Following allegations of abuse by his former fiancee, Evan Rachel Wood, the controversial rock musician has been dropped by his record label and cut from two TV shows.
Manson has now responded to the allegations via social media calling them “gross distortions of reality”. It has been alleged by Wood that Manson “groomed’ her when she was a teenager and “abused’ her for years.
In his statement, Manson says, "Obviously, my art and my life have long been magnets for controversy, but these recent claims about me are horrible distortions of reality. My intimate relationships have always been entirely consensual with like-minded partners. Regardless of how - and why - others are now choosing to misrepresent the past, that is the truth."
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In her statement accusing Manson, Wood claims that Manson brainwashed and manipulated her into submission, she also said that she was now "done living in fear of retaliation, slander, or blackmail".
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Manson, whose real name is Brian Hugh Warner, rose to fame in the 1990s, known for his controversial stage personality and image, his professional name is a combination of cultural icon Marilyn Monroe and the infamous serial killer Charles Manson. He is best know for albums such as Portrait of an American Family, Antichrist Superstar and Mechanical Animals.
Wood is a Golden Globe nominee who began dating Manson in 2007, when she was 18 and he was 36. They had a brief engagement in 2010 before splitting several months later.
