Marilyn Manson: A timeline of the allegations against the embattled rock star
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Controversial artist is accused of abuse by more than a dozen women. Marilyn Manson has always been a controversial figure in music. Critics in the Nineties accused his lewd brand of rock music of promoting Satanism, degrading women and inciting violence, even blaming him for the Columbine High School massacre of 1999.
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His career took a particularly sinister turn in 2021 when his former partner, Westworld star Evan Rachel Wood, accused Manson of psychologically and sexually abusing her. More than a dozen other women have since come forward with similar accusations against the musician.
![[Marilyn Manson in 2018]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/08/10/01/newFile.jpg)
Manson (whose legal name is Brian Warner) has consistently denied sexually assaulting or abusing anyone, claiming that his “intimate relationships have always been entirely consensual with like-minded partners”. A new documentary series exploring the accusations, Marilyn Manson Unmasked, is set to arrive on Channel 4 on January 14.
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Below, The Independent has put together a timeline of the allegations facing the rock artist since Wood went public. *Warning – this article contains graphic references to sexual assault that some readers may find upsetting*. 1 February 2021 – Evan Rachel Wood publicly names Manson as her alleged abuser.
![[Esmé Bianco (left) and Marilyn Manson]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2021/04/30/21/Marilyn_Manson_Abuse_Lawsuit_04882.jpg)
After years of alleging that she was raped and abused, Wood named Manson as the alleged perpetrator. “The name of my abuser is Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson,” Wood wrote on Instagram in a since-deleted post. The actor accused Manson of “grooming” her when she was a teenager, “horrifically” abusing her for years as well as “brainwashing and manipulating” her “into submission”.
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