Actress Evan Rachel Wood has issued a statement alleging that Marilyn Manson abused her while they were in a relationship.
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In an Instagram post, Wood wrote “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.”
In 2016, Wood first discussed being a survivor of rape and domestic violence in a Rolling Stone profile. “Yes, I’ve been raped,” she said. “By a significant other while we were together. And on a separate occasion, by the owner of a bar . I don’t believe we live in a time where people can stay silent any longer.”
In 2018, Wood testified before the House Judiciary Committee in an effort to secure a bill of rights for sexual assault survivors across the country. She told her story of domestic violence and sexual assault and called it “a mental scar that I feel every day.”
"My experience with domestic violence was this," Wood said, "the toxic mental, physical and sexual abuse which started slow but escalated over time, including threats against my life, severe gaslighting and brainwashing, waking up to the man that claimed to love me, raping what he believed to be my unconscious body.
Wood added: "Even though these experiences happened a decade ago, I still struggle with the aftermath. My relationship suffers, my partners suffer, my mental and physical health suffer. Seven years after my rapes — plural — I was diagnosed with long-term PTSD, which I had been living with all that time without knowledge about my condition. I simply thought I was going crazy."
According to Vanity Fair, at least four other women have posted their own allegations against Manson in a show of solidarity with Wood.
Last year, Manson cut short an interview with Metal Hammer after Wood’s name was brought up. “We asked, but we didn’t get an answer. Marilyn Manson hung up on us as soon as we mentioned her name, and his people refused to have him answer any further questions,” the publication wrote.
Manson’s PR team then issued a lengthy statement to the publication denying any wrongdoing.
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