{"id":18718,"date":"2021-05-01T00:56:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T04:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=18718"},"modified":"2021-05-01T01:03:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T05:03:50","slug":"game-of-thrones-actress-sues-marilyn-manson-alleging-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/05\/01\/game-of-thrones-actress-sues-marilyn-manson-alleging-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Game of Thrones actress sues Marilyn Manson alleging abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p><b class=\"ssrcss-14iz86j-BoldText e5tfeyi0\">Game of Thrones actress Esm\u00e9 Bianco has sued singer Marilyn Manson, alleging sexual assault and battery.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The lawsuit claims Mr Manson coerced the British actress with &#8220;drugs, force, and threats of force&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The plaintiff also alleges the singer and his manager broke trafficking laws by luring her from London to the US with empty promises of work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The artist has rejected multiple allegations of abuse against him as &#8220;horrible distortions of reality&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>He has been dropped by his record label and booking agent since the claims surfaced.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>In February, Westworld actress Evan Rachel Wood publicly accused Mr Manson of domestic abuse. More than a dozen other women have since come forward with similar allegations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>In an Instagram post on 1 February, Mr Manson wrote: &#8220;Obviously, my art and my life have long been magnets for controversy but these recent claims about me are horrible distortions of reality. My intimate relationships have always been entirely consensual with like-minded partners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi3\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-55900061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marilyn Manson dropped by label after abuse claims<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-55889002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evan Rachel Wood accuses Marilyn Manson of abuse<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-hiczm3-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-55978474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wolf Alice star claims Manson filmed up her skirt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Ms Bianco, who played Ros on the hit HBO drama Game of Thrones, was among a handful of women who spoke out against Mr Manson earlier this year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18719\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18719\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Esme-Bianco.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18719\" src=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Esme-Bianco.jpg\" alt=\"Esme Bianco\" width=\"550\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Esme-Bianco.jpg 550w, https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Esme-Bianco-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Esm\u00e9 Augusta Bianco (born 25 May 1982) is a British actress, model, voice actress, neo-burlesque performer and DJ, best known for her recurring role as Ros on Game of Thrones.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Her court filing on Friday marks the first legal action over such allegations against Mr Manson, who is referred to in the lawsuit by his real name, Brian Warner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Ms Bianco says she met the rocker in 2005. The lawsuit says that in February 2009, he invited her to Los Angeles to film a music video. But when Ms Bianco arrived she says she found she was expected to stay at his home and there was no film crew. The plaintiff alleges she was deprived of food and sleep and given drugs and alcohol during her four-day stay.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>&#8220;Perhaps most horrifyingly,&#8221; the lawsuit continues, &#8220;Mr Warner locked Ms Bianco in the bedroom, tied her to a prayer kneeler, and beat her with a whip that Mr Warner said was utilised by the Nazis. He also electrocuted her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The legal action says they began a consensual sexual relationship in May 2009 and maintained a long-distance relationship until 2011.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>In her complaint, Ms Bianco says Mr Manson coerced her into sexual intercourse that was often violent and degrading, sometimes even when she was unconscious or otherwise unable to consent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The plaintiff alleges Mr Manson committed multiple acts of sexual battery against her in 2011 and raped her in May of that year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The suit also accuses Tony Ciulla, who managed Mr Manson for more than 25 years before dropping him this February, of &#8220;supporting [Mr Manson&#8217;s] violent tendencies&#8221; and allegedly violating US human trafficking laws.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18720\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18720\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Marilyn-Manson-and-Evan-Rachel-Wood.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18720\" src=\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Marilyn-Manson-and-Evan-Rachel-Wood.jpg\" alt=\"Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood\" width=\"512\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Marilyn-Manson-and-Evan-Rachel-Wood.jpg 512w, https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Marilyn-Manson-and-Evan-Rachel-Wood-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evan Rachel Wood claimed Manson had &#8220;horrifically abused&#8221; her during a three-year relationship<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>It says the duo coaxed Ms Bianco to the US with job opportunities that never materialised, made her perform &#8220;unpaid labour&#8221; on several occasions and interfered with her visa process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>Mr Ciulla did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the BBC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>The BBC contacted Mr Manson&#8217;s former agents and an attorney who has previously represented him, but did not receive an immediate reply.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>&#8220;Mr Warner implied that because he had brought Ms Bianco to the United States and provided housing, she owed him labour and sexual intimacy,&#8221; notes the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i83\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-3z08n3-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<p>It adds: &#8220;My hope is that by raising [my voice], I will help to stop Brian Warner from shattering any more lives and empower other victims to seek their own small measure of justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-56951794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Game of Thrones actress Esm\u00e9 Bianco has sued singer Marilyn Manson, alleging sexual assault and battery. 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