(Europa Press). The singer Marilyn Manson has withdrawn his defamation lawsuit against actress Evan Rachel Wood, who accused him in 2021 of sexual abuse and harassment during their relationship, and will pay the performer $327,000 (almost 310,000 euros), Deadline reports. Wood’s lawyer, Michael Kump, told the cited media outlet that Marilyn Manson filed the lawsuit as a “publicity stunt to try to undermine the credibility of many of his female defendants and revive his career.” “But his attempt to silence and intimidate Wood has failed,” he stressed.
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Manson’s initial lawsuit came a year after Wood took to social media in 2021 to criticize her ex-boyfriend for a pattern of abuse and “horrible harassment” during the duo’s 2007-2010 relationship. Wood, now 37, was 19 when she and Manson became a couple. Seven years ago, Wood told a congressional committee that she had been repeatedly raped and abused, but did not name the alleged predator, according to information from the American media outlet. However, in 2021, the actress accused Manson in an Instagram post. “My abuser’s name is Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson. He started stalking me when I was a teenager and horribly abused me for years,” she revealed.
