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Marilyn Manson has been sued by a fourth woman accusing him of sexual assault. Model Ashley Morgan Smithline says that she first met the musician in 2010, when he said that he wanted to cast her in a film role.

One of Marilyn Manson’s accusers has come forward, claiming that her previous claims of sexual abuse were made up.

Ashley Morgan Smithline, who accused Marilyn Manson of sexual abuse and took him to court, has rescinded her claims about her relationship with the musician.

One of the women who sued Marilyn Manson – real name Brian Warner – over sexual assault allegations has recanted her claims, saying that she was “manipulated” into making them by actor Evan Rachel Wood.In a new sworn statement presented to a New York court by Manson’s lawyers yesterday, Ashley Morgan Smithline says: “I succumbed to pressure from Evan Rachel Wood and her associates to make accusations of rape and assault against Mr Warner that were not true. Eventually, I started to believe that what I was repeatedly told happened to Ms Wood and [others] also happened to me”.Smithline claimed in a 2021 legal filing that the musician had violently assaulted her several times between 2010 and 2013 – allegations that he has always denied.In October, her lawyer Jay Ellwanger was granted permission to step down from the case and the court gave Smithline three months to appoint new representation or officially confirm that she would be representing herself.

A sexual assault lawsuit against Marilyn Manson has been dismissed after the woman who filed it – Ashley Morgan Smithline – missed a deadline in the case.Smithline claimed in her 2021 legal filing that the musician had violently assaulted her several times between 2010 and 2013 – allegations he denies.In October, her lawyer was granted permission to step down from the case and the court gave Smithline three months to appoint new representation or officially confirm that she would be representing herself. The case was dismissed by default when that deadline passed yesterday without a response.This is one of a four lawsuits filed against Manson – real name Brian Warner – in 2021, accusing him of multiple sexual assaults.Two of these are still working their way through the courts – one from ‘Game Of Thrones’ actor Esmé Bianco and another from an unnamed woman.