The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has launched a criminal investigation into allegations of domestic violence against Marilyn Manson.
The department’s Special Victims Bureau was prompted by a spate of new allegations, most notably those by Manson’s former partner Evan Rachel Wood. The SVB says the alleged crimes they are investigating took place beteen 2009 and 2011, when the couple were together. Via Los Angeles Times, Wood said:
He started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years. I was brainwashed and manipulated into submission. I am done living in fear of retaliation, slander, or blackmail. I am here to expose this dangerous man and call out the many industries that have enabled him, before he ruins any more lives. I stand with the many victims who will no longer be silent.”
Wood’s comments, originally posted on Instagram, prompted others to come forward with similar allegations.
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