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Marilyn Manson under investigation by L.A. Sheriff’s Department

Rocker Marilyn Manson is associated in a domestic violence investigation about alleged incidents about a ten years ago, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

“The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division, Distinctive Victims Bureau is investigating allegation(s) of domestic violence involving Mr. Brian Warner also recognised as `Marilyn Manson,’ who will work in the songs field,” a department assertion claimed. “The incidents happened concerning 2009 and 2011 when Mr. Warner lived in the town of West Hollywood.”

The department, which supplies law enforcement services to West Hollywood, gave no even further details.

Word of the investigation arrived much less than 3 weeks right after actor Evan Rachel Wood publicly accused her ex-fiance of sexual and other actual physical abuse, alleging she was “manipulated into submission” through their romantic relationship. 

Manson, 52, identified as her allegations “horrible distortions of actuality.” 

Wood, who stars on HBO’s Westworld, had previously spoken about staying abused in a marriage but did not name the human being till she in depth the allegations on Instagram on Feb. 1. 

“The name of my abuser is Brian Warner, also recognized to the entire world as Marilyn Manson,” Wood stated. “He started grooming me when I was a teen and horrifically abused me for several years.”

Wooden, now 33, and Manson’s romance grew to become general public in 2007 when he was 38 and she was 19, and they were being briefly engaged in 2010 ahead of breaking up. 

Manson responded to Wood’s allegations with his have Instagram put up the exact working day. 

“Of course my artwork and daily life have extensive been magnets for controversy, but these new claims about me are horrible distortions of actuality,” his article said. “My personal interactions have often been solely consensual with like-minded companions. Regardless of how — and why — others are now selecting to misrepresent the previous, that is the truth.” 

In 2018, Los Angeles County prosecutors declined to file charges from Manson about allegations of assault, battery and sexual assault dating to 2011, declaring they were being minimal by statutes of limitations and a deficiency of corroboration. The accuser in that case was determined only as a social acquaintance of Manson. 

He denied the allegations by his attorney at the time. 

The Associated Press does not ordinarily title folks who say they were victims of sexual assault but named Wood due to the fact of her conclusion to communicate out publicly.