Marilyn Manson drops defamation suit against actress Evan Rachel Wood

Marilyn Manson has dropped his defamation suit against histrion Evan Rachel Wood and agreed to wage her ineligible fees.

“Marilyn Manson — whose existent sanction is Brian Warner — filed a suit against Ms. Wood arsenic a publicity stunt to effort to undermine the credibility of his galore accusers and revive his faltering career,” attorney Michael Kump told Deadline. “But his effort to soundlessness and intimidate Ms. Wood failed.”

Wood, who was 19 erstwhile she started dating Manson (when helium was 38) successful 2007, accused the daze rocker successful a 2021 societal media station of “horrifically” abusing and “grooming” her erstwhile they dated betwixt 2007-2010. She had besides referred to being abused and sexually assaulted by a erstwhile partner, who was not named, during a 2018 Congressional proceeding astir the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights Act.

The “Westworld” star’s claims were reiterated successful a 2022 documentary astir Manson called “Phoenix Rising” successful which different accusers stepped guardant astir the singer’s maltreatment and violence.

Manson sued Wood and Illma Gore, Wood’s “romantic partner,” for defamation successful March 2022, accusing them of fabricating grounds and conspiring to marque him publically “as a rapist and abuser — a malicious falsehood that has derailed Warner’s palmy music, TV, and movie career.” Last year, a justice dismissed Manson’s assertion that Wood and Gore had recruited women to prevarication astir accusations.

As portion of the settlement, the “Dope Show” vocalist besides agreed to wage much than $326,000 to screen Wood’s ineligible costs. He has reportedly entered into a abstracted colony statement with Gore.