The actress has since identified her abuser as Marilyn Manson, who denied the allegations. On Monday morning, Westworld star Evan Rachel Wood publicly accused Marilyn Manson of abusing her while the two were in a relationship. In a statement posted on Instagram , Wood, 33, claimed Manson real name: Brian Warner , started "grooming" her as a teen and "horrifically abused" her for years. The actress also reposted several accounts from other women accusing the musician, 52, of sexual assault.
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'Brainwashed'
I was brainwashed and manipulated into submission. I am done living in fear of retaliation, slander, or blackmail. I am here to expose this dangerous man and call out the many industries that have enabled him, before he ruins any more lives. I stand with the many victims who will no longer be silent. Wood's relationship with Manson first became public in early , when the Westworld star was 19 years old. At the time, Manson was 36, and had recently filed for divorce from his first wife, Dita Von Teese.
What are the allegations?
Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission. In , Evan Rachel Wood sat in front of Congress and said she had been raped and beaten by a former partner. Four other women posted similarly harrowing accusations against Marilyn Manson, ranging from psychological and emotional manipulation to physical and sexual assault. Horrifying, deranged behavior and insane scenarios became normalized. All of the women who came forward describe suffering from severe mental-health issues like depression and PTSD. I am coming forward so he will finally stop.
Evan Rachel Wood shared her domestic violence and sexual abuse experiencewith the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday as part of an effort to secure a bill of rights for sexual assault survivors nationwide. The Westworld actress told Congress the Me Too and Time's Up movements have spurred "waves of memories" of her own assaults. The year-old then likened two instances of sexual assault and violence to "a mental scar that I feel every day. In this moment, while I was tied up and being beaten, and being told unspeakable things, I truly felt like I could die, not just because my abuser said to me, 'I could kill you right now,' but because in that moment I felt like I left my body, and I was too afraid to run. Wood says she was later raped in a locked storage closet at a bar by another assailant after the establishment closed. You're gonna be fine. And then my small voice saying back 'No, no, no Wood said as a result of her traumas she's been plagued with depression, addiction, agoraphobia, and night terrors. Seven years after my rapes — plural — I was diagnosed with long-term PTSD, which I had been living with all that time without knowledge about my condition.
