Note: Warning! This article discusses sexual assault and/or rape.
After being publicly accused of abuse in February 2021, musician Marilyn Manson is taking his ex-fiancée Evan Rachel Wood to court for defamation, according to court documents obtained by CelebHomes News on March 2.
Manson, real name Brian WarnerThe Los Angeles Supreme Court filed a lawsuit against the Westworld actress and her alleged “on-again, off-again romantic partner” Ashley Gore. He seeks damages, as well as an injunction for future wrongful conduct.
According to the lawsuit, Wood and Gore publicly cast Manson as a rapist/abuser, calling it “a malicious lie that has derail Warner’s success in music, television, and film.”
CelebHomes News has reached out to Gore and to Wood’s rep for comment and has not heard back.
In the lawsuit, which asks for a trial by jury, Manson alleges that Wood—whom he dated from 2006 to 2010—committed multiple offences with Gore including impersonating an FBI agent and recruiting and pressuring others to share false accusations about him.
It also states that Gore slandered Warner, created fictitious email accounts under his name, “swatted” him in February 2021 and hacked his computer files and social media accounts.