Marilyn Manson’s ex-wife, Dita Von Teese, is speaking out.
The rock star has been at the center of the scandal recently, after being accused of abusive behavior by several women, including actress Evan Rachel Wood.
Following Wood’s public allegations – in which she said she was “terribly abused” by Manson – at least four other women have filed similar charges. Manson denied the charges.
Now, Von Teese, 48, has released a statement via Instagram, stating that his “personal experience” with Manson, 52, was different. The ex-couple dated for six years before getting married in 2005. Von Teese finally filed for divorce a year later.
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“I have been processing Monday’s news about Marilyn Manson,” she began, noting her gratitude for those who expressed concern for her “well-being.”
Dita Von Teese (left) spoke about the abuse charges against her ex-husband Marilyn Manson (right). She said she was not abused during the seven-year relationship. (Photo by Richard Lewis / WireImage)
“Know that the details made public do not correspond to my personal experience during our 7 years as a couple”, explained the artist. “If they did, I wouldn’t have married him in December 2005.”
She explained that after a year of marriage, she left the relationship “because of infidelity and drug use”.
“Abuse of any kind has no place in any relationship,” added the dancer. “I urge those of you who have been abused to take steps to heal and the strength to fully realize themselves.”
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Von Teese concluded his statement by explaining that he will no longer comment on the matter.
Manson’s representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News’s request for comment.
On Monday, Wood, 33, claimed that Manson started “getting ready when I was a teenager.” She said that during their relationship, the rocker “brainwashed and manipulated her”.
Marilyn Manson has denied the abuse charges against him, calling them ‘horrible distortions of reality’.
(Photo by Richard Shotwell / Invision / AP, Archive)
Manson himself denied the charges in an Instagram statement.
“Obviously, my art and my life have always been magnets for controversy, but these recent statements about me are horrible distortions of reality,” he said on Monday. “My intimate relationships have always been entirely consensual with like-minded partners.”
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He concluded: “Regardless of how – and why – others are now choosing to misrepresent the past, that is the truth.”
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Shortly after the charges were made public, Manson was “immediately” abandoned by his record label. He was also removed from two television roles in Starz’s “American Gods” and AMC’s “Creepshow”.