Earlier this month, shock rocker Marilyn Manson filed a lawsuit against actress Evan Rachel Wood for emotional distress, defamation, computer fraud and impersonation over the internet. His case argues that Wood and artist Illma Gore created a conspiracy using fraud in order to defame him and profit from it. Manson shared an short Instagram statement regarding his lawsuit. He also uploaded a full copy of it to Google Drive and pasted the link in his account bio. “There will come a time when I can share more about the events of the past year,” Manson wrote in his post. “Until then, I’m going to let the facts speak for themselves: [link in bio].”
In a recent interview with “The View,” Wood responded to Manson suing her. She said she feels the truth is on her side, and she questioned the timing of the suit as it happened just prior to the release of her two-part documentary, “Phoenix Rising.” “I can’t speak about any of the specific allegations of the lawsuit, but I am not scared. 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 through. This is part of the retaliation that keeps survivors quiet. This is why people don’t want to come forward. This was expected. I’m very confident I have the truth on my side and that the truth will come out and this this [lawsuit] is clearly timed before the documentary — there’s a reason. Again, I’m not doing this [film] to clear my name, I’m doing this to protect people. I’m doing this to sound the alarm that there is a dangerous person out there and I don’t want anybody getting near him. People can think whatever they want about me, I have to let the legal process run its course. I’m steady as a rock.”
This is what pretty much every survivor that tries to expose someone in a position of power goes through. This is part of the retaliation that keeps survivors quiet. This is why people don’t want to come forward. This was expected. I’m very confident I have the truth on my side and that the truth will come out… I’m steady as a rock.
Actress Evan Rachel Wood on Marilyn MansonManson’s former assistant Ashley Walters also submitted an amended lawsuit this week saying she was not able to be interviewed for “Phoenix Rising” due to “a constant state of fear of retribution and retaliation.” Manson’s lawsuit says that Wood and Manson’s relationship from 2006 to 2010 was described by Wood as “healthy” and “loving.” “This is who I am and this is who I’ve always wanted to be, and I’m finally with somebody who lets me be who I want to be,” Wood is quoted as having said. It also says Wood didn’t accuse Manson of abuse until a decade after their relationship ended. Previously, Manson posted on Instagram: “Obviously, my art and my life have long been magnets for controversy, but these recent claims about me are horrible distortions of reality. My intimate relationships have always been entirely consensual with like-minded partners. Regardless of how – and why – others are now choosing to misrepresent the past, that is the truth.”
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