Actress Evan Rachel Wood is opening up for the first time about her sexual assault allegations against former boyfriend Marilyn Manson.
"So many survivors live in fear of judgment and retaliation and mainly live with shame," Wood told Good Morning America Monday. "And I know because I experienced it. And it was time to stop being silent."
She's known for hit films like "Thirteen" and shows like "Westworld." But in 2018, Evan Rachel Wood took on a new role as an activist for domestic violence and sexual assault victims, testifying twice before lawmakers about what she says was her own personal experience with abuse.
"He broke me down through means of starvation, sleep deprivation, and threats against my life," Wood said.
At the time, she didn't name the person who she said abused her.
"I was too scared," Wood said. "It was made very clear to me that there would be retaliation. And to expose a person in power and who is as high portfolio as he is, clearly is a huge undertaking."
On February 1, 2021, Wood publicly named her alleged abuser as Brian Warner, otherwise known as Marilyn Manson, who she says she met when she was 18 and then dated on and off for more than four years. The new HBO documentary "Phoenix Rising" details her journey to naming him.
Manson responded after, saying: "Horrible distortions of reality," and that his, "intimate relationships have always been entirely consensual with like-minded partners."
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