Marilyn Manson is suing Evan Rachel Wood for defamation, emotional distress, and “impersonation over the internet.” In short, Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, argues that her allegations of rape and sexual abuse — which he calls “a malicious falsehood,” though they have now been echoed by many other women — have “derailed” his “successful music, TV, and film career.” Further, the complaint accuses Wood of collaboratingwith her friend Illma Gore to torpedo Manson’s reputation in a campaign that allegedly involved hacking, posing as an FBI agent, and interference that amounts to tampering with would-be witnesses.
In a statement to Deadline, which originally reported on the suit, Manson’s attorney, Howard King, said his team had assembled “an overwhelming trove of evidence — including both documents and witness statements — which proves that the stories that Evan Rachel Wood and her co-conspirator Illma Gore have been falsifying and spreading are both vindictive and demonstrably untrue.” King also said there was a difference between Warner, his client, and Manson, Warner’s stage persona. “Wood’s claims may resonate because of the intentionally ‘shocking’ character of ‘Marilyn Manson’ but they simply do not reflect the truth. The manufactured facts these conspirators scripted a decade after the event never happened.”
Wood’s allegations are indeed appalling. Last year, she identified Manson (and Warner; she used both names and actually mentioned Warner’s first) as the...
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