Marilyn Manson is suing his former fiancée Rachel Evan Wood over alleged falsehoods that “derailed” his career. The filing comes more than a year after Wood publicly accused Manson of physical and emotional abuse, which she claimed she endured throughout their years-long relationship.
According to the complaint obtained by Deadline, Manson claims Wood conspired with her on-again, off-again romantic partner Illma Gore to falsely paint him as a rapist and sexual predator. The court documents, filed by attorney Howard King, allege Wood and Gore sought to tarnish his reputation by contacting prospective accusers, and pressuring them to make false allegations against him. Manson—legal name Brian Warner—says the defendants presented the accusers with checklists and scripts, which included “specific alleged acts of abuse that they should claim against Warner.”
Manson also claims Gore hacked his email and social media accounts, and created fake emails to impersonate him and his lawyer. He says the duo even went so far as to pose as an FBI agent in an effort to make his accusers believe their families were in danger.
Per the suit:
They impersonated an actual agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation by forging and distributing a fictitious letter from the agent, to create the false appearance that Warner’s alleged “victims” and their families were in danger, and that there was a federal criminal investigation of Warner ongoing (Attachment A);
They provided checklists and...
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