Marilyn Manson’s ex-girfriend Esmé Bianco is currently suing the singer for assault, among other charges, and has expanded her allegations against the shock rocker. Bianco claims that Manson interfered with her involvement in a planned tour video for the Deftones. According to a motion filed this week, Bianco was part of a video shoot “to be used as part of the stage set for the band’s current tour. In exchange for providing her images,” the legal filing alleges, “Ms. Bianco expected an economic benefit from significant public exposure via the band’s worldwide tour and the opportunity to continue working with the highly sought-after creative director who oversaw the project.” Bianco said Manson found out about the project and confronted the Deftones. She claims that Manson “flipped out and was having a complete meltdown about the fact that I was working with Deftones and … they decided to cut my footage.”
Bianco starred as Ros on “Game of Thrones” and is one of more than a dozen women to speak out against the shock-rocker. She told The Cut in early 2021 that Manson “used drugs, force, and threats of force” against her on multiple occasions. Manson had denied the claims as “untrue and meritless” and said that the court filings against him are “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.”
Bianco alleges in her filing: “Defendant Warner’s actions were intended to cause the contract with Ms. Bianco to be breached by Deftones when they refused to utilize her images.“ Bianco told Rolling Stone that “the consensus had been reached that it was easier to cut me than to deal with Brian … Someone in [Deftones’ camp] decided to scrap me because of Brian calling them.” A rep for the Deftones declined to comment.
Actress Evan Rachel Wood is among the women also suing Manson. In a recent interview with “The View,” Wood responded to Manson suing her for defamation. 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.”
