Marilyn Manson
Another woman is making allegations of abuse
Marilyn Manson in 2019
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Several women have made serious allegations of abuse against Marilyn Manson. Another now declares that she “survived a monster”.
Several women, including actresses Esmé Bianco (38) and Evan Rachel Wood (33), have been raising serious abuse allegations against Marilyn Manson (52) for several months. After Bianco recently filed a lawsuit against the musician, Ashley Morgan Smithline (36) now describes in conversation with the US magazine “People”how Manson abused her for over two years.
“I survived a monster,” explains the 36-year-old. Manson had bitten her, whipped her, injured her with a knife and was sexually assaulted several times. He also locked them in a soundproofed room. She is talking about situations similar to those of Bianco according to a report by the industry journal “Variety” also describes in the indictment.
The former claims that Manson forced, drugged and threatened her several times to have sex. Manson raped Bianco in May 2011. She was also bitten, beaten and whipped by the musician, among other things. Bianco and Smithline therefore both suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the alleged assaults.
“I’m a damn survivor”
Smithline now hopes that she can help stop “the most terrifying monster in the world”. “I’m not a victim,” she explains. “I’m a goddamn survivor. I want people to know who he is.” It is worth it to her if she can prevent another woman from being injured.
“There are so many falsities in their claims that if we want to address them, we don’t know where to start,” said a statement from a spokesman for Manson. The relationship between the musician and Smithline, if one could call them such, did not last a week.
Manson had previously commented on the allegations several times. Among other things, he had it reported through his lawyerthat the claims made by Bianco are “demonstrably false”. The actress allegedly only filed a lawsuit after Manson refused to “honor outrageous financial demands based on actions that simply never took place.”
Wood, in turn, had in February in an Instagram post declares that the musician “abused her terribly for years.” Manson also denied these allegations at the time and also explained on Instagramthat “these recent claims […] terrible distortions of reality. “The music label and the manager Mansons later ended their collaboration with the rocker.