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Marilyn Manson 2018 at the "Rock im Park" festival in Nuremberg
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US rock musician Marilyn Manson has surrendered to the authorities after allegations of assault in a performance in 2019. The police in Gilford (US state New Hampshire) announced in May that there was an arrest warrant against the musician. Manson had made an appearance in Los Angeles last week, said Gilford police chief Bean Burpee, USA Today newspaper and other US media. The musician was released on bail. The case is due to go to trial in New Hampshire in August.
The warrant goes back to an incident with a camerawoman at a concert by the rocker in Gilford in August 2019. According to US media reports, the rocker is said to have spat on a film camera at the concert. "TMZ.com" published a short video of a spitting incident. In an interview with “People” magazine, three concertgoers described that a camerawoman had been spat at several times. Manson's attorney Howard King called the allegations "ridiculous" in May. It is known that Manson likes to provoke on stage, "especially in front of the camera," said King.
Several women have filed allegations or complaints against Manson of sexual or physical violence in recent months.
For example, actress Evan Rachel Wood accused her ex-boyfriend of years of “horrific” abuse in an Instagram post in February.
Los Angeles police opened an investigation into allegations of domestic violence.
The singer immediately rejected the allegations.
His art and life have long been "magnets for controversy," but the claims about him are "terrible falsifications of reality," the musician wrote on Instagram in February.
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