Marilyn Manson

In a new court filing, Marilyn Manson has fired back at a lawsuit filed by Game of Thrones actress Esme Blanco. The shock rocker and his former manager, who were both sued by Blanco for sexual abuse and human trafficking in April, say that claims are “are untrue, meritless, and a key component of a coordinated attack by multiple plaintiffs, who are cynically and dishonestly seeking to monetize and exploit the #MeToo movement.” Additionally, in the filing, Manson said that the accusers, “including Plaintiff, spent months plotting, workshopping, and fine-tuning their stories to turn what were consensual friendships and relationships with Warner from more than a decade ago, into twisted tales that bear no resemblance to reality.” He attributes the accusations of abuse to his shock-r...

In May, model Ashley Morgan Smithline accused Marilyn Manson of “terrifying sexual abuse” in an interview with People. On Wednesday, Smithline became the fourth person to sue Manson. Smithline alleges sexual assault and human trafficking, similar to what Game of Thrones actress Esme Blanco alleged in a suit of her own in April. In the suit, which was initially reported by Rolling Stone, the allegations are similar to what Smithline outlined in the People interview. Smithline alleges that she first connected with Manson in 2010 with the promise of casting her in a film, which would have been a remake of True Romance. She moved from Bangkok, where she was modeling at the time, to Los Angeles, where he lived. “Mr. Warner knew these offers to be fraudulent. No effort was ma...

Marilyn Manson has will turn himself in to the Los Angeles Police Department as part of an agreement between the Gilford Police Department and Manson’s camp, according to Gilford Police Chief Anthony Bean Burpee. “What this all means for us is that – thanks to over 300,000 FB comments and shares (many besmirching our agency for even filing such charges), it has forced Mr. Warner to finally address his outstanding NH warrant, which will, in turn, allow the victim of the crime to have her say/day in Court in order to hopefully hold Mr. Warner accountable for his actions,” Burpee said in a statement. Continuing, Burpee said that “our PD has no involvement in is whatever civil proceedings the victim may be pursuing against Mr. Warner as that it outside the law enforcement purview.  The vi...

A former girlfriend of Marilyn Manson has come forward with a lawsuit alleging that the musician, born Brian Warner, raped and threatened to kill her, TMZ reports. The unidentified woman, who began dating Warner in 2011, also claims he made her watch a disturbing video called “Groupie” that shows him tying a young fan to a chair, forcing her to drink urine, and threatening her with a gun. A member of Manson’s team “strongly denies the accusations,” while a source close to the shock-rocker told SPIN that the video in question is “a scripted short film shot by a crew and a famous photographer/videographer who frequently collaborated with Manson. The actress in the film was an adult who had also appeared in a previous music video called ‘The Long Hard Road Out of Hell.’ The scripted shor...

Marilyn Manson is wanted on two counts of Class A misdemeanor Simple Assault in Gilford, New Hampshire. A statement was posted on the department’s Facebook page on Tuesday evening, and a spokesperson for the department confirmed the validity of the charges. In the post, the Department said that Brian Warner has an active arrest warrant after an alleged incident that took place on Aug. 18, 2019 at Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion. According to the post, the “videographer had been subcontracted by a NH based company to video the concert, and had been located in the stage pit area when the alleged assaults occurred.” “The alleged assaults involved a videographer. Mr. Warner, his agent and legal counsel have been aware of the warrant for some time and no effort has been made by him to retur...

Marilyn Manson is facing another lawsuit, this time from his former assistant Ashley Walters. In the complaint filed on Tuesday in Superior Court of Los Angeles County and as obtained by SPIN, Manson is accused of sexual assault, battery and harassment by Walters. In the suit, Walters claims that she first met Manson in 2010 through MySpace when she was an aspiring photographer. According to the suit, the first time the two met in person was at Manson’s home in West Hollywood in May 2010 to talk about art and how they could work together. Walters alleges that she tried to leave the home at 2 am but Manson said that the park where she left her car didn’t open until 7 am. He then allegedly requested that they engage in a photoshoot where Walters removed her shirt. According to the suit, she ...

Model Ashley Morgan Smithline was one of the first women to accuse Marilyn Manson of sexual abuse when accusations first surfaced publicly on Feb. 1. In a new interview with People, Smithline detailed the harrowing nature of the abuse. Calling Manson the “most terrifying monster in the world,” Smithline said that during their two-year relationship from 2010-2012, the shock rocker allegedly “bit her, whipped her, cut her with a swastika-emblazoned knife and shoved his fist in her mouth during sex.” Smithline, who is of Jewish descent, said that whenever she’d travel, Manson would make her look for Nazi memorabilia to bring back to him. “He kind of made it like this is just like a joke between us,” she told People. “I think at that point, I was already coerced enough that I felt he woul...

Marilyn Manson is being investigated by the Special Victims Bureau of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for domestic violence allegations against him. They are looking into incidents that occurred between 2009 and 2011, when Manson lived in a rented loft in West Hollywood, ABC News confirmed. The names of the victims were not released, but at least nine women have come forward after actress Evan Rachel Wood went public with claims that former boyfriend Manson, born Brian Warner, had “horrifically abused” her for years. In the 2009-11 time frame, Manson resided in a rented loft on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood while working on his Born Villian album, which was released in 2012. Game of Thrones actress Esmé Bianco came forward with abuse allegations, claiming she was “co...

Following the news on Monday in which Westworld star Evan Rachel Wood said that Marilyn Manson “horrifically abused” her for years, Manson’s label, Loma Vista Recordings, announced that it would no longer be working with him. Manson’s recorded albums had been licensed to the label. Four additional women accused Manson of abuse in a piece published in Vanity Fair on Monday “In light of today’s disturbing allegations by Evan Rachel Wood and other women naming Marilyn Manson as their abuser, Loma Vista will cease to further promote his current album, effective immediately,” the label said in a statement. “Due to these concerning developments, we have also decided not to work with Marilyn Manson on any future projects.” Prior to the announcement, Manson’s page on ...