Wood (right) for defamation, emotional stress and “identity”, among other allegations of abuse she made against him.
Manson is suing Wood for defamation, emotional stress and “impersonation”, among other charges, and seeking compensation for an unspecified amount “to be determined during the trial”, as well as an order requiring Wood and Gore to participate. in further unlawful conduct “towards him.
The lawsuit alleges that Wood, with Gore’s help, fabricated her accusations against Manson in an attempt to “provide more content” for Phoenix Rising, which both women worked on.
Wood and Gore are accused of recruiting, coordinating and pressuring women to make false accusations against Manson.
In addition to the allegation that the women provided Manson’s prosecutors with scripted answers and a “checklist of 21 fabricated acts of abuse”, the complaint also states that Gore wanted future prosecutors by phone, text message, email and / or social media. media, with the following message:
‘Hey! I know it’s a weird way to connect, but my name is Ilma, I work with the Phoenix Act, I run it with Evan Rachel Wood. We have organized a group of people to meet in Los Angeles and Zoom / Skype to talk about the experience they have, which may be similar to yours. I’m not sure you will be interested in participating – you are not obliged to speak, but if you want to listen, it will be good. This is a small group and you are personally invited. If you want to know more first. I will be happy to contact you by phone or email for more details. Best, Ilma.
Manson also accused the couple of distributing fictitious letters “attributed to a real federal agent and including a fake signature and a fake phone number for that agent”, warning his accusers that they were in danger.
The complaint states that the FBI agent mentioned in the letter confirms that he is not the author or approves the note and claims that he was not aware of its existence.
Manson’s lawyer claims that the exchange of text between Gore and Wood, nicknamed Alabama, confirms that they wrote the letter together.
It also alleges that Wood presented the fake letter in a California detention procedure as alleged evidence of why she should be able to move her son, Jack Matfin Bell, now eight, to Tennessee.
Wood testified that Manson threatened to “knock” Bell.
The complaint also accuses Gore of trying to break into Manson’s computer, phone and email account.
He also claims that the artist “hit” him by sending police to investigate him under false pretenses after Wood came out with his allegations of abuse.
“We are submitting this now because we have been able to gather a wealth of evidence – including documents and witness testimony – that proves that the stories that Evan Rachel Wood and her accomplice Ilma Gore falsified and disseminated are both vindictive and blatantly untrue,” he said. Manson’s lawyer, Howard King, told DailyMail.com in a statement Wednesday.
“It’s incredibly important to distinguish between Marilyn Manson and Brian Warner.”
King added: “Wood’s allegations may resonate because of the deliberately ‘shocking’ nature of Marilyn Manson, but they simply do not reflect the truth. The fictional facts written by these conspirators a decade after the event never happened.
The complaint alleges that Wood’s allegations that Manson was a “rapist and rapist” were a “malicious lie that ruined Warner’s successful music, television and film careers.” The former couple was pictured together in September 2007
In 2018, Wood appeared before Congress in support of the national implementation of the Sexual Violence Survivors’ Rights Act, providing evidence of past sexual abuse she suffered without mentioning Manson’s name at the time.
The Westworld star was linked to Manson from 2006 to 2011. In the first part of Phoenix Rising, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, she said Beautiful People raped her in 2007 during the filming of his music video Heart – Glasses with shape.
The actress claims that she and Manson discussed filming a “simulated sex scene” and instead the artist began to penetrate [her] really, ”after the cameras began to move. She said: “I never agreed with that.”
Wood also said she was “afraid” to reveal Manson’s alleged violations and that it took her “a long time” to stop blaming herself for what happened.
King issued a statement last month denying Wood’s allegations about the video.
“Evan was not only completely consistent and engaged during the three-day filming, but was also heavily involved in weeks of pre-production planning and days of post-production editing of the final version. Shooting the simulated sex scene took several hours with multiple shots using different angles and several long pauses between camera settings.
Manson has been accused by at least 15 women of sexual assault and denied all allegations, saying they were a “terrible distortion of reality”.