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Sunday, June 21, 2026

Marilyn Manson Denies Evan Rachel Wood's Claim That He 'Essentially Raped' Her in Music Video - PEOPLE

An attorney for Marilyn Manson has responded to Evan Rachel Wood's claims that she was "essentially raped on-camera" by Manson during a 2007 music video shoot, accusing the actress of concocting a "brazen and [easy] to disprove" lie.

Manson's attorney Howard King denied Wood's allegations in a statement to PEOPLE, claiming that Manson "did not have sex with Evan on that set, and she knows that is the truth."

The Westworld actress, 34, alleged in the documentary Phoenix Rising that she was "coerced into a commercial sex act under false pretenses" while filming the music video for "Heart-Shaped Glasses" with her then-boyfriend Manson, 53.

Wood is among at least 15 other women who have accused the rocker (born Brian Warner) of sexual assault. Three of his accusers, including ex-girlfriend Ashley Morgan Smithline and Game of Thrones actress Esmé Bianco, have filed lawsuits. Manson has denied all allegations, which he has called "horrible distortions of reality."

"Of all the false claims that Evan Rachel Wood has made about Brian Warner, her imaginative retelling of the making of the 'Heart-Shaped Glasses' music video 15 years ago is the most brazen and easiest to disprove, because there were multiple witnesses," King's statement read. "Evan was not only fully coherent and engaged during the three-day shoot but also heavily involved in weeks of pre-production planning and days of post-production editing of the final cut. The simulated sex scene took several hours to shoot with...



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