Authorities search Marilyn Manson's home amid allegations of physical, sexual abuse
LOS ANGELES â Authorities searched the home of rocker Marilyn Manson on Monday after allegations of physical and sexual abuse by several women.
Los Angeles County sheriffâs Deputy Eva Jimenez said a search warrant was served on the home of Manson, whose legal name is Brian Hugh Warner. She would give no further details.
The Sheriffâs Department said in February that its detectives had begun investigating Manson over reports of domestic violence between 2009 and 2011 in West Hollywood, where he lived at the time.
The women involved were not identified, but several women have publicly alleged this year that they were physically, sexually and emotionally abused by Manson around the time of the incidents under investigation, and some have filed lawsuits.
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Mansonâs attorney Howard E. King declined immediate comment. Manson has denied the allegations, and King has called them âprovably false.â
The search of Mansonâs home was first reported by TMZ.
The 52-year-old shock rockerâs former fiancee, âWestworldâ actor Evan Rachel Wood, named him as her abuser for the first time in an Instagram post in February.
Manson called Woodâs statements âhorrible distortions of reality.â
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In May, âGame of Thronesâ actor EsmeÌ Bianco sued Marilyn Manson in federal court, alleging sexual, physical and emotional abuse. Bianco says that Manson violated human trafficking law by bringing her to California from England for non-existent roles in music videos and movies.
Manson deprived Bianco of food and sleep, locked her in a bedroom, whipped her, gave her electric shocks and threatened to enter her room and rape her during the night, the lawsuit alleges.
Biancoâs attorney said she also was interviewed by law enforcement.
And Mansonâs former assistant accused him of sexual assault, battery and harassment in her own lawsuit, saying he used âhis position of power, celebrity and connections to exploit and victimize during her employment.â
Manson emerged as a musical star in the mid-1990s, known as much for courting public controversy as for hit songs like âThe Beautiful Peopleâ and hit albumâs like 1996âs âAntichrist Superstarâ and 1998âs âMechanical Animals.â