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More than a year after Evan Rachel Wood accused Marilyn Manson of sexual abuse, the 53-year-old musician is taking legal action against her for, he claims, allegedly creating an elaborate scheme to manufacture all of the accusations against him.

Evan Rachel Wood opens up about her sexual abuse allegations against Marilyn Manson, and how she's moving forward as a voice for survivors, in a new trailer for the HBO documentary Phoenix Rising.'I'm here to talk about Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson,' Wood, 34, said in the preview for the two-part documentary.The doc features interviews with Wood's relatives, as her mother Sara Lynn Moore, 63, said that Manson 'studied how to manipulate people' and groomed Wood, adding, 'He's a predator.' The latest:Evan Rachel Wood, 34, opens up about her sexual abuse allegations against Marilyn Manson, 53, and how she's moving forward as a voice for survivors, in a new trailer for the HBO documentary Phoenix RisingWood's brother Ira Wood IV, 37, noted, 'Everybody was looking at Marilyn Manson and they weren't looking at Brian Warner.'The Westworld star in 2018 appeared in front of Congress in support of the nationwide implementation of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights Acts, delivering testimony about past sexual abuse she had suffered without naming Manson at the time. 'Numerous women heard my story, and knew exactly who it was,' said Wood, who would go on to name Manson as her alleged abuser in a 2021 Instagram post.The documentary also explores Wood's efforts with The Phoenix Act, which would see the statute of limitations extended in cases in California involving domestic violence.

Phoenix Rising have been announced by HBO. Watch the trailer below.The film, which documents Wood’s decision to name Marilyn Manson as her alleged abuser, has two parts, titled Don’t Fall and Stand Up.

Phoenix Rising, which premiered at the on January 23, the actor said that she was “essentially raped on-camera” by Warner when she was 19 years old. "It's nothing like I thought it was going to be," Wood said in the documentary, per . "We're doing things that were not what was pitched to me. ...

Evan Rachel Wood is speaking out about her experience with her ex Marilyn Manson.

Evan Rachel Wood is continuing to speak out against former fiancé Marilyn Manson. Back in February of last year, the 34-year-old actress

accused her former fiancé Brian Warner — otherwise known as the controversial goth rocker Marilyn Manson — as her abuser for the first time.But as the now 34-year-old Wood claims in “Phoenix Rising,” a feature documentary whose first half premiered Sunday night at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, the signs had been apparent for years — and in at least one instance, viewed by nearly 30 million fans on YouTube.In the film, set to air in its entirety on HBO in March, Wood recalls her appearance in his 2007 music video for “Heart-Shaped Glasses,” which shows the couple having sex, or so it appears. While the song plays over these specific clips in the video, the documentary airs the sound of Wood, then 19, shouting in distress.“We had discussed a simulated sex scene,” Wood said.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticHaving been in the spotlight the vast majority of her life, both onscreen as an actor and offscreen as a Hollywood cautionary tale, Evan Rachel Wood understands how media works. She sees the potential of its manipulation, and how the consequences can careen out of control.

Marilyn Manson was snapped in Los Angeles on Saturday ahead of the Sundance Film Festival debut of the Evan Rachel Wood documentary Phoenix Rising, which details the abuse allegations made against Manson by the actress.The 53-year-old musical artist wore an all-black ensemble of a trench coat over a black top with leather pants and black boots.The Dope Show singer, whose real name is Brian Warner, had his hair slicked to the side and donned dark sunglasses on the nighttime outing. The latest:Marilyn Manson, 53, was snapped in Los Angeles on Saturday ahead of the Sundance Film Festival debut of the Evan Rachel Wood documentary Phoenix Rising, which details the abuse allegations made against Manson by the actressManson last year denied allegations made by Wood, 34, in an Instagram post, calling the Westworld star's claims 'horrible distortions of reality.'In her February 2021 social media post, Wood said she was 'brainwashed and manipulated into submission' by The Beautiful People artist, who she was engaged to for a time in 2010.