Marilyn Manson performs first dwell present since sexual abuse allegations got here to gentle

Marilyn Manson performed his first dwell present in practically 5 years on Friday (August 2), the primary since a string of sexual abuse allegations got here to gentle in 2021.

The musician opened for 5 Finger Loss of life Punch at Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, Pennsylvania, the primary of a run of dates throughout North America over the following two months.

It’s the first full present by Manson since 2019. Since then, a raft of sexual abuse allegations had been levelled towards him in February 2021, together with by his ex-fiancée Evan Rachel Wooden, who made allegations of rape, torture, and threats. Separate claims of abuse from greater than 12 ladies have additionally been made.

Quite a few lawsuits have ensued since, with Manson persistently denying all allegations.

The present in Pennsylvania noticed him backed by a band together with Reba Meyers of Code Orange on guitar and Piggy D, previously of Rob Zombie’s band, on bass (through The PRP). See some footage from the present beneath.

In March 2022, Manson introduced a defamation case towards Wooden however the case’s key claims had been dismissed final Could.  Nonetheless, some elements of the case are nonetheless pending and a trial awaits.

In January, he was ordered to pay Wooden’s authorized charges of roughly $326,000. As well as, it was reported in February that Manson pays the authorized charges of artist Illma Gore, who is known as as a second defendant and described as Wooden’s “on-again, off-again romantic accomplice” in his defamation lawsuit.

Gore is reportedly owed over $160,000, bringing Manson’s whole to almost $500,000. The reimbursements had been awarded underneath California’s anti-SLAPP statute, which says that defendants unfairly sued for his or her freedom of speech can have their legal professional’s prices paid for by the plaintiff.

Different accusers embrace Recreation of Thrones actress and former girlfriend Esme Bianco and ex-girlfriend Ashley Morgan Smithline. The lawsuit filed by Smithline has since been dismissed, whereas Manson denied Bianco’s claims as “meritless” and settled together with her in January 2023.

He was additionally accused by somebody solely often called Jane Doe in September 2023 – nevertheless, her case was settled per week forward of occurring trial.

Final September, he reached a personal settlement with a Jane Doe plaintiff who alleged he raped her in 2011. Elsewhere, final month his former assistant Ashley Walters gained a vital enchantment that revived her case which was initially dismissed final yr. In her swimsuit, she alleges that Manson sexually assaulted her, whipped her, and threw her towards a wall throughout a drug-induced rage.

Final month, a lady who claims Manson subjected her to “horrific” abuse as a minor within the ‘90s spoke publicly for the primary time. “Not a anonymous sufferer, I stand earlier than you as Bianca Allaine Kyne, a survivor. As we speak, I reclaim my voice, a voice stolen for much too lengthy,” she stated in a brand new assertion launched by her lawyer, Jeff Anderson.

It emerged in Could that Manson had signed a brand new file cope with impartial label Nuclear Blast, and this week he launched his first single since 2020 within the type of ‘As Sick As The Secrets and techniques Inside’.

For assist, recommendation or extra data relating to sexual harassment, assault and rape within the UK, go to the Rape Crisis charity website. Within the US, go to RAINN.