Evan Rachel Wood, who accused Marilyn Manson of abusing her while they were in a relationship, says she filed a police report in December against the wife of the singer and actor.
Last week, Wood, 33, finally named the #MeToo allegations of domestic violence she made before Congress in 2018. The actress said Manson – whose real name is Brian Warner – abused her during their relationship, which made public in 2007 and ended with a broken engagement in 2010. Manson, 52, denied the charges as “horrible distortions of reality”.
The “Westworld” star over the weekend said he filed a report against Lindsay Usich for allegedly threatening to release compromising photos that were taken while Wood was with Manson. She said the photos were taken by someone else when she was a minor and received “large quantities of drugs and alcohol”.
Wood said she was told that Usich, who married Manson about a year ago, allegedly wanted to ruin her career and shut her up. Usich, who is 36 and is a photographer, did not respond to a request for comment on Monday.
Wood shared a page drafted from a December 19, 2020 police report in his Instagram story, as well as one of the photos allegedly in question: In it, Wood is wearing a German-style military hat and has a Hitler-style mustache drawn on your upper lip.
“This is part of the humiliation and blackmail,” wrote Wood, who was raised as a Jew.
Last week, Manson denied Wood’s accusations – and several other accusers – in an Instagram statement.
“[T]These recent statements 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 distort the past, that is the truth, ”he wrote.
Dita Von Teese, who had been in a relationship with the musician for seven years, including a short marriage, released a statement on the situation last Wednesday, saying she was “processing” the charges.
“Know that the details made public do not correspond to my personal experience during our 7 years together as a couple,” wrote the burlesque actress and performer on Instagram. “If they had, I wouldn’t have married him … I left 12 months later due to infidelity and drug use.”
The Beautiful People singer was abandoned by longtime businessman Tony Ciulla, Rolling Stone reported on Friday. They have worked together since 1996. He was also released by his record label and talent agency CAA.