Marilyn Manson has been ordered to reimburse his ex-partner Evan Rachel Wood’s legal fees of around €300,000. The amount came after last year’s legal battle when Manson filed a defamation lawsuit against Wood. He claimed that she caused women to make false statements about him.
The lawsuit was mostly dismissed in May 2023. Nevertheless, the actress will have to be back in court on May 1st to face the remaining allegations, according to US “Rolling Stone”.
Grooming and abuse lawsuit
Evan Rachel Wood was in a relationship with the musician from 2007 to 2010. In February 2021, she accused the musician of grooming her as a teenager and then abusing her for years. Grooming is the targeted contact between adults and minors with the intent to abuse them. Since the 36-year-old first publicly described her ex as an abuser, other women, including “Game of Thrones” actress Esmé Bianco, have made allegations of abuse against him.
Marilyn Manson’s libel lawsuit
As a result, the rocker sued his Wood in March 2022. He accused her and her alleged partner Illma Gore of the abuse allegations being a conspiracy against him. The Mimin was about ruining Manson’s music, TV and film career. In the indictment, he described her alleged insinuations as a “malicious lie.”
Manson’s countersuit also made several serious allegations against Wood and Gore: It alleged that the duo hacked into the singer’s computers and social media accounts and “created a fictitious email account to create alleged evidence that was illegal.” sent pornography via email.”
Most of Manson’s defamation lawsuit allegations were dismissed in court. This was justified by the right to freedom of expression.
Allegations denied
There is also an allegation that Wood and Gore broke into Manson’s computer. They are said to have posed as Marilyn Manson on the Internet and made a “swatting” call – i.e. faked a non-existent emergency. The court date on May 1st should help clarify this matter.
The musician, whose real name is Brian Warner, has always denied all allegations made by Wood and more than twelve other women. In September 2023, he privately settled with a plaintiff who claimed he raped her in 2011.