Marilyn Manson sues Evan Rachel Wood (Fraud, Defamation)

[Anderson123 36,351]

Marilyn Manson is suing Evan Rachel Wood, alleging she cooked up a massive scheme to manufacture sexual abuse accusations against him ... and committed crimes in the process.

The rocker just filed a shocking lawsuit against his ex and her partner, Illma Gore, with whom ERW has reportedly been romantically involved on and off for years. In the suit, obtained by TMZ, Manson alleges both women have engaged in fraud, conspiracy and defamation in furtherance of a calculated plot to take him down and ruin his career.

According to the docs, filed by attorney Howard King and obtained by TMZ, Manson's legal team lays out a series of alleged events between 2019 and 2021 that suggest Wood and Gore planned an elaborate ruse to smear him and profit from it -- even conceding, by and large, they succeeded in the court of public opinion ... despite the fact he says it's all lies.

Manson claims Gore teamed up with Wood to create a nonprofit called the Phoenix Act that purported to help abused women, but in reality ... was allegedly just a cover for a money-making ploy they were about to embark on against Marilyn.

To that end, he claims Gore sent out a bulk email to a number of Manson's former romantic partners, asking them to share experiences they might've had in common with Wood ... obviously in reference to MM.

Once they got some people in their orbit, Manson and co. claim Wood and Gore then started to persuade these women that they had, in fact, been abused by Manson during their time with him ... by insisting their trauma was buried under repressed memories.

Manson then claims Wood and Gore started systematically coordinating the women's allegations ... with checklists and even scripts Manson alleges were being produced, distributed and hammered home by Wood and Gore, all in an effort to make the allegations more believable.

Perhaps the most shocking part ... Manson alleges Wood and Gore literally concocted a fake letter from the FBI in which they posed as a real agent, and alluded to a criminal investigation of Manson, while also making it seem Wood and/or any of his alleged victims and their families might be in danger.

Manson says Wood and Gore forged this agent's signature -- whom Manson says later confirmed she never wrote it -- and then distributed it among alleged victims, as well as media members ... again, all to make this story about Manson seem credible and serious.

Of course, Manson has since fallen in the crosshairs of the L.A. County Sheriff's Dept. -- which carried out a very real raid of his home last year -- but as far as any FBI probe ... Manson and co. say that's total BS, and that Wood/Gore were trying to drum up hysteria.

There's more ... Manson claims that Gore actually created fake email accounts to pose as him, and then fabricated correspondence full of compromising content -- including ****ographic material, threats, admissions, etc. -- that Manson says were explicitly being exchanged (as if it was him) to further make it seem like he was a monster ... and to plant "evidence" that he'd left a damning paper trail. Manson says none of that stuff is real.

Other crimes Manson claims Gore committed ... alleged hacking of personal computer files and social media accounts he runs, as well as the unauthorized use of his SSN.

On top of that ... Manson also claims Gore swatted him last February, calling in an "emergency" while posing as a concerned friend of his. Not just that, but he says the fact that paparazzi captured all this fuss -- in the midst of Wood going public with her accusations against him -- is no coincidence ... and was also likely coordinated by Wood/Gore.

Finally, Manson alleges that Gore -- working in unison with Wood -- slandered him by making up a story that he'd featured a minor in a short film from the '90s, and that the flick included child ****ography. He flatly denies the claim, insisting the woman was 22 at the time -- a fact he says Gore was well aware of when pushing the tale about alleged child abuse.

Manson wants damages and a court order preventing Wood and Gore from continuing on with their conduct.

https://www.tmz.com/2022/03/02/marilyn-manson-sues-evan-rachel-wood-fraud-defamation/

 

Here's the PDF with the papers:

 

And Illma Gore didn't even deny it.

Obviously a nod to what Manson's last post from 2021.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CKxZavzAGOe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

 

[thatfoxyfeeling 12,861]

I mean this is kinda compelling going by Gore’s reaction and forging an FBI agent’s signature. It’s actually messed up if he is innocent. 

[Red 95,565]

Oh no, if he's innocent, Westworld might be canceled

[LG2008 3,562]

Wow... If he's innocent 

[Chlorine 47,975]

I always found it odd that Dita and Rose did not corroborate any abusive behavior by Manson… so it really wouldn’t shock me if this turned out to be a scheme. Of course, it doesn’t mean just because he didn’t do anything to them, he didn’t do it to anyone else. But Evan is just as famous and high profile as they are so it just doesn’t make sense he’d risk doing it to her and not them? Anyway… we’ll see how it unfolds I guess. 

[Pamplemousse 382]

Disgusting pig. I will always stick with the accuser.

[IWantYourLove 1,221]

1 minute ago, Pamplemousse said:

Disgusting pig. I will always stick with the accuser.

Me too. I know people say innocent until proven guilty, but with stuff like this, I think it’s the other way around. Coming from someone who’s ex was accused and was actually innocent.

[hereforstemslol 223]

3 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

Disgusting pig. I will always stick with the accuser.

Not that I'm picking a side here or know anything about this case, but falsely accusing people of r*pe for the sake of ruining their lives and reputation is just as serious.

[HausOfAntonio 7,995]

This stuff is always a he said she said case. It’s impossible to really prove anything which makes it a million times harder for victims to have their stories heard. 

[DpHitch1992 1,155]

13 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

Disgusting pig. I will always stick with the accuser.

I agree. 

Statistically, false sexual abuse accusations are actually really rare. 

[Bling 31,262]

Brian, honey, it's really not that complicated 

I was a HUGE fan of Manson before all this, but I've read a lot into it and he has allegations spanning back from the 90s. Not just that, he's gone on record saying he spit on and beat his mother, many women have come forward (way before this) saying he manipulated them into doing really twisted things, some I can't post here, but one was a Jewish model that wanted to work with him. He said she could appear in one of his videos but he wanted her to get Nazi memorabilia and fly it to him to LA. SHES JEWISH! We're also talking about locking people up in rooms and more. Also, there's physical abuse on record from previous victims and collaborators. There's no way he will win...

This all sounds like an elaborate scheme to distract from the ACTUAL issues. 

(Trigger Warning) This really sums up all of his antics over the last 20+ years. I can't believe I supported this man for so long...

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/marilyn-manson-abuse-allegations-1256888/

Spoiler

Here's just one example:

"Game of Thrones actress Esmé Bianco alleges that Warner frequently ab*sed her verbally; deprived her of sleep and food; bit, cut, electrocuted, and whipped her without her consent; and r*p*d her during their two years together. Bianco alleges that, in one horrifying episode, Warner wielded an ax and chased her around the apartment smashing holes in the walls after saying she was “crowding him.”

Singer Phoebe Bridgers:

Evan's Original Accusations and others came forward

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/evan-rachel-wood-marilyn-manson-1121680/

[Guest]

Yeah apparently there's more to this story, idk much about it, but now Im keeping an open mind considering the Johnny Depp situation

[Arcadia 1,366]

2 hours ago, Red said:

Oh no, if he's innocent, Westworld might be canceled

That’d be fine since season 3 sucked hard

[Bling 31,262]

So I've read all 28 pages of the legal documentation prepared by Manson's lawyer. There's definitely some wrongdoings on Gore's part but I have no doubt that there are many instances of twisting and stretching the truth in order to fit their narrative and win their case. I also have no doubt that Manson did all of the things he's being accused of, and much much more. This specific case will be interesting to watch play out, as Evan Rachel Wood's documentary "Phoenix Rising" premieres on HBO on March 15. It's no coincidence that Manson's claims come just weeks before the premiere. This is basically the equivalent of Harvey Weinstein suing Rose McGowan for fraud and defamation.

I have no doubt that he is a monster for what he's done to so many victims, for decades, and I pray he will get what he deserves. But money, power, and privilege go a long way in Hollywood