His first album was released in 1994. In 1996, he sold 2 million copies of his album
AntIchrist Superstar
.
Now, Marilyn Manson, whose real name is Brian Hugh Warner, is more talked about in the news item and on the legal front.
More than a dozen women, including his former fiancee and
Westworld
star
Evan Rachel Wood, have spoken publicly to speak out against his abusive behavior.
Since February 2021, five of them have filed a complaint for sexual assault, including the actress and burlesque artist Esmé Bianco, seen in the cult series
Game Of Thrones
.
She camped there for two seasons during Ros, a prostitute very familiar with the power games of Westeros.
The 39-year-old Briton shared Manson's life in 2011.
Faced with this barrage of accusations, Marilyn Manson, through her lawyers, retaliates.
Defenders for the singer have filed a motion in Los Angeles court asking for the prosecution of Esme Bianco's complaint to be dropped.
According to Marilyn Manson, not only do Esme Bianco's rape accusations come too late, but they are totally false.
In a motion filed in court and relayed by TMZ, the singer claims that the actress "
sought cynically and dishonestly to monetize and exploit the #MeToo movement
", and that her complaint, as well as those of other women who accuse of sexual abuse, are distortions of reality that the accusers "
spent months working on and fine-tuning
".
Esmé Bianco appears on the red carpet for the presentation of the final season of Game of Thrones.
Ron Adar / Alamy / Abaca
Tied up and whipped
Esmé Bianco had stated in her complaint that Marilyn Manson had tied her up, whipped her, electrocuted her, prevented her from eating, and cut her with a knife.
Accusations which the artist claims to be able to prove are "
false
".
In a post dated February 1, Marilyn Manson firmly defended herself for having had inappropriate gestures.
If he does not deny having had sex, sometimes violent, with the complainants, he assures that everything was consensual and that he has nothing to be ashamed of.
In the specific case of Esme Bianco, the complaint would be prescribed for 8 years, according to the singer.
“
My intimate relationships have always been entirely consensual with like-minded partners. Regardless of how - and why - others now choose to distort the past, it's the truth,
”he posted.