In December 2020, “Westworld” star Evan Rachel Wood entered into a custody battle with her ex-partner, actor Jamie Bell, over the couple’s then-7-year-old son, Jack.
Initially, Bell and Wood split custody of the boy with few issues, as Bell wrote in court documents publicly released last week and reviewed by The Daily Wire. 
But two months later, in February of 2021, she made explosive allegations against Brian Warner — also known as Marilyn Manson — of sexually abusing her during their relationship a decade earlier. The allegations, which Warner denies, were then repeated in Wood’s documentary “Phoenix Rising,” which aired in March of 2022 on HBO.
Wood and Bell alternated holidays with Jack, and Christmas of 2020 was supposed to be Bell’s time with his son. But on December 22 of that year, Wood did not arrive to return Jack to Bell for the holidays as agreed. She even, according to Bell, lied to him about bringing Jack back to Los Angeles from her second home in Nashville, Tennessee. 
Wood allegedly told Jack in a text on December 18, 2020, that she and Jack had arrived back in Los Angeles. As Bell soon learned, this was untrue, as Wood and Jack had never left Tennessee.
For four days, Bell believed his son was in Los Angeles but couldn’t contact him on FaceTime even though he tried every day. Wood didn’t respond either, and neither did her mother, so as a last resort, Bell said he reached out to Wood’s assistant, who informed him that Jack was still in Tennessee.
<div id="attachment_563043" style="width: 866px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-563043" class="wp-image-563043 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/06/GettyImages-154855692-856x576.jpg" alt="LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 27: (L-R) Actors Jaime Bell, Evan Rachel Wood, Salma Hayek, and Francois-Henri Pinault attend LACMA 2012 Art + Film Gala Honoring Ed Ruscha and Stanley Kubrick presented by Gucci at LACMA on October 27, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by John Sciulli/Getty Images for LACMA)" width="856" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/06/GettyImages-154855692-856x576.jpg 856w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/06/GettyImages-154855692-300x202.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/06/GettyImages-154855692-768x517.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/06/GettyImages-154855692-1536x1034.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/06/GettyImages-154855692-2048x1378.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px" />LOS ANGELES, CA &#8211; OCTOBER 27: (L-R) Actors Jaime Bell, Evan Rachel Wood, Salma Hayek, and Francois-Henri Pinault attend LACMA 2012 Art + Film Gala&#8230;on October 27, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by John Sciulli/Getty Images for LACMA)</div>
Soon after, on the day that Jack was supposed to be returned to his father, Wood emailed Bell to tell him that her and Jack’s safety was at risk because she was involved in a high-profile criminal investigation and would be “staying in Nashville for the immediate future.” Her email was pleasant and cordial, but Bell doubted her story, believing that if Wood was in danger, it would be safer if Jack were with his father.
“Or she has invented or exaggerated any potential danger and is withholding Jack from Jamie to satisfy her own whims,” the court documents say.
On December 23, Wood sent Bell a letter supposedly from law enforcement who were working on the investigation. It was sent to Bell on the messaging app Signal and was not on any formal letterhead. Bell was also sent an image that the name Ilma Gore at the top. Gore is a graphic artist that Wood dated for more than a year. Wood deleted that post and sent Bell one that didn’t have Gore’s name at the top.
The letter said that Wood was involved in an investigation involving a well-known public figure and that, the “safety of Ms. Wood, her family, other victims, and of their families are of the utmost concern during this time.”
The letter contained a signature from someone who allegedly worked at the “Federal Violent Crimes Department,” a department he says doesn’t exist.
Bell continued to try to contact Wood over the next few months, but claimed she “used the global pandemic, a third-party investigation, bad faith mediation, and three separate law firms in two separate states to withhold a 7-year-old boy from his father for months.”
Bell was eventually able to regularly FaceTime with Jack, and said in court documents that “Jack has been made to unreasonably fear Los Angeles and men he does not know as Evan [Rachel Wood] continues to inappropriately involve him in whatever fears she may have as she proceeds in allegations of abuse by Marilyn Manson.”
In one FaceTime call on February 25, 2021, Bell said Jack said something like “You’re not good Daddy, you’re not here,” which broke his heart. In an earlier FaceTime call, Jack told Bell that he had drawn a picture of a man who had been hurting him. Wood, Bell alleged, jumped on the call to say it wasn’t a man hurting Jack but a man hurting Wood. Jack then said the man’s name is Brian – referring to Marilyn Manson – and that the man lives just three miles away from Bell in Los Angeles.
At some point – after a failed mediation attempt and Wood filing and retracting a restraining order against Bell – Jack was allowed to spend some time with Bell at his in-law’s home in Florida. While there, Jack repeatedly said he was worried about his safety and continually brought up the man who allegedly hurt his mom, even displaying “emotional outbursts” related to the investigation concerning Wood’s allegations. Jack also said he could only participate in future events “if Brian is in Jail.”
“I am absolutely appalled and terrified that Evan is feeding this information to our 7-year-old,” Bell said in court documents.
He also noted that the alleged abuse by Manson happened a decade ago and the abuse is not new and did not have anything to do with the custody issue.
“I know Evan loves our son but I am very concerned by how she is handling the current situation,” Bell wrote. “I do not even want to think of the short-and long-term psychological harm Evan might be inflicting upon Jack with this kind of talk and my prolonged separation from him.”
Manson has distanced himself from the custody battle, even though he has been drawn into it. A source close to the singer told The Daily Wire that “Manson has never threatened Evan or her family.”
“She&#8217;s never presented any evidence of any threats against her or her family,” added the source, who requested anonymity. “Manson hasn&#8217;t had any interaction with Evan in nearly a decade. Evan is looking for someone to blame for her family problems which, according to court documents, she&#8217;s actually causing herself. Her ex-husband asserted that she caused ‘psychological harm’ to their young son through ‘prolonged separation.’  Evan&#8217;s threat to her own family stability is very real and well-documented, unlike the alleged threats she claims to have received from Manson.”
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In <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/evan-rachel-wood-son-mothers-day-b2075737.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a Mother’s Day post</a> last year thanking herself, Wood apparently referred to Jack, who was eight at the time, using they/them pronouns. Wood describes herself as “queer” in the post.
The custody dispute has been ongoing for two years. Last week, Wood reportedly gave Bell primary custody of Jack, according to court documents <a href="https://theblast.com/491826/evan-rachel-wood-gives-up-custody-of-son-after-fears-of-marilyn-manson-retaliation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obtained by The Blast</a>.
Some of the information contained in Bell’s court documents were also included in Marilyn Manson’s <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10570541/Marilyn-Manson-SUES-Evan-Rachel-Wood-malicious-falsehood-abuse-claims.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defamation lawsuit</a> against Wood, including the allegedly fake FBI letter. Manson also accused Wood of providing the falsified letter to bolster her documentary about her allegations against the legendary rock star.
As further proof of the alleged deception, Manson included a screenshot of a purported conversation between Gore and Wood, in which they allegedly workshopped what to write in the supposedly fake FBI letter.
Wood responded to the lawsuit <a href="https://www.etonline.com/evan-rachel-wood-responds-to-marilyn-mansons-lawsuit-i-have-the-truth-on-my-side-180187" target="_blank" rel="noopener">by saying</a> she stands “by everything that I have said about the abuse allegations.”
Another woman who appeared in that documentary, Ashley Morgan Smithline, <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ashley-morgan-smithline-marilyn-manson-1234685610/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recanted her allegations</a> against Manson and said that she had “succumbed to pressure from Evan Rachel Wood and her associates to make accusations of rape and assault against Mr. Warner that were not true.”
Wood responded by saying in <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-02-28/evan-rachel-wood-manipulation-allegations-marilyn-manson#:~:text=%E2%80%9CI%20never%20pressured%20or%20manipulated,It%20was%20Ms." target="_blank" rel="noopener">a sworn declaration</a> she “never pressured or manipulated Ashley Morgan Smithline to make any accusations against Plaintiff Brian Warner, and I certainly never pressured or manipulated her to make accusations that were not true.” She added that Smithline first contacted her in March 2019.
More than a dozen other women have also accused Manson of sexual assault.
Much of Manson’s lawsuit against Wood <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2023/05/marilyn-manson-evan-rachel-wood-claims-struck.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was thrown out</a> in early May under California’s anti-SLAPP law, including a claim about Wood recruiting, coordinating, and pressuring other women to accuse the singer of abuse. Manson’s remaining claims are set to go to trial on May 1, 2024. He is also appealing the dismissal of the claims that were thrown out.
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This story has been edited for clarity. An earlier version stated the documentary &#8220;Phoenix Rising&#8221; aired in March of 2021. It aired in March of 2022.

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A woman who had accused <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-not-scared-evan-rachel-wood-speaks-on-marilyn-manson-defamation-lawsuit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marilyn Manson</a> of psychological and sexual abuse has recanted, claiming fellow accuser, actress <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/evan-rachel-wood-claims-marilyn-manson-essentially-raped-her-during-music-video-shoot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Evan Rachel Wood</a>, pressured her into making the false accusations.
Ashley Morgan Smithline, who claimed Manson sexually assaulted her numerous times, has now filed a declaration in support of the musician&#8217;s defamation lawsuit against Wood.
&#8220;When I said, no this did not happen to me and this was not my experience, I recall being told by Ms. Wood that just because I could not remember did not necessarily mean that it did not happen,&#8221; Smithline <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/now/marilyn-manson-accuser-ashley-smithline-121113300.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in the declaration, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Back in 2021, Smithline told PEOPLE magazine that Manson, real name Brian Warner, carved his initials into her thigh. &#8220;I was brainwashed, and it makes me feel disgusting,&#8221; the model said. The pair also engaged in a blood pact, she said. &#8220;He cut me on my stomach and then drank my blood. Then, he had me drink his,&#8221; Smithline claimed. &#8220;The more I let him hurt me, the more I loved him and the more I was proving myself to him.&#8221;
At the time, Smithline said meeting with Wood and other accusers back in 2020 helped her start the healing process. &#8220;Being with the other girls, these feelings of guilt and shame have lessened,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not a victim,&#8221; Smithline told PEOPLE. &#8220;I&#8217;m a f***ing survivor. I want people to know who he is, and it&#8217;s worth it if not one more woman gets hurt again.&#8221;
A representative for Wood <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-marilyn-manson-accuser-alleges-evan-rachel-wood-pressured-makin-rcna72090" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NBC News, “Evan never pressured or manipulated Ashley,&#8221; adding that &#8220;it was Ashley who first contacted Evan about the abuse she had suffered.&#8221;
A lawsuit Smithline filed against Manson was <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-01-04/sexual-assault-lawsuit-against-marilyn-manson-dismissed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dismissed</a> without prejudice in January after the then-accuser attempted to fire her legal representation and did not find new counsel prior to a deadline.
The lawsuit dismissal means that the suit can be brought forward again in the future. Smithline submitted a motion to withdraw representation in October but didn’t get new lawyers by December 5.
“We thank and commend Ashley Smithline for dismissing her claims against Brian Warner without seeking or receiving anything in return,” Manson’s lawyer, Howard King, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/marilyn-manson-sexual-assault-lawsuit-dismissed-federal-judge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in reaction to the news.
“Ms. Smithline has refused to be manipulated by others who are trying to pursue their own agendas against Mr. Warner. We wish her well and will continue to work to assure that a significant price will be paid by those who have tried to abuse our legal system,” King added.
Manson has claimed that his and Smithline’s relationship didn’t even last a week in 2010 and that her allegations never happened.
“There are so many falsehoods within her claims that we wouldn’t know where to begin to answer them,” Manson <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-01-04/sexual-assault-lawsuit-against-marilyn-manson-dismissed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement shortly after the filing of Smithline&#8217;s suit.
Wood&#8217;s representative added that &#8220;it’s unfortunate that the harassment and threats Ashley received after filing her federal lawsuit appear to have pressured her to change her testimony.&#8221;
Charlotte Pence Bond contributed to this report 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marilyn-manson-sexual-assault-lawsuit-dismissed-without-prejudice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marilyn Manson Sexual Assault Lawsuit Dismissed Without Prejudice</a>

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Marilyn Manson probably won’t be charged with any crimes following sexual assault claims from his ex-fiancee, Evan Rachel Wood, sources told <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/05/31/marilyn-manson-sexual-assault-case-no-charges/">TMZ</a>.
The 53-year-old rock star, whose real name is Brian Warner, came under heavy scrutiny in 2021 when Wood went public with her allegations of abuse. Specifics of the alleged abuse were detailed in the documentary “Phoenix Rising,” which debuted at Sundance in 2022.
For one thing, the actress said Warner “essentially raped” her during a music video shoot that was meant to include simulated sex.
“It was a really traumatizing experience filming the video. I didn’t know how to advocate for myself or know how to say no because I had been conditioned and trained to never talk back—to just soldier through,” Wood said of the experience.
“I felt disgusting and like I had done something shameful, and I could tell that the crew was very uncomfortable and nobody knew what to do,” she said. “I was coerced into a commercial sex act under false pretenses. That’s when the first crime was committed against me and I was essentially raped on camera.”
Wood made headlines in 2021 with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marilyn-manson-denies-evan-rachel-woods-abuse-allegations-gets-dropped-from-record-label">claims</a> that Warner began grooming her as a teenager and then “horrifically abused” her for years. She also alleged the hardcore rocker “brainwashed and manipulated” her during their relationship.
So far, Warner has denied all allegations and said that accusers who came forward were “cynically and dishonestly seeking to monetize and exploit the #MeToo movement,&#8221; and blamed one accuser for launching a “coordinated attack&#8221; against him.
Now after a months-long investigation, which culminated in Special Victims Unit detectives entering the rock star’s home in November, TMZ is reporting that there’s probably not enough evidence to bring charges against him.
The source told the publication that cops were close to submitting their findings to the L.A. County District Attorney&#8217;s Office, which will make the final decision on whether or not to bring charges against Warner. But the officers said there are &#8220;some credibility issues with the victim,&#8221; plus they could find no evidence of the “soundproof room” she was allegedly locked in as punishment.
Warner also filed a lawsuit against Wood, claiming she wrote a fake letter from the FBI, pretending to be an agent and hinting that he was under investigation in said fake letter to give credibility to other alleged victims as well as herself. 
The rocker has denied the claims all along. “Obviously, my art and my life have long been magnets for controversy, but these recent claims about me are horrible distortions of reality,” Warner said. “My intimate relationships have always been entirely consensual with like-minded partners.”

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The second part of the documentary “Phoenix Rising” debuted today, and with it comes some shocking claims from Evan Rachel Wood. The actress, who formerly accused her ex Marilyn Manson of sexual assault, had even more specific stories of sadistic abuse. The 34 year old also admitted to having an abortion while the two were dating and trying to commit suicide afterward because she was so depressed.
In “Phoenix Rising,” Wood said that Manson (whose real name is Brian Warner) allegedly refused to wear a condom. He also wouldn’t allow her to use any birth control. When Wood left to film the project &#8220;Mildred Pierce&#8221; in 2011, she found out she was pregnant and decided to have an abortion, USA Today <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2022/03/15/evan-rachel-wood-accuses-marilyn-manson-drink-blood-phoenix-rising/6984690001/">reported</a>.
&#8220;I obviously believe in a woman&#8217;s right to choose, but that doesn&#8217;t mean that it wasn&#8217;t devastating,&#8221; Wood said.
She recalls feeling suicidal after the abortion and tried to kill herself. The actress said she later committed herself to a mental health facility to help process her emotions. Being there had another positive impact as well. 
&#8220;When I got there, I could sleep because [Manson] didn&#8217;t know where I was,&#8221; Wood recalled.
The documentary included other gritty moments, such as Wood’s admission of very graphic details from her relationship with Manson. She said the rocker made her drink his blood, hit her with a swastika-adorned Nazi whip, and shocked her private parts, among other atrocities.
Ever since Wood went public with her claims of abuse, Manson has been denying they ever happened and even filed a defamation lawsuit against his former girlfriend. He accused Wood of making it all up plus hacking into his private email account in an attempt to attract more “fake” witnesses by posing as an FBI agent. Wood said she cannot discuss specifics of the case yet, but <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-not-scared-evan-rachel-wood-speaks-on-marilyn-manson-defamation-lawsuit">stands by her original claims</a> of assault. 
“I can’t obviously speak about any of the specific allegations of the lawsuit, but I’m not scared,” Wood said during an appearance on “The View.”
“I am sad, because this is how it works. This is what pretty much every survivor that tries to expose someone in a position of power goes though, and this is part of the retaliation that keeps survivors quiet. This is why people don’t want to come forward. This was expected.”
One person speaking out in defense of Wood is Manson’s former assistant, Dan Cleary. Back before Wood identified Manson as her accuser, Cleary defended her on Twitter and said he believed her.
&#8220;He broke her. I didn&#8217;t totally realize until later in life,&#8221; Cleary wrote at the time. &#8220;But as I see so many people defending him and calling his accusers liars, I&#8217;ve just had enough. Believe them, I saw it.&#8221;
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Evan Rachel Wood had a feeling her accused abuser, shock rocker Marilyn Manson, would not simply accept the allegations she made against him. 
Manson’s real name is Brian Warner, and Wood dated him from mid-2006 until 2011. Later, Wood asserted that Warner sexually assaulted her including an incident she described as being “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/evan-rachel-wood-claims-marilyn-manson-essentially-raped-her-during-music-video-shoot">essentially raped</a>” during a music video shoot. The 2-part HBO documentary “Phoenix Rising” expands on these claims.
Now Warner is suing his ex for defamation, emotional distress, and “impersonation over the internet” and she is not surprised. She went on “The View” to discuss the situation. 
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“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. This is what pretty much every survivor that tries to expose someone in a position of power goes though, and this is part of the retaliation that keeps survivors quiet. This is why people don’t want to come forward. This was expected.”
Wood made headlines last year by going public with claims that Manson began grooming her as a teenager and then “horrifically abused” her for years. She also alleged the hardcore rocker “brainwashed and manipulated” her during their relationship. Originally the actress had kept her abuser’s name private but shocked fans by revealing it was Warner in an Instagram post.
Meanwhile, Marilyn Manson says none of this ever happened.
&#8220;There will come a time when I can share more about the events of the past year. Until then, I’m going to let the facts speak for themselves,&#8221; Warner tweeted earlier this month, linking to the pending lawsuit.
In a previous statement from his lawyers, Warner had said that he &#8220;vehemently denies any and all claims of sexual assault or abuse of anyone&#8221; and described the claims as &#8220;part of a coordinated attack by former partners and associates of Mr. Warner who have weaponized the otherwise mundane details of his personal life and their consensual relationships into fabricated horror stories.&#8221;
Further, Warner accused Wood and her friend, artist Illma Gore for hacking into his email and forging an FBI investigation letter.
&#8220;As we detailed in our lawsuit, nothing that Evan Rachel Wood, Illma Gore or their hand-picked co-conspirators have said on this matter can be trusted,” Warner’s lawyer Howard King <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2022/03/15/evan-rachel-wood-accuses-marilyn-manson-drink-blood-phoenix-rising/6984690001/">told</a> USA Today. “This is just more of the same. But, then again, what else would you expect from a group who have spread falsehood after falsehood about Brian and even went as far as to forge an FBI letter to further their phony claims?&#8221;
The newest installment of “Phoenix Rising” was released Tuesday and includes even more shocking claims, including saying Warner made her drink his blood, hit her with a swastika-adorned Nazi whip, and shocked her private parts.
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‘I’m Not Scared’: Evan Rachel Wood Speaks On Marilyn Manson Defamation Lawsuit

Shock rocker Marilyn Manson is responding to Evan Rachel Wood’s allegations of abuse by filing a lawsuit of his own.
The 53-year-old recording artist, whose real name is Brian Warner, filed a defamation lawsuit against Wood this week, claiming she even hacked into his computer to impersonate FBI agents in an attempt to get more victims to come forward against him.
Deadline <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/03/marilyn-manson-lawsuit-evan-rachel-wood-abuse-claims-hbo-documentary-1234968988/">reported</a> that Warner’s suit accuses Wood of creating a “conspiracy” that eventually “derailed Warner’s successful music, TV, and film career.” This alludes to how Warner was dropped by his label after multiple women came forward saying he abused them, too.
Wood was the first to publicly call out Warner. He denied any wrongdoing, and in the suit the rocker claims that Wood “created a fictitious email account to manufacture purported evidence that Warner was emailing illicit pornography.” 
“We’re filing this now because we have been able to gather an overwhelming trove of evidence – including both documents and witness statements – which proves that the stories that Evan Rachel Wood and her co-conspirator Illma Gore have been falsifying and spreading are both vindictive and demonstrably untrue,” Warner’s main attorney Howard King told Deadline. 
“It’s incredibly important to differentiate between the character of ‘Marilyn Manson’ and the man Brian Warner,” he continued. “Wood’s claims may resonate because of the intentionally ‘shocking’ character of ‘Marilyn Manson’ but they simply do not reflect the truth. The manufactured facts these conspirators scripted a decade after the event never happened.”
Among other abuse allegations, Wood claims Warner “essentially raped” her during a music video shoot in 2007 for the song “Heart-Shaped Glasses (When The Heart Guides The Hand).” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/evan-rachel-wood-claims-marilyn-manson-essentially-raped-her-during-music-video-shoot">This incident</a> and others were explored in the documentary project “Phoenix Rising,” which premiered at Sundance.
“We had discussed a simulated sex scene, but once the cameras were rolling, he started penetrating me for real. I had never agreed to that. I’m a professional actress, I have been doing this my whole life, I’d never been on a set that unprofessional in my life up until this day. It was complete chaos, and I did not feel safe. No one was looking after me,” the “Westworld” actress said.
“It was a really traumatizing experience filming the video,” she continued. “I didn’t know how to advocate for myself or know how to say no because I had been conditioned and trained to never talk back—to just soldier through.”
“I felt disgusting and like I had done something shameful, and I could tell that the crew was very uncomfortable and nobody knew what to do,” Wood said. “I was coerced into a commercial sex act under false pretenses. That’s when the first crime was committed against me and I was essentially raped on camera.”
Wood had initially said her former partner began grooming her as a teenager and then “horrifically abused” her for years. She also alleged the hardcore rocker “brainwashed and manipulated” her during their relationship.
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Marilyn Manson Sues Evan Rachel Wood For ‘Conspiracy’ And Defamation

Evan Rachel Wood has levied some serious abuse allegations against her former boyfriend, musical artist Marilyn Manson. Now she’s going into graphic detail about some of the incidents, including a situation where Wood claims she was “essentially raped” as a camera crew looked on.
The incident in question was discussed as part of a new documentary called &#8220;Phoenix Rising&#8221; that premiered at Sundance Film Festival on January 23, NME <a href="https://www.nme.com/news/music/evan-rachel-wood-alleges-marilyn-manson-essentially-raped-her-on-music-video-shoot-3144594">reported</a>. 
Wood said it happened in 2007 while filming the music video for Manson’s song, “Heart-Shaped Glasses (When The Heart Guides The Hand).” 
“It’s nothing like I thought it was going to be,” Wood said of her participation in the video. “We’re doing things that were not what was pitched to me.”
She continued, “We had discussed a simulated sex scene, but once the cameras were rolling, he started penetrating me for real. I had never agreed to that. I’m a professional actress, I have been doing this my whole life, I’d never been on a set that unprofessional in my life up until this day. It was complete chaos, and I did not feel safe. No one was looking after me.”
The “Westworld” actress said, “It was a really traumatizing experience filming the video. I didn’t know how to advocate for myself or know how to say no because I had been conditioned and trained to never talk back—to just soldier through.”
“I felt disgusting and like I had done something shameful, and I could tell that the crew was very uncomfortable and nobody knew what to do,” Wood said. “I was coerced into a commercial sex act under false pretenses. That’s when the first crime was committed against me and I was essentially raped on camera.”
Wood <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marilyn-manson-denies-evan-rachel-woods-abuse-allegations-gets-dropped-from-record-label">made headlines last year</a> by going public with claims that Manson began grooming her as a teenager and then “horrifically abused” her for years. She also alleged the hardcore rocker “brainwashed and manipulated” her during their relationship.
After Wood went public with her testimony, four other women came forward “detailing harrowing experiences that they claim included sexual assault, psychological abuse, and/or various forms of coercion, violence, and intimidation.”
The musician has denied all allegations by Wood and the others, saying his accusers were “cynically and dishonestly seeking to monetize and exploit the #MeToo movement” by launching a “coordinated attack against him.” He was immediately dropped from his label, Loma Vista, plus by his agent, manager, and publicist after the allegations went public.
“Obviously, my art and my life have long been magnets for controversy, but these recent claims about me are horrible distortions of reality,” he said. “My intimate relationships have always been entirely consensual with like-minded partners.”
Manson and Wood began dating when she was 18 and he was 36. They were briefly engaged in 2010. The actress had discussed past instances of sexual abuse before, but had never named her alleged accuser until the shocking Instagram post in February 2021, which cited Manson (whose real name is Brian Warner) as the perpetrator of the abuse she had spoken of for years.

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Evan Rachel Wood Claims Marilyn Manson ‘Essentially Raped’ Her During Music Video Shoot

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Actress Rose McGowan has an ally in &#8220;Westworld&#8221; star Evan Rachel Wood in her newfound disgust with the Democratic Party over how they have treated Tara Reade&#8217;s allegation of sexual assault against former Vice President Joe Biden.
Earlier in the week, McGowan tweeted an emotional post in which she scolded the Democrats for behaving like a cult, expressing her deep feelings of betrayal. Her post was later shared by Evan Rachel Wood who referred to it as &#8220;spot on.&#8221;
&#8220;I have to say this is&#8230;spot on,&#8221; Wood <a href="https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood/status/1256260758582603776" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tweeted</a>.
After blasting the Democrats and its #MeToo allies for their hypocrisy in regarding Tara Reade&#8217;s accusation against Joe Biden in recent weeks, Rose McGowan finally broke down on Wednesday and declared that she no longer recognizes the political party she once called home.
“I used to be a proud Democrat. I used to be a proud American,” she began. “I would’ve died for this damn country and its ideals. I was raised to be a proud Democrat. When my youngest brother graduated as a fighter pilot at the Air Force Academy, I wore a Vote John Kerry pin (lol), got into verbal altercations with big men who were mad I was a Democrat. They were twice my size [and] I had to listen to GW Bush give the keynote address [and] John Ashcroft singing his terrible eagle song.”
Evan Rachel Wood has previously been open about her experiences with rape and sexual assault. In 2018, when advocating for the <a href="https://time.com/4346255/sexual-assault-survivors-rights-act-2/">Sexual Assault Survivor’s Bill of Rights Act</a>, Wood spoke before Congress and recounted a horrifying experience in which she was raped and tortured by a former boyfriend.
“It started slow but escalated over time, including threats against my life, severe gas-lighting and brainwashing, waking up to the man that claimed to love me raping what he believed to be my unconscious body,” <a href="https://time.com/5179869/evan-rachel-wood-rape-congress-testimony/">she told</a> a House Judiciary Subcommittee. “And the worst part: Sick rituals of binding me up by my hands and feet to be mentally and physically tortured until my abuser felt I had proven my love for them.”
“While I was tied up and being beaten and told unspeakable things, I truly felt like I could die,” she continued. “Not just because my abuser said to me, ‘I could kill you right now,’ but because in that moment I felt like I left my body and I was too afraid to run.”
Evan Rachel Wood also made headlines following the untimely death of basketball star Kobe Bryant when she hailed him a rapist and a hero.
“What has happened is tragic. I am heartbroken for Kobe’s family. He was a sports hero. He was also a rapist. And all of these truths can exist simultaneously,” <a href="https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood/status/1221542230457905152" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wood said</a>.
“Beloveds, this was not a condemnation or a celebration,” she later added. “It was a reminder that everyone will have different feelings and there is room for us all to grieve together instead of fighting. Everyone has lost. Everyone will be triggered, so please show kindness and respect to all.”
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‘Westworld’ Star Evan Rachel Wood Backs Rose McGowan’s Hit On The Democrats

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In the wake of Kobe Bryant&#8217;s tragic death in a helicopter crash, reactions from the media have run the gamut — with his status as a sports icon existing alongside the fact he was accused of raping a woman back in 2003.
&#8220;Westworld&#8221; star Evan Rachel Wood has endured a public scolding on social media since Sunday for hailing the ill-fated basketball star as both a &#8220;sports hero&#8221; and a &#8220;rapist.&#8221;
“What has happened is tragic. I am heartbroken for Kobe’s family. He was a sports hero. He was also a rapist. And all of these truths can exist simultaneously,” <a href="https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood/status/1221542230457905152" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wood said</a>.
&#8220;Beloveds, this was not a condemnation or a celebration,&#8221; she later added. &#8220;It was a reminder that everyone will have different feelings and there is room for us all to grieve together instead of fighting. Everyone has lost. Everyone will be triggered, so please show kindness and respect to all.&#8221;
<a href="https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood/status/1221878619485532160?s=20">https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood/status/1221878619485532160?s=20</a>
Evan Rachel Wood was referencing the fact that Bryant had been accused of rape in 2003 — charges that were eventually dismissed after his accuser told prosecutors that she would not testify in court. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/evan-rachel-wood-kobe-bryant-sports-hero-rapist-tweet-hours-death">Fox News</a> provided more details:
<blockquote>Wood was referencing an incident from 2003 outlined in a 2016 article from <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/woman-accuses-bruce-lindahl-suspected-chicago-area-serial-killer-of-rape?ref=scroll" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Daily Beast</a> in which a 19-year-old woman accused Bryant of choking and sexually assaulting her in a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/west/colorado" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Colorado</a> hotel room. Bryant was arrested and charged with sexual assault and false imprisonment at the time, but the criminal case was ultimately dropped when the accuser refused to testify and agreed to hear Bryant issue a formal apology in court, which he had his lawyer read.</blockquote>
Fans of Kobe Bryant responded to Wood&#8217;s tweet with outrage, denouncing her for &#8220;white feminism&#8221; and even &#8220;veiled racism.&#8221;
&#8220;Evan. We met as kids &amp; I grew up in the same industry has you and have admired your work from afar these past few years. On camera and off. But this tweet? How f***ing dare you?&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/KylaPratt/status/1221609060031553536?s=20">tweeted</a> actress Kyla Pratt.
&#8220;This is an absolutely disgusting comment that reeks of white feminism, narcissism and veiled racism. You took this tragedy and made it about yourself,&#8221; said one Twitter user.
&#8220;And this is where the #MeToo movement has gotten out of control &#8230; attacking a man who literally just died less than 24 hours ago, with his little girl! Was it proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that he raped somebody? Did he go to jail? Was he charged?&#8221; said another user.
Other Twitter users pointed out that Evan Rachel Wood had previously worked with director Woody Allen on &#8220;Whatever Works.&#8221; Allen, of course, has also been accused of sexual abuse, although he has never been charged or convicted.
Evan Rachel Wood is not alone, of course, in her mentioning of the Kobe Bryant rape allegation. Washington Post reporter Felica Sonmez <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wapo-reporter-suspended-after-tweeting-on-kobe-bryant-rape-case-report-her-post-wasnt-the-problem">also referenced</a> it at the time of his death, an action that culminated in a series of events that led to her suspension reportedly after she publicly shared a screenshot from her email inbox that revealed the names of her professional critics.

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‘Westworld’ Star Evan Rachel Wood Slammed For Hailing Kobe Bryant A ‘Rapist’ And A ‘Hero’

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Looking to outdo Alyssa Milano in the offerings of crazy and stupid, &#8220;Westworld&#8221; actress Evan Rachel Wood has called for men to get &#8220;mandatory vasectomies&#8221; in response to Georgia passing a fetal heartbeat bill that would forbid doctors from performing abortions once a baby&#8217;s heartbeat is detected in the mother&#8217;s womb.
&#8220;Mandatory vasectomies until you want to have children,&#8221; Wood <a href="https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood/status/1126644373276348416">wrote last Thursday night</a> after Georgia signed the bill into law. &#8220;They can be reversed, so. Come on guys, Lets save lives! Whats that? A hard no? Why? Cause its your body and we dont get to make that choice for you? Ooooooohhhhhh!!!&#8221;
According to <a href="https://pagesix.com/2019/05/10/evan-rachel-wood-suggests-mandatory-vasectomies-in-wake-of-abortion-bills/">Page Six</a>, Wood followed up her silly suggestion on Friday by clarifying she would only have those mandatory vasectomies as a means to prove a point about legislating what people will or will not do with their bodies. &#8220;I dont want mandatory vasectomies because I don&#8217;t believe we should legislate peoples bodies,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood/status/1126991348890910721">she said.</a> &#8220;Its a dangerous slippery slope. I used the example to point out the hypocrisy of always putting the responsibility, punishment, blame, or means of prevention, solely on women.&#8221;
Later, as social media users began to push back against Wood&#8217;s craziness, she asked that people not judge her for those opinions.
&#8220;Dear Everyone, God, whatever that means to you, loves you, no matter what,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood/status/1126932631042420736">she wrote.</a> &#8220;Yes, even if you have an abortion. Because God is everything, to say God is not, is to say there is something God isnt, therefore not all powerful. We dont know God&#8217;s plan. So do not judge.&#8221;
Evan Rachel Wood has expressed extreme political views before. In 2018, she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/32294/westworld-star-evan-rachel-wood-goes-hunger-strike-amanda-prestigiacomo">announced</a> that she would be undergoing a 24-hour hunger strike in response to the crisis at the U.S. Southern Border.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a small price to pay considering what families are going through,&#8221; she told People at the time.
Prior to the strike, Wood even spent time in Texas where she delivered supplies to illegal immigrants leaving a detention center.
&#8220;I was buying things that I&#8217;ve bought for my own son,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I broke down when I picked up a pair of shoes that I&#8217;ve bought for him because it made it so personal.&#8221;
&#8220;[I wanted] to put faces with the stories [and] to actually be there and hug the children and play with them, see how sweet and loving they are but to see how tired and in pain they are &#8212; and see the fear in their parents&#8217; eyes,&#8221; Wood told People.
Needless to say, the Georgia anti-abortion law has sparked a whole wave of feminist craziness, with some rather counter-productive suggestions. Taking her cues from the classical Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, actress Alyssa Milano called upon her feminist allies to undergo a sex strike, ignorant of the fact that the only men who would be affected are pro-choice males already on their side.
&#8220;Our reproductive rights are being erased,&#8221; Milano <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/47088/alyssa-milano-calls-sex-strike-protest-pro-life-amanda-prestigiacomo">tweeted on Saturday</a>. &#8220;Until women have legal control over our own bodies we just cannot risk pregnancy. JOIN ME by not having sex until we get bodily autonomy back. I&#8217;m calling for a #SexStrike. Pass it on.&#8221;

‘Westworld’ Star Evan Rachel Wood Responds To Georgia Abortion Law: Men Should Get ‘Mandatory Vasectomies’

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Is it brave to wear pants while female? Apparently, Hollywood thinks it is. 
On Sunday, Actress Evan Rachel Wood wore an expensive pantsuit to the Golden Globes. When asked about her allegedly daring look, the &#8220;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westworld_(TV_series)">Westworld</a>&#8221; actress explained her heroism: Courageous Wood wore her pricey pants to send a message to young girls seemingly mandated to wear dresses that they too can wear pants&#8212;not that there&#8217;s anything wrong with dresses, quickly added the actress far too &#8220;woke&#8221; to slip up and offend the Dress Lobby. 
&#8220;I&#8217;ve been to the Globes six times and I&#8217;ve worn a dress every time,&#8221; Wood told E! News. &#8220;I love dresses &#8212; I&#8217;m not trying to protest dresses &#8212; but I wanted to make sure that young girls and women knew that they aren&#8217;t a requirement, and that you don&#8217;t have to wear one if you don&#8217;t want to. And to just be yourself, because your worth is more than that.&#8221;
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#Hero. Someone get this chick a presidential Medal of Freedom, ASAP. (Rumor has it, they are just <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/12/politics/biden-awarded-presidential-medal-of-freedom/">giving them away</a> at the White House anyway.)
Is this what Hollywood feminism has come to? As <a href="http://thefederalist.com/2017/01/12/5-women-showed-evan-rachel-wood-wearing-suits-red-carpet/">noted </a>by The Federalist&#8216;s Inez Feltscher, is Wood so out of touch that she doesn&#8217;t even realize that regular women wear pants all the time, like all day, every day? Further, are feminists really going to pretend that women are victims because they are somehow magically &#8220;forced&#8221; into wearing insanely expensive dresses at an insanely expensive award show full of self-congratulation?
Give me a break. The struggle is not real. 
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&#8220;Just be yourself, because your worth is more than that.&#8221;
Evan Rachel Wood
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Feltscher even complied a list of women who have worn pants to previous award shows to drive home the glaring this-is-not-heroic point; Marlene Dietrich, Barbara Streisand, Diana Ross, Diane Keaton and Madonna all made the list. They should all receive bravery points too, apparently. 
Can&#8217;t feminist feigning victimhood just find another <a href="http://everydayfeminism.com/courses/">Everyday Feminism brainwashing course</a> to take in their alone time and shut up already?

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