American actress Evan Rachel Wood has accused singer Marilyn Manson of raping her while taking advantage of the filming of one of her music videos.
Evan Rachel Wood, known for her roles in the series Westworldor in the movie Thirteenmakes his accusations in the HBO documentaryPhoenix Risingscreened at the Sundance Film Festival.
In this production, which shows the fight to increase the statute of limitations for sex crimes to allow victims to obtain justice, the actress returns to the filming in 2007 of the music video forHeart Shaped Glassesone of the hits of Marilyn Manson, then his companion.
“We had talked about a simulated sex scene. But when the cameras were rolling, he started to really penetrate me, the young woman said. I had never given my consent for that, ”she underlines.
Actress since childhood, she explains that she “did not know how to say no”, because she had “been conditioned and trained never to answer, to go after everything at all costs”.
Evan Rachel Wood started dating Marilyn Manson — real name Brian Warner — in 2006, when she was 18. The singer was 37 at the time.
“I was coerced into a commercial sex act under a false pretense […] I was raped on camera,” she says. During the attack, “I can say that the team was very embarrassed and that no one knew what to do,” adds the actress.
According to the documentary, Marilyn Manson then pressured the young woman to tell reporters that there was no real sex scene during filming.
Asked by Agence France-Presse about these accusations, the singer’s representatives had not reacted Monday morning.
Several women, like the actress Esmé Bianco (Game Of Thrones ), accused Marilyn Manson of rape and other assaults, which he denies.
The Los Angeles police confirmed last year that they had opened an investigation into accusations of violence within the framework of the couple against the singer, relating to acts committed between 2009 and 2011.
Now 53, Marilyn Manson has created an eerie, gothic-inspired public persona in make-up, wearing two different lenses, with jet-black hair. Its very name is inspired by the actress Marilyn Monroe and the bloodthirsty guru Charles Manson, who caused the murder of actress Sharon Tate.
His record label, Loma Vista Recordings, and his talent agency, CAA, both severed relations with the singer following the charges against him. However, he continues to record titles and appears in particular on the album donda,released last year by Kanye West.