Actress Evan Rachel Wood denounces marital and sexual violence she says she suffered from her ex Marilyn Manson. Other women give her their support and testify to the horror they experienced with the rockstar.
Actress Evan Rachel Wood, featured in the excellent series Westworld, dared to talk about what we had suspected for years. Victim of domestic and sexual violence, it was this Monday, February 1, 2021, on her Instagram account, that she decided to publicly name her attacker for the first time. This is Brian Warner, better known by the stage name Marilyn Manson.
I'm done living in fear of reprisals
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Indeed, Evan Rachel Wood and the rockstar were in a relationship from 2007. She was then only 19 years old and he, 38 years old. The couple ended their relationship in 2010 after being engaged. Today, the actress delivers a chilling testimony of this period. "He started taking care of me when I was a teenager and abused me horribly for years. He brainwashed me, tricked me into submitting. I'm done living this life. in fear of reprisals, rumors, blackmail. I am here to denounce this dangerous man and to hold account the many industries which allowed him to act, before he ruins more lives. I stand in solidarity with the many victims coming out of silence ", we can read on the Instagram account of the actress, now 33.
Other victims of Marilyn Manson testify and denounce her actions
According to Vanity Fair, several women, some anonymous, other models, also denounced the acts of violence that Marilyn Manson would have subjected them to. Ashley Walters, Sarah Mcneilly, Lindsay Morgan and many others have shared similar testimonies which claim serious consequences for their psychological state and undeniable trauma: “Because of the way he treated me, I suffer from mental health and PTSD issues that have affected my personal and professional relationships, my self-confidence and my goals in life. destroy people's lives. I support all those in this case and that will come forward. I want Brian to be held accountable for his evil ", Sarah McNeilly, for example, testified on her Instagram account. All claim that he "finally answer for his actions."
The end of the idolatry of an executioner?
This is not the first time that Evan Rachel Wood has spoken of the hell she experienced. In April 2018, during a hearing before the US Congress, she confessed to having been the victim of domestic and sexual violence without naming her attacker, for legal reasons. At the time, there were many rumors about the possibility that it was Marilyn Manson. Today, Evan Rachel Wood is hoping for consequences following the serious abuse her ex-partner allegedly inflicted on her.
If naming your attacker requires a lot of courage, even after #MeToo and when you are a celebrity, we must hope that this act will mark the end of the cult dedicated to Marilyn Manson. An artist who has actively contributed to the glamourization of violence in his songs and in his music videos, especially towards women. We especially remember the song "Heart-Shaped Glasses" who in 2007 starred Evan Rachel Woods, at the time in a relationship with the singer. They were staged in a sulphurous way in a bloodbath. Images that freeze when you know what the young actress was going through at that time.
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Not to mention the song clip "Running to the Edge of the World", dating from 2018, where Marilyn Manson beats up a young woman who looks strangely like Evan Rachel Woods. At the time of its release, the clip, which featured domestic violence to the point of feminicide, sparked an uproar. There are many who were horrified by the parallel between this video and the horror the American actress experienced when she was in a relationship with Marilyn Manson.