Marilyn Manson dropped by record label after Evan Rachel Wood's abuse allegations

'The name of my abuser is Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson', the 'Westworld' star wrote on Instagram

Marilyn Manson was dropped by his record label on Monday after his ex-fiance, actress Evan Rachel Wood, accused him of sexual and other physical abuse. AP File

Marilyn Manson was dropped by his record label on Monday after actress Evan Rachel Wood accused the star of sexual and other physical abuse, alleging she was “manipulated into submission" during their relationship.

Wood, who stars in HBO's Westworld, has spoken frequently in recent years about being abused in a previous relationship, but until now had not named her alleged abuser.

However, in a post on Instagram on Monday, she wrote: "The name of my abuser is Brian Warner, also known to the world as Marilyn Manson.

“He started grooming me when I was a teenager and horrifically abused me for years.”

Manson's label, Loma Vista Recordings, said in a statement that after the “disturbing allegations”, it will “cease to further promote his current album” and has “also decided not to work with Marilyn Manson on any future projects”.

Manson representatives Rick Roskin and Emma Banks of Creative Artists Agency did not immediately respond to an email from Associated Press seeking comment.

Wood and Manson's relationship became public in 2007 when he was 38 and she was 19, and they were briefly engaged in 2010 before breaking up.

Wood, now 33, said in her post that Manson left her “brainwashed and manipulated into submission".

"I am done living in fear of retaliation, slander, or blackmail. I am here to expose this dangerous man and call out the many industries that have enabled him, before he ruins any more lives,” the post added.

She concluded: “I stand with the many victims who will no longer be silent.”

It was not immediately clear whether Wood has gone to authorities with any of her allegations, and a representative did not immediately respond when asked via email whether she had.

In 2018, Los Angeles County prosecutors declined to file charges against Manson over allegations of assault, battery and sexual assault dating to 2011, saying they were limited by statutes of limitations and a lack of corroboration. The accuser in that case was identified only as a social acquaintance of Manson's.

He strongly denied the allegations through his lawyer at the time.

In 2017, Wood was one of thousands of women who identified themselves as victims of sexual harassment or assault amid the #MeToo movement.

In 2018, she testified about her abuse to a House Judiciary subcommittee as she sought to have a Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights passed in all 50 states.

“My experience with domestic violence was this: Toxic mental, physical and sexual abuse, which started slow but escalated over time," she told the committee.

Wood began acting as a child, gaining fame and a Golden Globe nomination for playing a troubled adolescent in 2003's Thirteen.

For three seasons, she has played Dolores Abernathy, a sentient android, on HBO's Westworld and has been nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for the role.

Manson, 52, became a household name in the mid-1990s with a series of hit rock albums and used a stage persona designed to shock and stoke controversy.