Phoenix Rising: Last News

Ellise Shafer Evan Rachel Wood is opening up about her experience being “publicly gaslit” for coming forward with abuse allegations against Marilyn Manson.On a new episode of Jameela Jamil’s podcast “I Weigh,” the actor dove deep into the “re-traumatizing” but necessary process of being involved in a sexual abuse investigation.Manson and Wood were publicly in a relationship from 2006 to 2010, and Wood named Manson as her alleged abuser in February 2021. Soon after, the Los Angeles Police Department announced that Manson was under investigation for domestic violence.

Rocker Marilyn Manson won’t face sexual abuse charges despite allegations by more than a dozen women including actors Evan Rachel Wood and Esmé Bianco. Newly elected Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Friday, “We have determined that allegations of domestic violence fall outside of the statute of limitations, and we cannot prove charges of sexual assault beyond a reasonable doubt.”

Fading rocker Marilyn Manson has to pay up after pulling the plug on his long running defamation lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood.

Marilyn Manson, the controversial schlock rocker, is to be the subject of a new documentary series.

Big win for Evan Rachel Wood!

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Fremantle has struck an exclusive first-look deal with Oscar- and Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Amy Berg. Under the agreement, Berg’s Disarming Films and Fremantle will jointly develop a slate of documentaries, with Berg working closely with Fremantle’s global head of documentaries Mandy Chang to produce premium projects. Berg’s company, Disarming Films, has been producing documentary features and docuseries for broadcast for over a decade. Berg produced “The Case Against Adnan Syed” for HBO and is currently working on a special follow-up episode set to premiere this fall. Other projects include “We Are: The Brooklyn Saints” (Netflix), “Dogs” (Netflix) and “Keep This Between Us” (Freeform). Her latest film, “Phoenix Rising,” premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2022 and on HBO and HBO Max.

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Evan Rachel Wood got emotional while speaking with Drew Barrymore about her alleged abuser Marilyn Manson.

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Phoenix Rising, the first words that Marilyn Manson, 36 at the time, uttered to the then 18-year-old actor was a command. One laced in sarcasm, yes, but still an example of what she says was to come for their relationship. “Don’t fall,” he allegedly told the young Thirteen actor, who was on a balcony with a group of friends at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. This was more than a decade ago—an interaction Wood still regrets.

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“I have every right to be afraid,” Evan Rachel Wood says to viewers who have tuned in to hear more from the actress about her tumultuous relationship with rock star, Marilyn Manson. In the second part of the documentary, Phoenix Rising, Evan is seen meeting with a group of other women who’ve also accused Manson of physical and emotional abuse. Over the course of the film, Evan goes into detail about the worst parts of her relationship with Manson, including what happened when she tried to leave him.

It’s been nearly 15 years since an 18-year-old Evan Rachel Wood met 36-year-old Marilyn Manson at a Hollywood party, but for the first time, the actress known for her roles in True Blood and Westworld has come forward to tell her story about their relationship and the abuses she claims she endured during it.

Evan Rachel Wood has insisted she is "steady as a rock" as she faces a defamation lawsuit against her alleged abuser Marilyn Manson. The Westworld actress appeared on The View on Monday to promote her new documentary, Phoenix Rising, in which she details her abuse allegations against her former fiancé Manson, real name Brian Warner. During the interview, Wood was asked about the defamation lawsuit Manson filed against her earlier this month and she admitted the legal action was expected.

Evan Rachel Wood has said she is ‘not scared’ after Marilyn Manson filed a lawsuit against her over the ‘malicious falsehood’ of abuse allegations against him referenced in her new documentary Phoenix Rising.The 53-year-old rocker, who has been accused of sexual and physical abuse by multiple women, is suing the Westworld star for defamation, fraud, and emotional distress.Wood first named Manson – real name Brian Warner – as her alleged abuser in February 2021, claiming the gothic singer abused her ‘for years’ when she became involved with him when she was 18 and he was 38.The singer has denied the claims.Manson now alleges the 34-year-old actress – who was in a relationship with the Dope Show hitmaker between 2007 and 2010, and has claimed her former fiancé ‘essentially raped’ her while filming a music video – has ‘derailed his successful music, TV and film career’.In response to the lawsuit, Wood said her ex is simply trying to silence her, ‘as expected’, and she knows the truth is on her side and is ‘confident’ she will get justice.Appearing on The View, she said: ‘I can’t, obviously, speak about any of the specific allegations of the lawsuit, but I am not scared.‘I am sad, because this is how it works, this is what pretty much every survivor that tries to expose someone in a position of power goes through, and this is part of the retaliation that keeps survivors quiet.‘This is why people don’t want to come forward, because this is – this was – expected.’The Golden Globe nominee, who documents being a survivor of domestic violence in Phoenix Rising, insisted she is not trying to ‘clear’ her name, rather ‘protect’ others from a ‘dangerous person’.The model added: ‘I am very confident that I have the truth on my side

Marilyn Manson, who Wood has accused of grooming before subjecting her to “horrific abuse” when they began a relationship.Manson – real name Brian Hugh Warner – sued Wood for defamation, emotional distress and “impersonation over the internet” earlier this month, seeking a jury trial and naming both Wood along with Illma Gore (who is described as Wood’s “on-again, off-again romantic partner” in the lawsuit) as defendants.In the lawsuit, filed in California court, Manson alleges that Wood and Gore committed “wrongful and illegal acts done in furtherance of a conspiracy… to publicly cast [Warner] as a rapist and abuser – a malicious falsehood that has derailed Warner’s successful music, TV, and film career”.The lawsuit claims Wood and Gore “recruited, coordinated and pressured prospective accusers to emerge simultaneously with allegations of rape and abuse against Warner”, and alleges they impersonated an FBI agent in order to “create the false appearance that Warner’s alleged ‘victims’ and their families were in danger, and that there was a federal criminal investigation of Warner ongoing”.It followed the premiere of Wood’s documentary, Phoenix Rising, at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Set to arrive on HBO Max today (March 15), the Amy Berg-directed film recounts the abuse Wood allegedly suffered from Manson, and follows her decision to publicly accuse him last year.Now, appearing on The View, Wood has spoken out about Manson’s lawsuit.

Marilyn Manson‘s history of alleged abuse is coming to light in the new documentary Phoenix Rising. Actress Evan Rachel Wood, 43, details the 53-year-old musician’s alleged acts of sexual and physical abuse in the two-part documentary, which premieres March 15 on HBO and is directed by Amy Berg. Evan has accused Marilyn (real name Brian Warner) of abusing her while they were in a relationship from 2007 to 2010, and Marilyn has denied all the allegations.

Marilyn Manson assistant Ashley Walters was allegedly threatened with “retaliatory legal action” if she took part in Evan Rachel Wood’s upcoming documentary Phoenix Rising.Phoenix Rising, which premieres March 15 and 16 on HBO, details the alleged abuse Wood suffered while with Manson.When it was announced back in January, Manson’s legal team filed a lawsuit against Wood, suing her for defamation, emotional distress, and “impersonation over the internet.”However, according to an amended lawsuit filed Friday (March 11) by Walters’ lawyers, she was also threatened with similar legal proceedings if she took part.In May 2021, Walters sued the singer for sexual assault, battery, and harassment.

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Evan Rachel Wood is continuing to share disturbing details of her relationship with ex-fiancé Marilyn Manson in her HBO documentary, Phoenix Rising.

Marilyn Manson has filed a defamation lawsuit in Los Angeles County court against Evan Rachel Wood, Deadline reports and documents reviewed by The FADER confirm. Wood and four other women accused Manson of sexual abuse last February, and Wood has reasserted her claims in the documentary Phoenix Rising, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January.