A petition requesting YouTube's removal of Marilyn Manson's music video for his 2007 Eat Me, Drink Me single "Heart-Shaped Glasses" has appeared on the petition website Change.org, as the Daily Mail reported this week.
In January, actress Evan Rachel Wood, a former fiancée of the rock singer, claimed she was "essentially raped on camera" in a simulated sex scene with him that opens the clip. Manson denied the claim, much as he denied additional accusations since 2021 that he sexually abused and tortured Wood and more women in the past. Earlier this month, Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, sued Wood for defamation and opened the case file. Wood responded on TV's The View.
Subsequently, the actress shared the YouTube petition online, according to NME. As of this posting, it has nearly 7,500 signatures, but "Heart-Shaped Glasses" remains on YouTube.
A YouTube spokesperson responded, "We're monitoring the situation closely and will take appropriate action if we determine there is a breach of our creator responsibility guidelines."
Content warning: The following contains descriptions of alleged sexual assault.
Wood's accusation that she was sexually assaulted by Manson while making the music video first emerged in her new documentary, Phoenix Rising, which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival and later aired on HBO.
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