In the documentary
Phoenix Rising
, which will premiere at Sundance on January 23, actress Evan Rachel Wood opens up about the sexual and psychological abuse that Marilyn Manson allegedly committed against her, and explains her own path. towards justice.
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Because the 34-year-old actress took years, she explains, to come to terms with the trauma she would have experienced and to denounce it. A long-time activist against violence against women, she had testified to having experienced abuse herself. But for years, she had withheld the name of her alleged attacker. Until last year, when she chose to publicly attack her former boyfriend, with whom she had lived from 2007 to 2010.
Today the actress is taking a new step with the release of the documentary
Phoenix Rising
by director Amy Berg. “
I can finally announce it to the whole world. I teamed up with Amy Berg on a project called
Phoenix Rising
. A documentary that explores aspects of my life, my career, my family, the passage of #ThePhoenixAct, and ultimately the decision to name my abuser publicly
,” she explained on social media. More than a witness, the actress is part of the project that she has been carrying out for two years with the director, as reported by the American magazine
Variety
.
“
We wanted to tell a story about empowerment, something that would provide insight for women and men stuck in abusive situations.
And that's what we were doing when Evan Rachel Wood decided to name him publicly
, ”also explained Amy Berg to
Variety.
The director has already to her credit the documentary
Deliver us from Evil,
released in 2006, devoted to the Californian pedophile priest Olivier O'Grady.
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Phoenix Rising
will be presented as part of the Sundance festival on January 23 in two episodes. HBO, which airs
Westworld
, the series starring Evan Rachel Wood, will schedule the documentary "
in the coming months
," according to
Variety
. The documentary should also arrive in France on the OCS platform, but no date has yet been announced.
At the origin of this documentary, therefore, a public denunciation.
“
My attacker's name is Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson.
He sought to appease me from my teenage years and abused me horribly for years
,” the actress launched in February 2021 on her Instagram account.
“
I was brainwashed and manipulated.
I no longer live in fear of reprisals, slander or blackmail.
I'm here to expose this dangerous man and challenge the many industries that protected him, before he ruined more lives.
I stand alongside the many victims who will no longer remain silent
,” she added.
Other women accuse Marilyn Manson
Evan Rachel Wood is not the only person to denounce the behavior of the singer.
Three other women accuse him of sexual and psychological violence suffered, over the period 2009-2011: the model Ashley Morgan Smithline, the actress Esmé Bianco and the former assistant of Marilyn Manson, Ashley Walters.
Each describes similar abuse: intimidation, confinement, punishments and death threats.
A fifth testimony, that of a certain Gabriella, accuses the singer of several rapes at the end of a relationship started in 2015.
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An investigation is underway ;
on November 29, the singer's house, located in Los Angeles, was searched and "
multimedia storage devices, including hard drives
" were seized, according to the American site
TMZ.
