Evan Rachel Wood Says Marilyn Manson Raped Her On Set - The Cut

In a new documentary about her life, the actress Evan Rachel Wood said that her former boyfriend Marilyn Manson “essentially raped [her] on camera” while filming a music video in 2007, when she was 19 and he was 38. In the film, Phoenix Rising — which premiered this Sunday at Sundance — Wood describes how she and Manson, who she was dating at the time, had discussed doing a simulated sex scene for the video for Manson’s song “Heart Shaped Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand).” But during filming, Wood says Manson started “penetrating me for real” while she was barely conscious, having been given absinthe on set.

At the time the video — which was directed by Manson and inspired by Lolita — came out, the sex scene between Wood and Manson was graphic enough that many suspected it wasn’t a simulation.

According to Wood, Manson instructed her to tell journalists that she’d had a “romantic” time on set.

Manson also said that no actress but Wood could have been in the video, “because it was inspired by her.”.

It’s not the first time Wood has accused Manson — who she dated until 2010 — of abuse.

In 2018, Wood testified before the California senate about an anonymous abusive relationship she’d had, eventually naming Manson as her abuser in 2021.

After Wood first went public with her accusations, Manson — whose real name is Brian Warner — was dropped by his recording label and his agency.

More than a dozen women have since come forward to speak out about Manson, including actress Esme Bianco and his former personal assistant.

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